election

Anger in Singapore as no election for president

SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singaporeans Tuesday poured scorn on the process to select their new president after an establishment figure was…

Rwanda’s Kagame in landslide poll win with around 98% of votes

by Stephanie AGLIETTI Agence France Presse KIGALI, Rwanda (AFP) -- Rwandan President Paul Kagame sailed to a third term in…

Kagame poised for third-term win in Rwanda election

by Stephanie Aglietti Agence France Presse KIGALI, Rwanda (AFP) -- Rwandans began voting Friday in a presidential election widely expected…

Venezuelan diaspora flocks to vote against Maduro

by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) - In Miami, Madrid and across Latin America Venezuelans living abroad…

Papua New Guinea election flawed but acceptable: observers

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) - Despite being marred by violence, vote-buying, and flaws in the electoral roll, results…

Hong Kong leader lays out difficulties in achieving universal suffrage

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) - New Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday (July 5) and…

Nepal holds landmark polls in troubled south

NEPALGUNJ, Nepal (AFP) - Nepal's troubled south began voting Wednesday in the first local elections for two decades, a key…

Albania hopes for peaceful elections on path to Europe

by Briseida Mema and Rusmir Smajilhodzic Agence France-Presse TIRANA, Albania (AFP) - Albania votes in parliamentary elections on Sunday with…

Attorney General Sessions appears at high-stakes hearing on Russia

WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) - United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, appearing at a high-stakes Senate hearing, on Tuesday…

Brazil election court judges due to vote on Temer’s fate

by Carola Sole with Sebastian Smith in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Judges on Brazil's electoral court…

Pessimism rife in working-class Tehran ahead of poll

by Ali Noorani Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - In a working-class district of Tehran teeming with porters, motorbikes and…

Polls open in South Korea’s presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Koreans went to the polls Tuesday to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye…

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