TheRussianCentralElectionsCommission(CEC)registeredonTuesdayincumbentPresidentVladimirPutinasacandidatefortheupcomingpresidentialelection,saidthecommission'shea
TheItalianfootballfederation(FIGC)sankfurtherintocrisisonMondayafterfailingtoelectanewpresident,two-and-a-halfmonthsafterthenationalteamcrashedoutoftheWorldCup.
Rwandan presidential candidates will for the first time in the history of the country's elections appear in a live television debate ahead of August 4 polls, said the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of the country on Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a historical defeat in Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, as Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's new party and its allies scored a sweeping victory.
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'srulingLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP)sufferedahistoricaldefeatinSunday'sTokyometropolitanassemblyelection,asTokyoGovernorYurikoKoike
BastionsarecrumblingandloyaltiesshiftingaheadofFrance'sparliamentaryelections.EmmanuelMacron,freshfrombecomingtheyoungestFrenchleadersinceNapoleon,nowlookssetto
The party of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has selected a diverse list of 428 candidates for parliamentary elections next month.
India's Supreme Court has cancelled the licenses of 634 doctors embroiled in a medical school admissions scandal in central Madhya Pradesh state.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democractic candidate Hillary Clinton have finished their presidential race with the worst images of any U.S. major-party presidential candidates, found a Gallup poll released Tuesday.
Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday, it was testing a feature that would let page administrators create job postings and receive applications from candidates, a move that could pressure LinkedIn Corp's (LNKD.N) recruiting business.
The first parliamentary elections in Britain since the June 23 EU referendum take place this week to find MPs to replace former prime minister David Cameron and slain Labour politician Jo Cox.
Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro, said on Sunday that the U.S. Republican candidate for President, billionaire Donald Trump, is "disqualified," after the first debate with his Democrat adversary Hillary Clinton, two weeks ago.
Seventy lawmakers have been elected to the sixth Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), according to Hong Kong's Electoral Affairs Commission Monday evening.
The election for the sixth-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) began early on Sunday as hundreds of polling stations opened at 7:30 a.m. local time for registered electors to cast their votes.
Guterres, also the former UN high commissioner for refugees, garnered 11 "encourage" votes, two "discourage" votes and two "no opinion" from the 15-nation council in its second secret straw poll on candidate selection, diplomatic sources said.
The race to become the next UN chief gathers pace on Friday (Aug 5) with a second straw poll that could spring surprises and prompt some candidates to end their bid to become the world's top diplomat.
The UN Security Council on Thursday held its first straw poll on candidates vying to become the next UN secretary-general but made no announcement of the results.