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Iran’s former chief justice, Ebrahim Raisi, begins his first term as the Islamic Republic’s president in a weak position although he has the support of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
Germany’s Green party sought to shore up its gaffe-marred bid to succeed Angela Merkel with a focus on policies over personalities as it launched its campaign for September elections on...
Suman Lata’s family begged her to refuse a summons to monitor elections in Uttar Pradesh state last month but, worried about losing her job, the 49-year-old mother of three...
Gulf Today Report Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament on Saturday and announced fresh elections in November. The Himalayan country battled political turmoil alongside the coronavirus pandemic as...
Nirmala Joseph, Correspondent The Madras High Court exploded in anger on Monday as it called the Election Commission of India (ECI) "murderers” for not stopping political parties from wanton...
John Rentoul, The Independent Sir Keir Starmer is coming up to the end of his first year as Labour leader — he was elected on 4 April last year, just...
John Rentoul, The Independent Markets in political commentary overshoot. The trade among hyper-political obsessives has swung from “Keir Starmer had an amazing start as leader of the opposition” to “Labour...
In his first public rally after announcement of dates for the eight-phase Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday went full-throttle against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday, in a bid to push forward peace talks with the Taliban, that his government was ready to discuss holding fresh elections, insisting...
By scheduling elections for this year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seeks to recover democratic legitimacy with disaffected Palestinians and impress the Biden administration in the hope Washington will seriously pursue...
