Elections

GAZA/RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Leaders of rival Palestinian factions began Egyptian-brokered reconciliation talks in Cairo on Monday to try to heal…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh famously pledged to live on “zeit wa zaatar”— olive oil…

Geir Otto Pedersen had chosen surprisingly upfront words, given the diplomatic balancing act of the past five days at the Syrian…

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar members of parliament are set to take up their seats on Monday as escalating tension between…

Over the past few weeks, Iraq’s anti-government demonstrators have been moving from protest into politics, and analysts say they have…

The international community is tightening its scrutiny of Yoweri Museveni less than a week after he won his sixth presidential…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has spent much of his long career casting Israel’s Arab minority as…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Cabinet voted Tuesday to postpone early elections for four months based on a recommendation by the…

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas announced Friday the first Palestinian elections in more than 15 years. The territory would “launch a democratic…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top challenger in upcoming elections is promising a tough line…