Elections / Voting

By James Pomfret and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's former chief judge urged solicitors to continue speaking up...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s parliament on Wednesday approved all but one of President Ebrahim Raisi's big-name nominees for a cabinet...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A brawl broke out in Armenia's parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers hurled objects across the floor of...

By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held talks on Wednesday with a powerful ruling party executive...

By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) - New President Hakainde Hichilema pledged on Tuesday to tackle Zambia's "unsustainable" debt, lamenting that...

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) - A momentous German election marking the end of Angela Merkel's 16...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Five candidates pledging "professionalism" over politics swept an election for Hong Kong's Law Society council early...

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's state governors are concerned about military police turning out in support of President...

By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he will run for...

By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrat leader Olaf Scholz looks increasingly likely to lead...

TOKYO (Reuters) -An influential member of Japan's ruling party said on Tuesday he still backed the re-appointment of Prime Minister...

(Adds details in paragraphs 3 and 4) By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Law Society votes for...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday it would be possible to dissolve the lower house...

By Eduardo Simões SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's Sao Paulo state on Monday fired a senior military...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Social payments to pensioners and soldiers announced by President Vladimir Putin before an election next month could cost...

By Steve Scherer MIRAMICHI, New Brunswick (Reuters) -In Canadian federal elections, it is a tradition for candidates to knock on...

By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Social Democrats will pick a new leader in November to replace Prime Minister...

By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - With just five weeks to go before Germany holds an election that decides who...

By Linda Sieg and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga looks increasingly vulnerable to a...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday signed a decree imposing sanctions on Andriy Derkach, the Ukrainian lawmaker...