DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – People in Bangladesh would have to wait a year or more to elect a new government, the country’s transitional leader said as the South Asian nation marked its 54th “Victory Day” on Monday. “I have repeatedly appealed to you to complete all the major reforms and hold the election. However, d...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US officials have taken extensive security measures at polling and counting centers nationwide to ensure secure voting in elections. Authorities have deployed surveillance drones around key sites, positioned snipers on rooftops, and installed security cameras surrounding voting locations, according to a Washington Post ar...
Algiers, Algeria — AFP Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accused of leading a crackdown on dissent since mass protests in 2019, is to face two challengers in a September 7 election, organisers have said. Abdelaali Hassani of the moderate party the Movement of Society for Peace and Youssef Aouchiche of the centre-left Socialist For...
Istanbul, Turkey’s vibrant metropolis and economic center, has become the focal point of this election campaign By Iftikhar Gilani ANKARA – The battle lines are being drawn in Turkiye’s 81 provinces as the country prepares for Sunday’s crucial local elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Par...
Dakar, Senegal – – AFP Anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who is set to become the youngest president ever in Senegal, has said that people chose to “break” with the current political system. Faye’s main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded the race, triggering a pol...
Dakar, Senegal — AFP A cacophony of horns and cheers erupted as the only woman standing in Senegal’s presidential election emerged from the sunroof of her SUV in the outskirts of the capital Dakar. Anta Babacar Ngom was on her third day of the campaign trail and, like the other 18 candidates in the race, […]
Karachi, Pakistan – AFP A shadowy political party that ruled Karachi for more than three decades, overseeing the city’s descent into a swamp of organised crime, has risen from the ashes in Pakistan’s tainted elections. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) ran the city through a pervasive network of street enforcers and elected ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is in the lead in the initial quick count of votes in the world’s largest single-day election on Wednesday to elect the successor of President Joko Widodo, multiple local media outlets reported. Initial results indicated that Subianto, who led the pre-poll surveys, is getting close ...
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – At least three police officers were killed during a protest against alleged rigging in Feb. 8 Pakistan polls in North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday, state media reported, while the candidate’s party claimed that the fire was opened by security forces. The state-run Pakistan TV reported th...
KARACHI, Pakistan / ISLAMABAD (AA) – While final results are yet to be declared, independent candidates, backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan are in the lead in Pakistan’s elections, state media reported on Saturday. The polls concluded on Thursday. The independents supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party...
