constitutions

WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama's birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of ...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The head of Rwanda's electoral commission said late Friday partial results show Rwandans have voted to lift term limits in order...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso took a step toward strengthening its democracy with the election on Tuesday of Roch Marc Christian Kabor...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Cleo Pablo married her longtime partner when gay weddings became legal in Arizona and looked forward to the day when her wife ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad says his forces are advancing on "almost" all fronts thanks to Russian airstrikes that began near...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The regional parliament of Catalonia launched a plan Monday to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017, defying ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — With tremendous excitement and hope, millions of citizens voted Sunday in Myanmar's historic general election that will test wh...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — It's about returning democracy to a nation held hostage to more than a half-century of military rule. It's about hope for a bet...

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Voters in Republic of Congo cast their ballots Sunday on a constitutional referendum that if approved will allow...

CAIRO (AP) — A mix of voters' apathy and frustration characterized elections held Sunday for Egypt's first legislature in more than three years, a cha...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Beards without moustaches, the trademark of ultraconservative Islamists, were all the rage at this campaign rally, among both...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian voters head to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament, the first since the military-led ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Mo...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Planning is underway to place a Liberty Bell replica atop Stone Mountain near Atlanta as a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luth...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia's newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had pr...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal feels like it is being choked. It's running out of gasoline. Medical supplies are becoming scarce. All because of an uno...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a Mexican teenager in a cross-border shooting with second-...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament approved legislation that loosens post-World War II constraints placed on its military, an issue that has sparked size...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A grenade exploded outside Ukraine's parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister announced Wednesday he will seek a popular mandate to change the country's constitution amid widespread calls to ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Wrapping up the Ecuador leg of his South American pilgrimage, Pope Francis was heading Wednesday to Bolivia, where church-state ...