Brazilians can vote for their own ObamaIn Brazil, where nicknames are everything, voters can now opt for a congressional candidate who goes by the name Barack Obama.
20 August 2014
Slovenia vote winner Cerar nominated as PMSlovenian President Borut Pahor nominated the winner of last month's election Miro Cerar, as prime minister of the troubled eurozone state.
US congratulates Iraq on electing new presidentThe United States on Thursday threw its weight behind the newly elected president of Iraq, Fuad Masum, and urged him to form a "cohesive government" to help fight Islamic militants.
26 July 2014
Indonesia's Prabowo to challenge election result in courtThe ex-general who lost Indonesia's presidential election to Joko Widodo will challenge the result in court, his campaign team said Wednesday, a move that could spell weeks of uncertainty for the world's third-biggest democracy.
23 July 2014
Malawi says arson possible in ballot box fireMalawi's electoral commission has said arson cannot be ruled out in a warehouse fire that destroyed ballot boxes containing votes from a disputed election just days after a court ordered a recount.
19 July 2014
Taliban attack Kabul airport as Afghan poll audit startsExplosions and gunfire rang out after the Taliban Thursday attacked Kabul airport in the militants' latest brazen attempt to steal the initiative with the country in the grip of a presidential power struggle.