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LONDON (news agencies) — The United Kingdom is poised to hold its first election in five years in a country battered by a cost-of-living crisis, fallout from the Israel-Hamas conflict ...

MEXICO CITY (news agencies) — Campaigning formally starts Friday for Mexico’s biggest election in history.Voters will choose the president, along with the winners of 628 seats in Congress and tens ...

WASHINGTON (news agencies) — For Vladimir Putin, victory in Ukraine may run through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.In recent weeks, Russian state media and online accounts tied to the Kremlin have ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (news agencies) — Iran began voting Friday in its first parliamentary elections since the mass 2022 protests over its mandatory hijab laws after the death of ...

MOSCOW (news agencies) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fulfill Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such ...

ISLAMABAD (news agencies) — Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members on Thursday in a chaotic scene, as allies of jailed former Premier Imran Khan protested what they claim ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (news agencies) — Venezuela’s government, its allies and other groups on Wednesday announced a proposal on when to hold this year’s presidential election, suggesting more than 20 potential ...

Russia’s 2024 presidential election isn’t expected to bring change to the Kremlin.With most opposition figures either in jail or abroad and many independent media outlets blocked, the Kremlin maintains tight ...

OXON HILL, Md. (news agencies) — On a recent evening outside Washington, the president of Argentina had the eyes and ears of a conservative crowd that had gathered to listen ...

Representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections in much of the world, according to a survey ...