parliamentary elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has a vision for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's departure. Even if it works, the president won't be around to...

MADRID (AP) — Spain entered a governing void Monday, facing weeks or months of uncertainty over what political party or parties will lead the country ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday reappointed Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form a new government after his ...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Anti-austerity lawmakers forced Portugal's center-right government to resign Tuesday by rejecting its policy proposals at the ...

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...

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government pledged Friday to take immediate legal action against the regional parliament of Catalonia if the Barcelona-based...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Die-hard communists are poised to walk the corridors of power in Portugal, and a new generation of leftist radicals is right b...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's ruling party secured a stunning victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, sweeping back into single-party rule o...

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Voters in the oil-rich Caspian Sea nation of Azerbaijan cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to se...

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with some of the world's most repressive governments Sunday, hoping to deepen Amer...

ISTANBUL (AP) — As extremist violence and political uncertainty cast a shadow over Turkey, voters are looking for Sunday's parliamentary election to u...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The right-wing and anti-migrant Law and Justice party has won a majority of seats in Poland's parliament and can govern alone, t...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With the election of a right-wing and Euroskeptic party, Poland is expected to become a more inward-looking country, and one les...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Bashar Assad is willing to run in an early presidential election, hold parliamentary elections and discuss constituti...

TORONTO (AP) — Justin Trudeau has fulfilled the great expectations he was born into, following in the footsteps of his storied father to become Canada...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt granted government workers a half-day off on Monday in an attempt to boost low turnout in the first legislative elections since a c...

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

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's general election will go ahead as planned on Nov. 8 despite a proposed delay because of recent landslides and floo...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's center-right coalition government earned another four-year term Sunday, winning a general election behind an improv...