Since the fall of Hasina’s regime, New Delhi has been gripped by policy anxiety, which is becoming more pronounced as Bangladesh braces for new elections. The political order in Dhaka, once under New Delhi’s complete control, has shifted beyond its comfort zone. Approximately two weeks before the elections, India finds itself in a political environment […]
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Myanmar votes in second phase of junta-run elections
Myanmar’s junta held the second phase of elections on Sunday that democracy watchdogs warn will let the military prolong its rule, opening polling in the constituency of deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The armed forces have ruled Myanmar for most of its post-independence history, snatching back power in a 2021 coup after a […]
PTI-backed Khurram Zeeshan wins Senate seat
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed candidate Khurram Zeeshan won the Senate seat vacated by Shibli Faraz. Faraz, the former opposition leader in the Senate, was disqualified after being convicted in cases related to the May 9, 2023 riots. Khurram secured 91 votes, surpassing the required 75 votes to win. The PTI confirmed the result through an official […]
ECP finalizes voter list of Azad Kashmir
The Election Commission has finalized the voter lists of 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir. According to the Election Commission, the total number of voters in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir is 28. There are 2,817,090 voters in total. 1,297,743 female voters while 1,590,347 male voters are registered, the number of voters in four seats of […]
US House votes to condemn Trump’s ‘racist comments’
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers and hostile language targeting immigrants, as the president denied accusations of racism. Top Republican leaders rallied around Trump, but four members of the president’s party voted with the 235 Democrats to condemn him for “racist […]
EU votes as populists seek historic breakthrough
EU parliamentary elections entered a third day of voting on Saturday, as populists hoped to win a major breakthrough and disrupt European politics for the next five years. Voters from Malta, Slovakia and Latvia headed to the polls, with most of the bloc’s 28 member states — including big players Germany, France and Italy — […]
As India votes, parties court farmers with green promises
When Ishwar Chand Sharma, a farmer in northern India, committed suicide just days before the start of the country’s general elections, police found a note in his pocket with a plea: “Don’t vote for the BJP.” While police worked to authenticate the note, Sharma’s son told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that his 65-year-old father blamed […]
Poroshenko seeks votes in Western Ukraine in election run-off
Facing a potentially huge defeat in a run-off vote on Sunday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is fighting to close the gap by winning votes in the country’s largely conservative Western regions and expanding his appeal elsewhere. Up against Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian with no previous political experience who topped the first round, Poroshenko believes he […]
Imran Khan elected as 22nd prime minister of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chariman Imran Khan has been elected as the country’s 22nd prime minister. Imran got the support of 176 MNAs against his opponent Shehbaz Sharif who received 96 votes. Following the election, the Pakistan Mulsim League-Nawaz (PML-N) members staged protest in the assembly chanting slogans ‘vote ko izzat do’ and ‘Wazir-e-Azam Nawaz Sharif’. Earlier, PML-N […]
Mali counts votes after poll worker slain
Vote counting was under way across Mali on Monday after a tense presidential runoff in which a poll worker was killed and 100 polling stations were forced to close due to the security threat from Islamist militants. Security had been drastically boosted ahead of the election’s second round between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former […]