Polls opened on Sunday in an election for Egypt's upper house of parliament, with Islamists seeking to repeat the success they enjoyed in elections for the lower house. Begun in late November, the parliamentary votes are the first since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak last February.
Awaiting the Great Transformation: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for changes to the military-drafted constitution in her first political trip since ending a boycott of the country's political system last year and announcing plans to run for parliament.
Irish voters would narrowly back a proposed European Union treaty to tighten budget rules if it were put to a referendum, an opinion poll showed on Saturday, but about one-quarter of those questioned said they were still undecided.
Irish voters would narrowly back a proposed European Union treaty to tighten budget rules if it was put to a referendum, an opinion poll showed on Saturday, but a quarter of those questioned said they were still undecided.
Manipur is one of five states in India which will hold elections over the next few weeks.
Many Republicans are concerned that the bitter nomination fight between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich may already have damaged both of them to the extent that neither would be able to defeat Democratic President Barack Obama in the Nov. 6 general election.
Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, has vowed to return to the country and even run in upcoming elections.
The former Florida governor said the harsh anti-immigration rhetoric spouted by Republicans this election season is a turn off to Hispanic voters.
Newt Gingrich is the Republican establishment's worst nightmare -- and not because they disagree with his positions.
Greece and its private creditors made progress Thursday in talks on restructuring its debt, both sides said, and they will continue negotiating on Friday with the aim of sealing an agreement within a few days.
A 10-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad edged closer to the Syrian capital Thursday as troops battled rebels in a town just north of Damascus and a provincial governor spoke of negotiating local ceasefires.
A Suffolk University poll released late Wednesday showed Mitt Romney with a major advantage over Newt Gingrich in the general election, undermining the idea coming out of South Carolina that Gingrich is more electable against Barack Obama.
Sam LaHood and other American employees of the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute, both non-governmental organizations, were stopped from boarding a flight in Cairo, and now Egyptian authorities are not letting them leave the country.
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are in a dead heat in Florida. Charles Zelden, a historian at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and an expert on elections, outlined who has the edge and what factors will determine the outcome of next Tuesday's primary.
Kenyan finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta has found that being charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court is not good for one's political career.
Greece's tortuous negotiations over a debt swap with private creditors entered a new phase on Thursday with focus on how much the European Central Bank and other public creditors may need to contribute.
Throughout all of Europe we have seen the rise in the polls of extreme right political parties.
By her own standards, Dalit queen Kumari Mayawati's birthday celebrations were low-key this year because of the assembly elections. The huge crowds of gaping admirers were missing this year.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has declared that he will quit politics if he loses power in the forthcoming presidential elections.
Arab League monitors said the withdrawal of colleagues by Gulf Arab states would not hinder their work in Syria while France and Britain Wednesday joined efforts at the United Nations to end President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
Pollsters who used dial meters to track voters' reaction to the State of the Union said President Obama's call to invest in renewable energy received one of the most positive reactions of the night.
As the GOP primary in Florida approaches, Sen. Marco Rubio attempted to frame himself as a political voice representing the nation's Hispanic community -- and failed.
