BUDAPEST, April 4 - Emboldened by a fourth consecutive landslide election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to dig in against energy sanctions on Russia and toughen his stance in talks with Brussels to unlock frozen EU...
Vladimir Putin will run in the March presidential election, extending his power until at least 2030.
Putin, who was handed the presidency by Boris Yeltsin on the last day of 1999, has already served as president for longer than any...
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced she would not seek a second term in office after a controversial tenure that has seen many of the territory's civil freedoms eroded.
As chief executive, Ms. Lam oversaw a turbulent period where massive...
Emmanuel Macron has held off a challenge from far-right leader Marine Le Pen to retain the French presidency.
Macron, the centrist incumbent, won with 58.5 percent of the vote in Sunday's second-round runoff, compared with 41.5 percent for Le Pen, his nationalist rival, official results...
By Rédaction Africanews with AP
Behind those words, more than a dozen opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) figures — from elected representatives to officials and activists — have been arrested by police in the three weeks since the election, the...
Pakistan's president has dissolved parliament - a step towards early elections - following an attempt to remove PM Imran Khan from office.
It comes after parliament's deputy speaker refused to hold a vote of no-confidence the PM was expected to...
PARIS, April 4 (Reuters) - With France's presidential race tightening ahead of Sunday's first-round vote, favorite President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen battled over pension reform in broadcast interviews on Monday.
Opinion polls have long predicted Macron...
In August, when a group of Gabonese military officers deposed President Ali Bongo, whose family had ruled the country for nearly six decades, many ordinary citizens came out on the streets to celebrate.
When Bongo put out a call for...
J.D. Vance has won the Republican nomination for Senate in Ohio after he soared to the lead when former President Donald Trump endorsed him.
Most of the Republicans vying for the nomination for the open Senate seat sought Trump's endorsement,...
His infamous father was ousted from office in a 1986 revolt.
MANILA, Philippines — The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986...
