BURUNDI'S CABINET GIVES BACKING TO EXTENSION OF PRESIDENT'S RULE

Burundi cabinet okays legal reforms to allow nkurunziza stay on... READ MORE›

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BRAZIL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AIRS HOMOPHOBIC RANT DURING TV DEBATE

The penultimate televised debate before next weekend's presidential election was overshadowed by the homophobic rant of one of the fringe candidates... READ MORE›

SAUDI ELECTIONS ARE FIRST TO INCLUDE WOMEN

Just under 1.5 million of Saudi Arabia's roughly 28 million citizens have registered to vote, according to the election commission, and only 11 percent of them are women... READ MORE›

GREECE CRISIS SYRIZA REBELS FORM NEW PARTY

On Friday morning, the head of conservative New Democracy party, Vangelis Meimarakis, met Greece's president and he will now have three days to form a government... READ MORE›

BERNIE SANDERS CAN STILL BEAT HILLARY CLINTON

US election 2016 Why Hillary Clinton could lose the Democratic nomination to Bernie Sanders... READ MORE›

BURUNDIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BEGINS AFTER NIGHT OF VIOLENCE

Every major opposition party in this impoverished African nation has boycotted the election... READ MORE›

2.1 MILLION BRITS SIGNED A PETITION FOR ANOTHER E.U. REFERENDUM. THEY SHOULDN'T HOLD THEIR BREATH.

Britain has only ever had three nationwide referendums. Generally, major policy decisions are decided by the country's elected officials... READ MORE›

UK TO INTRODUCE PLAIN CIGARETTE PACKAGING BEFORE NEXT ELECTION

MPs are to be given a free vote on whether to enforce plain packaging for tobacco products... READ MORE›

YANIS VAROUFAKIS BRANDS ALEXIS TSIPRAS THE NEW DE GAULLE AS ELECTION GETS UGLY

The good scenario would be if Tsipras does become a Mitterrand and makes the policy U-turns that the late French leader made... READ MORE›

BRITAINS BREXIT HOW BABY BOOMERS DEFEATED MILLENNIALS IN HISTORIC VOTE

According to data gathered by the British pollster YouGov on election day, a staggering 75 percent of people aged between 18 and 24 voted for Remain... READ MORE›

EMMANUEL NIYONKURU SHOT DEAD IN BUJUMBURA

Burundi's environment minister, Emmanuel Niyonkuru has been shot dead by unknown assailants in the capital Bujumbura, police said... READ MORE›

BURUNDI HOLDS ELECTIONS AFTER NIGHT OF GUNFIRE

At a half-dozen polling stations, only a trickle of people were seen voting, pressing an ink-stained thumb on a ballot... READ MORE›

GREEK LEFTIST TSIPRAS RETURNS IN UNEXPECTEDLY CLEAR ELECTION WIN

Today in Europe Greece and the Greek people are synonymous with resistance and dignity... READ MORE›

OPPOSITION PARTY PROJECTS VICTORY IN BURMAS FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTION IN YEARS

In Burma's last democratic election in 1990, Suu Kyi and the NLD won an overwhelming majority, but the country's military dictators ignored the results... READ MORE›

GREEK REFERENDUM: FEAR AND TREPIDATION IN ATHENS' BEVERLY HILLS

Greek referendum fear and trepidation in athens beverly hills... READ MORE›

BERNIE SANDERS SAYS HE WILL VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON

Bernie Sanders says he will vote for Hillary Clinton and work to stop Donald Trump... READ MORE›

ELECTIONS CALLED OFF IN 2 UKRAINE CITIES AMID FRAUD CHARGES

Late Saturday, with just 12 hours before polls were to open, local election officials said they had discovered printing flaws on the ballots and destroyed them... READ MORE›

CONGOLESE SEE NO END TO PRESIDENTS FINAL TERM

The 2011 presidential election was tainted by serious irregularities and voter fraud, according to American and European electoral observers... READ MORE›

HAITI POSTPONES PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF AS VIOLENCE RISES

The current president's handpicked successor, Jovenel Moise, a banana exporter who was a virtual unknown in Haiti, officially came in first with 32.8 percent of the vote... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS OF U.S. VOTERS IN LIMBO AFTER KANSAS TOUGHENS ELECTION LAW

It's a complete mess, said Marge Ahrens, co-president of the nonpartisan Kansas League of Women Voters... READ MORE›

LEADING CANDIDATE FOR PERU PRESIDENCY BARRED FROM ELECTION OVER TECHNICAL ERROR

Peru's electoral tribunal has barred the second-placed presidential candidate Julio Guzman from the electoral race over a technical error in the registration of his candidacy... READ MORE›

NATIVE AMERICANS MOVE TO FRONTLINES IN BATTLE OVER VOTING RIGHTS

In sparsely populated states such as North Dakota, with just 739,000 people, congressional elections have been decided by just a few thousand votes... READ MORE›

1.4M EXPATRIATES BARRED FROM VOTING AFTER COURT RULING

The lawyers representing Frank and Duong said they intend to seek leave to appeal Monday's ruling to the supreme court of Canada... READ MORE›

FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS CONTROVERSIAL NORTH CAROLINA VOTING LAW

The voting law, passed by North Carolina's legislature in 2013, is among the strictest in the country... READ MORE›

BURUNDI ELECTIONS: PIERRE NKURUNZIZA SET TO WIN DISPUTED THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT

One candidate, Agathon Rwasa, said Nkurunziza's unconstitutional third term would lead to the self-imposed political isolation of Burundi ... READ MORE›

BURUNDI TALKS ADJOURNED AFTER GOVERNMENT FAILS TO APPEAR

Mediation aimed at ending unrest caused by president Pierre Nkurunzizas controversial bid for a third term suspended until after election on Tuesday... READ MORE›

GREECE FIERCELY DIVIDED AS REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN GETS UNDER WAY

This referendum is a fight between the greeks and europe's cruel capitalism... READ MORE›

WEALTHY, EDUCATED VOTERS FUEL TRUMP'S EAST COAST SWEEP

He added that when he traveled to New York, he regularly dined in restaurants in buildings owned by Trump... READ MORE›

NORTH CAROLINA VOTER-ID CASE COULD HAVE RAMIFICATIONS ACROSS U.S.

Within a month after the decision, the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly passed one of the country's most restrictive voting laws... READ MORE›

BEIJING-BACKED HONG KONG ELECTION REFORM REJECTED BY LAWMAKERS

HONG KONG AP -- The Hong Kong government's controversial Beijing-backed election reforms were defeated Thursday by pro-democracy lawmakers... READ MORE›

TOKYO -- Despite low voter turnout, the governing party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections held Sunday that position Mr... READ MORE›