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Morocco

Moderate Islamists win elections in Morocco

Morocco’s moderate Islamists have won parliamentary elections.

Morocco

Parliamentary elections begin in Morocco

Morocco goes to the ballot box in the second parliamentary elections since the 2011 constitutional reform.

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew forces Haiti to postpone presidential election

Rescue workers in Haiti say they are struggling to reach parts of the Island, cut off in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

USA

Kaine and Pence trade blows and barbs at the vice-presidential debate

In a debate that at times lost political focus Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence delivered a calm and assured performance.

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United Kingdom

UKIP loses its leader after only 18 days in the job

Britain’s UK Independence party or UKIP has lost its new leader after only 18 days.

Spain

No change in Spain as regional polls fail to break political deadlock

The Basque Nationalist Party lead by Íñigo Urkullu came out on top as predicted in one of two regional polls held in Spain on Sunday with seats and results…

World News

Spain: Could regional polls break national political deadlock?

As Spain tries to avoid a possible third general election in a year, all eyes are on two regional ballots on Sunday.

Jordan

Muslim Brotherhood is back as Jordan goes to the polls

The people of Jordan are voting in parliamentary elections under a new system which it is claimed shows the pro-Western monarchy is bringing in democratic…

World

United Russia claims majority in state Duma

Natalia Marshalkovich: "How should we interpret the results of the Russian general election? We are joined from Paris by Tatiana Stanovaya from the Centre for Political Technologies.

Germany

Germany: Mea Culpa from Merkel on migrants after election drubbing

German leader Angela Merkel faced the press on Monday after her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) suffered their worst ever result in Berlin, at local elections, in the latest sign of a backlash

Russia

Russian election: Putin's party wins absolute majority

President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is on track to take more than three-quarters of the 450 seats following this weekend’s parliamentary elections.

Russia

United Russia set to win 343 of 450 seats in lower house of parliament

With 93 percent of the votes counted in Russia’s parliamentary elections, the country’s Central Election Commission announced the governing United Russia party is on track to win 343 seats in the 450-

Russia

Russia elections: Putin's United Russia continues domination

Russia’s ruling United Russia party has won the country’s general election.

Russia

First results confirm big election lead for Putin-backed United Russia

The governing United Russia party is well on course to consolidate power in Russia's lower house after a parliamentary election on Sunday.

Germany

Voters punish Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy in Berlin poll

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives have suffered their second electoral blow in two weeks. Support for her Christian Democrats (CDU) has plunged to a post-reunification low in a Berlin state vot

Russia

Crimea votes in Russian parliamentary elections amid protests from Ukraine

Residents of Crimea are voting in Russian parliamentary elections for the first time since the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Germany

Berlin goes to the polls in a challenging vote for Merkel

Berlin is at the polls in Germany’s second regional election in two weeks.

Venezuela

Venezuela: opposition push for speedier recall referendum

In Venezuela, further protests have been held against President Nicolas Maduro’s rule, though far smaller than the huge opposition march seen earlier this month.

Russia

Russia's elections, in a nutshell

Russian general election: why should we care?

Russia

United Russia set to rule the Duma after Sunday's election

Russia goes to the polls on Sunday to elect the Duma, the lower house of the federal parliament.