In this file photo dated May 20, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Türkiye. (PHOTO / TURKISH PRESIDENCY VIA AP) ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Türkiye would hold elections on May 14, a month earlier than scheduled, setting up a tight test of his leadership after […]
People walk along a promenade amid smoggy conditions in Colombo on Dec 9, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's national election commission on Saturday announced that local council polls will be held on March 9. The commission said that all the main political parties had submitted nominations by the close of […]
Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on Jan 18, 2023. (ADEM ALTAN / AFP) ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted on Wednesday that the next general and presidential elections could be held […]
Military personnel in ceremonial uniform lower the Sri Lanka national flag at Galle Face Green in Colombo on July 23, 2022. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's Election Commission said on Wednesday that applications for postal voting from eligible voters for the 2023 local elections would be accepted on Jan 5-23. Chairman of […]
A staff checks the names on the voters list during the general elections at a polling station in Fiji's capital city Suva on Dec 14, 2022. (SAEED KHAN / AFP) SUVA – The general elections are being held in Fiji on Wednesday to elect 55 members to the parliament of the South Pacific island country. […]
Republicans secured a narrow majority in the House of Representatives on Nov 16 though the final results of the 2022 midterm elections are still to be announced. It was not the expected red wave for the Republicans, but enough to reorder the balance of power in Congress and frustrate President Joe Biden's agenda. In the […]
Israel's ex-premier and leader of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on Nov 2, 2022, after the end of voting for national elections. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) JERUSALEM – The right-wing bloc of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the general elections with a clear majority in […]
Fighters from Gaza-based armed Palestinian factions taking part in a military exercise, simulate the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, at a site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec 29, 2021. (SAID KHATIB / AFP) ALGIERS – A total of 14 Palestinian factions on Thursday signed in Algeria's capital Algiers a reconciliation deal […]
In this file photo taken on March 21, 2022 Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob attends a bilateral meeting with Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the Government Office in Hanoi. (NHAC NGUYEN / AFP) KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced the dissolution of the country's parliament on Monday, paving […]
A view shows the plenum at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2022. (ARIEL SCHALIT / AP) JERUSALEM – The Israeli top court on Sunday overturned a ban preventing the Arab party of Balad from running in the country's parliamentary elections due on Nov 1. The Supreme Court's nine-judge panel unanimously decided to […]
In the respective speeches they made in Pennsylvania last week, US President Joe Biden called his predecessor a "clear and present danger" to the democracy of the United States, while previous US president Donald Trump claimed his successor and the group around him were an "enemy of the state". The Capitol Hill riot, originating from […]
US President Joe Biden signed a sweeping $750 billion healthcare, tax and climate bill into law, called the Inflation Reduction Act, at the White House on Tuesday. Notably, not a single Republican voted for the bill in either the House or the Senate, and not a single Democrat voted against it. The votes were a […]
Cambodian election officials count ballots at a polling station during local commune elections in Phnom Penh on June 5, 2022. (TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP) PHNOM PENH – The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen won a landslide victory in Sunday’s fifth commune elections, according to preliminary results released […]
Cambodian election officials count ballots as Sovannarom Dim (center), a member of the National Election Committee and chief of quick reaction information team of NEC, observes at a polling station during local commune elections in Phnom Penh on June 5, 2022. (TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP) PHNOM PENH – Polls closed in the fifth commune […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee cast their ballots for the local elections at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2022. The early voting for the June 1 nationwide local elections is held for two-days on May 27-28. (SEO MYUNG-GON / YONHAP VIA AP) SEOUL – South Korea's […]
A woman ticks her ballot behind a privacy screen while voting in the parliamentary election at a polling station in Lebanon's capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP) BEIRUT – Lebanon's Interior Ministry on Tuesday announced the final results of the 2022 parliamentary elections, which showed the loss of majority in the […]
In this photo taken with slow shutter speed, cars pass under campaign posters for candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Beirut, Lebanon, May 9, 2022. (HASSAN AMMAR / AP) HONG KONG – Lebanon's parliamentary elections on May 15 will play a crucial role in reversing the country's socioeconomic misfortunes, experts say, as some 3.7 […]
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks at a press conference on March 10, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP) BEIRUT – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Wednesday that his government has taken "all necessary measures" to ensure safe and free parliamentary elections slated for May 15. High schools and public institutions, which will be […]
Snow covers the Jordanian capital Amman following overnight snowfall, on Jan 27, 2022. (KHALIL MAZRAAWI / AFP) AMMAN – Jordan held governorate and municipal council elections on Tuesday, with strict measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The final turnout of the local elections was 29.6 percent, with more than 1.36 million votes […]
A Palestinian woman holds a baby as she casts her vote at a polling station during municipal elections, in the West Bank village of Kifl Haris, Dec 11, 2021. (MAJDI MOHAMMED / AP) RAMALLAH/GAZA – The Palestinians on Saturday held the municipal elections in the West Bank despite the opposition of the Islamic Resistance Movement […]
Pursue gains achieved by the past government to alleviate people’s sufferings, say analysts Followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr celebrate holding his posters, after the announcement of the results of the parliamentary elections in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct 11, 2021. (HADI MIZBAN / AP) Despite the apathy that resulted in low voter turnout […]
After the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region implemented the electoral system reform, the Election Committee election on Sept 19, has become the focus of attention. The revamped Election Committee will assume some new responsibilities in the next two elections to the Legislative Council and the chief executive's election. Under the amended Annex I of the […]
In less than a year’s time, three important and interlinked elections will be held in Hong Kong. The significance of these elections lies in the fact that they will be conducted in accordance with the revamped electoral arrangements devised by the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee. The new electoral system will forever change […]
In this file screengrab provided via AFPTV and taken from a broadcast by Myawaddy TV in Myanmar on March 27, 2021, Myanmar armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing salutes during an annual parade put on by the military to mark Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyidaw. (HO / AFPTV / MYAWADDY TV […]
A Syrian national living in Kuwait, casts his vote for the presidential elections at the Syrian embassy in Kuwait City on May 20, 2021. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) DAMASCUS – Syrians living abroad began casting their ballots on Thursday for the Syrian presidential elections scheduled next week in their country, state news agency SANA reported. […]
A man uses his phone to film a televised speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the upcoming Palestinian elections at a coffee shop in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on April 29, 2021. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday postponed planned parliamentary elections amid […]
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addresses his supporters gathered on Republic Square in downtown Yerevan on Feb 25, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) YEREVAN – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his resignation Sunday to pave the way for the scheduled snap parliamentary elections in June. "In order to implement the decision on holding snap parliamentary […]
EU representative in the Palestinian Territories Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff speaks to journalists in front of the headquarters of the Palestinian Election Commission, in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on March 30, 2021. Palestinian legislative polls have been called for May 22 and a presidential vote on July 31, the first Palestinian […]
People wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the third phase of assembly election in Gauhati, Assam, India, April 6, 2021. (ANUPAM NATH / AP) NEW DELHI – Voting for local elections is underway in India's Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal, officials said Tuesday. The elections in these states […]
This handout image provided by Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) on February 8, 2021 shows Saleh Abdel Ahad, representative of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, speaking during the Palestinian National Dialogue hosted by Egypt's General Intelligence Service in the capital Cairo.(EGYPT STATE INFORMATION SERVICE / AFP) RAMALLAH – The Palestinian factions agreed […]