Six killed as India heads back to the pollsThe latest stage of India's massive five-week election was marred by bloody violence Thursday, with a landmine triggered by Maoist insurgents killing at least five policemen in an insurgency-hit eastern state.
25 April 2014
Kazakhstan is very concerned over Ukraine: TokayevDuring a working visit to St. Petersburg, the Senate Speaker of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized Kazakhstan’s grave concerns regarding the situation in Ukraine.
23 April 2014
70 wounded as anti-vote Algerian youths, police clashClashes in Algeria's restive Kabylie region between security forces and youths opposed to Thursday's presidential election wounded around 70 people, local sources said.
Madagascar names prime minister after deadlockAfter months of post-election deadlock Madagascar's president named a new prime minister Friday, tapping the relatively unknown doctor Roger Kolo for the post.
13 April 2014
Solis elected as Costa Rica's new president: officialPolitical centrist Luis Guillermo Solis was elected president of Costa Rica in a runoff vote Sunday, becoming the first third-party candidate to win in decades.
07 April 2014
Hungary gets four more years of Viktor OrbanHungary was set Monday for four more years of Prime Minister Viktor Orban after the divisive strongman swept to victory in elections that also saw the far-right increase its share of the vote.
07 April 2014
Karzai votes in Afghan polls to choose his successorAfghan President Hamid Karzai cast his vote Saturday in the election that marks the start of his country's first-ever democratic transfer of power, as he steps down after serving the maximum two terms in office.
Fiji sets September 17 for return to democracyFiji's military rulers Friday set September 17 as the date for the South Pacific nation's first democratic elections in nearly eight years following a military coup.
28 March 2014
Egypt's Sisi announces run for presidencyEgyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president and vowed to rid the country of "terrorism" almost nine months after he toppled its elected leader.
27 March 2014
Multiple suicide attack in east Afghan city kills threeAt least six Taliban suicide attackers stormed a police station in the centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing three people in a major assault ahead of the presidential election.
20 March 2014
Suicide attack kills 15 in north Afghanistan: officialsA suicide bomber on a three-wheeled motorbike killed at least 15 people at a crowded market in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, as security is ramped up ahead of presidential elections.
18 March 2014
Colombia vote seen as referendum on rebel peace talksColombians went to the polls on Sunday to elect new legislators, in a vote seen as a referendum on peace talks with leftist guerrillas and a bellwether for May's presidential election.
10 March 2014
Former guerrilla favorite in El Salvador run-off voteVoters in El Salvador cast ballots Sunday in a presidential runoff expected to crown the current vice president, a former guerrilla commander, as the country's new leader.
10 March 2014
N. Korean leader enjoys 100% 'poll' winNorth Korea's state media confirmed Monday what was never in doubt -- a 100 percent, no-abstention poll victory for leader Kim Jong-Un in the country's stage-managed parliamentary election.
10 March 2014
Karzai's brother withdraws from Afghan electionThe brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday dropped out of the country's election and endorsed Zalmai Rassoul, a move widely seen as signalling the current leader's prefered choice of successor.
06 March 2014
Elections don't always lead to democracy, says KerryUS Secretary of State John Kerry spoke passionately Wednesday about the "incredible yearning for modernity" sweeping across the world, warning that free elections do not necessarily usher in true democracy in many countries.