A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government violated a Chinese-owned company's rights when it rejected the company's bid to purchase U.S. wind farms.
An official of Indonesia's election commission said on Monday that the commission would not be the one to legally announce the president-elect should either of the two presidential hopefuls running in last week's presidential elections rejects the real-count results.
Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday rejected the preliminary results of the presidential runoff announced Monday, saying he is the winner and the people of Afghanistan want him to announce government.
The deadlock in the presidential election in Afghanistan has emboldened the Taliban and other militant groups to wage armed attacks in several parts of the country, according to local analysts here.
The top UN official in Afghanistan said here Wednesday that 530 security incidents were recorded on June 14, when the presidential runoff election was held in the country, with more than 250 of those assessed as being directly election related.
Indonesian military commander General Moeldoko on Thursday ordered military officers and soldiers to be neutral during the country's presidential race next month.
The government of Afghanistan have stepped up pressure on Taliban militants ahead of the June 14 presidential runoff as two dozen people, mostly militants have been killed since Tuesday.
Egypt's presidential candidate and leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahy on Thursday admitted his defeat in the elections that concluded Wednesday, losing to his sole rival, ex-military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's elder brother Mahmud Karzai on Monday announced his support to presidential hopeful Dr. Abdullah Abdullah in the runoff scheduled for June 14.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday nominated former Supreme Court justice Ahn Dai-hee for the post of prime minister as the incumbent offered to resign to take responsibility for last month's ferry sinking disaster, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
The upcoming presidential election in Indonesia might have to go through multiple rounds as no single hopeful is expected to gain dominance with record-breaking growth of swing voters, according to a recent survey.
One of Indonesian strongest presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday said that he decided to pair with Hatta Rajasa, chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), the sixth rank on the recent legislative polls, to vie for the upcoming presidential race.
Former military chief and presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi promised Tuesday that Egyptians would see real economic improvement within two years if he won the upcoming election.
An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned former leaders of the country's now-defunct ruling party of deposed president Hosni Mubarak from running in any coming elections, state TV reported.
Thousands of supporters of President Bashar al-Assad have staged demonstrations in support of the president, who announced earlier on Monday that he will run in the country's controversial presidential elections.
The Syrian parliament announced on Wednesday the name of the first candidate who registered for the presidential elections, the official SANA news agency reported.
Egypt has set May 26 and 27 for the first round of presidential polls following the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, the Supreme Presidential Election Commission (SPEC) said in a press conference on Sunday.
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