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The court’s decision was based entirely on the timing of proposed new mail-in ballot rules. The larger question could re-emerge
Political parties in Morocco are intensifying campaign efforts before legislative elections on September 23, which will ultimately decide Morocco’s next government.
Left-wing and far-right parties stormed to success in German local elections over the weekend, delivering another hammer blow to the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and complicating the path for its increasingly unpopular pro-growth agenda.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet the UK's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, in New York on Tuesday, on the first day of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debate.
A pressão sobre o chanceler federal da Alemanha, Friedrich Merz, cresceu ainda mais após os resultados das eleições estaduais em Berlim e em Mecklemburgo-Pomerânia Ocidental, realizadas neste domingo (20/09). O partido do líder alemão, a conservadora União Democrata Cristã (CDU), teve uma votação desastrosa e amargo…
Legislation proposed by House Democrats aims to address survivors’ financial and medical burdens
The world can no longer rely on adapting to escalating climate catastrophes, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will warn as he opens Climate Week in New York with a warning that Australia is heading into a summer of extreme heat, bushfires and floods.
Qatari Energy Minister Saad Al-Kaabi blasted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday, saying he was "wrong" to claim the Strait of Hormuz would become "worthless" to the oil industry in two years.
Pakistan’s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Monday, where he was received by his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured tunnels beneath Al-Aqsa Mosque as hundreds of Israeli settlers raided the Jerusalem holy site over the weekend.
A recent Rockefeller Foundation survey shows strong regional belief in global cooperation and a reluctance to accept superpower dominance
A recent Rockefeller Foundation survey shows strong regional belief in global cooperation and a reluctance to accept superpower dominance
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday joined a chorus of calls to regulate AI as safety fears around the technology escalate, warning of potentially "devastating" consequences.
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States still have to iron out a string of issues on terms of Seoul's investment project in the world's largest economy ahead of the South Korean government's parliamentary briefing, political sources said Monday.
Relations between Russia and Armenia are bound to shift regardless of who holds power in Yerevan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, as his country gradually normalizes ties with Azerbaijan and moves closer to Europe.
Three news outlets to sue to protect First Amendment rights after Trump banned them from White House grounds
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The Canadian government has committed C$25m to try to rescue the caribou in the province – but there is no agreement on how best to save the keystone species
Romanian right-wing politician Calin Georgescu, who won the first round of the country’s 2024 presidential election before the result was controversially annulled, has been detained in connection with an alleged €1 million fraud scheme.
Romanian right-wing politician Calin Georgescu, who won the first round of the country’s 2024 presidential election before the result was controversially annulled, has been detained in connection with an alleged €1 million fraud scheme.
In the lead-up to Apec meetings in tech hub, watchdog confirms corruption probe over suspected ‘grave disciplinary and law violations’
In the lead-up to Apec meetings in tech hub, watchdog confirms corruption probe over suspected ‘grave disciplinary and law violations’
President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party secured a majority in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, following the country’s first parliamentary elections since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
MS NOW, CNN and Politico are set to sue President Donald Trump on Monday morning and to ask a federal judge to reverse his total ban on those three media outlets from the White House.
Chancellor acknowledges disastrous state election results but vow to push on is likely to further alienate voters, and his own party
Yemen is back in the global spotlight after the Iran-aligned Houthi group earlier this month made military gains against the forces loyal to the internationally recognised government, tightening its grip over the Red Sea coast.
GetUp’s banner stunt at Pauline Hanson’s inaugural National Press Club address was derided by those in Canberra, but comedian and regular ABC talking head Dan Ilic saw it as a call to arms.
Israel’s upcoming general election coincides with the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks, and the issues that concern voters relate, directly or indirectly, to the wars this event triggered. There is ultra-Orthodox anger about conscription, an economy affected by conflict, and questions of culpability …
MANILA, Philippines — Election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has not recorded any discrepancies in its audit of physical election returns (ERs) from the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections, its spokesperson said Monday.
The disagreement centres on competing interpretations of Negeri Sembilan’s state constitution
The disagreement centres on competing interpretations of Negeri Sembilan’s state constitution
Russia's ruling United Russia party is on track to comfortably win a tightly controlled wartime election after Ukraine launched what is thought to be the largest drone attack on the Moscow region on the last day of voting.
The latest proposals come two months after China introduced its first dedicated rules governing humanlike AI interaction
The latest proposals come two months after China introduced its first dedicated rules governing humanlike AI interaction
Pakistan's interior minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi left Islamabad for Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian officials, according to Mehr News Agency.
Australian actor Rebel Wilson arrives at the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (Sarah Wilson/AAP Image via AP)
CDU suffered heavy losses in two regional elections, including in home state of former leader Angela Merkel, where it polled just 4.9%
BRUSSELS — Eleven countries, led by Austria, are pushing to pause new EU legislation for 12 months for what the country’s Europe Minister Claudia Bauer described as a “year of simplification.”
Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, is on track to secure a record number of seats in the lower-house State Duma following the country's first parliamentary elections since the launch of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, preliminary results showed Monday.
One of the final acts of the Victorian parliament will be to give the state’s anti-corruption watchdog greater scope to hold public hearings and a broader remit to investigate misconduct after the government agreed to consider further changes to its proposed reforms.
Impacts of reciprocal restrictions eroding profits, disrupting supply chains and intensifying market competition are back in the spotlight
Impacts of reciprocal restrictions eroding profits, disrupting supply chains and intensifying market competition are back in the spotlight
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Seven Ethiopian armed groups have formed an alliance against the federal government, an official of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) told AFP on Sunday.
The federal government is allowing ongoing industrial damage to world-heritage-listed rock art near a major petrochemical plant, a traditional custodian is set to tell the UN Human Rights Council.
Early results emerging from Russia’s first parliamentary elections since the launch of the full-fledged war on Ukraine show President Vladimir Putin’s party dominating the vote — an outcome widely predicted.
‘If every department has a similar share of the responsibility, we will operate a roster system like the chief executive mentioned,’ Warner Cheuk says
‘If every department has a similar share of the responsibility, we will operate a roster system like the chief executive mentioned,’ Warner Cheuk says
Naomi Long is to speak in the Assembly about the circumstances surrounding Gary Anderson's compassionate temporary release
37 individuals, suspected of working as illegal miners, died in custody in Nigeria in recent days, prompting the government to name a committee to investigate the situation. The survivors recount their harrowing ordeal in detention.