Running under the slogan "Everything will be fine", Ekrem Imamoglu confirmed his victory as Istanbul mayor on Sunday. His supporters already see him challenge Erdogan in the 2023 presidential election.

Thousands march in Romanian capital's pride parade

Critics say the election is unlikely to be free or fair. Human Rights Watch says "the transition has been carefully orchestrated and highly controlled".

Italy PM threatens to quit, tells warring coalition to end feud

A voter in Poland who scrawled an anarchy symbol in an apparent bid to spoil his ballot paper may have inadvertently backed someone.

When historians open their laptops and look back at the latter half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, one of the key psephological trends they will notice is the decline of the two main political parties’ vice-like grip on the electoral system.

Tight security as Indians vote in final phase of mammoth election

Footage showed far-right party leader appearing to offer to funnel state contracts in exchange for political and financial support

In first for Asia, Taiwan parliament endorses same-sex marriage

The inauguration date for Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskyi has been set for May 20. He previously claimed the country's Central Election Commission and parliamentarians were trying to delay the event.

Danish politician Joachim B. Olsen is spreading his message by advertising his campaign on pornography website Pornhub.