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The election is unlikely to change the Islamic Republic's policies but could influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped at least 80 people, adding to growing insecurity ahead of a presidential vote in February.

Up to 65 million Filipinos are eligible to cast ballots on Monday to decide on the successor to President Rodrigo Duterte after six years in power.

Exit polls suggest Andres Arauz could still face a runoff and official results were not due for several hours.

The post will be reserved for candidates from a particular ethnic group if no one from that group has been president for five straight six-year terms.

The Guardian Council, approves six candidates on Thursday for the May 19 vote - including Rouhani - but hardline former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was disqualified.

The opposition Democratic Unity coalition blames Maduro for the OPEC nation's shrinking and dysfunctional economy and wants to bring forward the next presidential vote, due in late 2018.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz bumped billionaire Donald Trump from the top spot and Democrat Hillary Clinton as Iowans voted in the first nominating contest of the 2016 White House race.

Taiwan went to the polls Saturday and is expected to elect its first female president in a historic vote likely to end eight years of closer China ties.

FIFA's leadership will meet on Monday to decide the date of a vote to replace its president Sepp Blatter.

Indonesians vote Wednesday in the country's most pivotal presidential election since the downfall of dictator Suharto.

Official results showed Mugabe won 61 percent of the presidential vote and a super-majority in parliament, routing his bitter rival Morgan Tsvangirai.

Mugabe vowed to step down if he lost and claimed the army -- long the bulwark of his rule -- would also respect a victory for Morgan Tsvangirai, his perennial rival.

Reformists led by ex-president Mohammad Khatami have rallied behind the sole moderate candidate standing in Friday's presidential vote.

President Rafael Correa declared victory in the first-round of Ecuador's presidential vote Sunday as he celebrated with thousands of supporters in the capital of the South American country.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.