No legislative or presidential election has been held in the Palestinian territories for 15 years.

Libya is less than a month from elections seen as crucial to ending its long-running civil war, but deep political divisions could provoke a delay or even fresh violence.

Tebboune has vowed to reform state institutions inherited from Bouteflika, who died in September at the age of 84.

Dbeibah is a Canadian-educated business tycoon who has used his post to build a solid popular base. He was elected in February under an UN-led peace process and tasked with leading the country up until its first-ever direct presidential poll.

Lebanon's diaspora -- estimated to number at least three times the country's 6-million population -- will take part in the vote for the 128-seat parliament, making them a powerful electoral force. In some parts of Europe, volunteers set up registration centers to help compatriots sign up.

The various opposition groups have yet to decide how they will take part in the upcoming polls.

Libya and the UN have been striving to turn the page on the violence that has wracked the country since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi. A ceasefire between eastern and western factions last year led to a unity government taking office in March with a...

The Conquest (Fatah) Alliance, the political arm of the multi-party Hashed, won around 15 of 329 seats.

The grant, approved by the eastern-based parliament, came after its rival, the unity government in the country's west, approved handouts to young couples.

Security measures meant to ensure a smooth and safe voting remained largely successful, as only 75 complaints during public voting and 16 complaints from the special voting of security forces were reported. The voter turnout was lower than expected, at 41 percent among the public voting and 69 percent for...

In what was the fifth election since the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein with the promise of bringing freedom and democracy, preliminary turnout was just 41 percent, based on results from 94 percent of voting stations.

Security was tight, with all airports closed from Saturday evening to dawn on Monday across Iraq, where despite the government's declaration of victory over the Islamic State group in late 2017, jihadist sleeper cells continue to mount attacks.

A new single-member constituency system for electing Iraq's 329 lawmakers is supposed to boost independents versus the traditional political blocs that are largely centered on religious, ethnic and clan affiliations. The election is being held a year early in a rare concession to the youth-led protest movement that broke out...

A new electoral law in Iraq will mean that when Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday, they will vote for individuals rather than parties. This is the country’s fifth election since the US toppled the Saddam Hussien regime in 2003.

A total of 329 seats are up for grabs in the election, which was moved forward from 2022 as a concession to youth-led pro-democracy protests that erupted in late 2019. But many voters are expected to stay away amid widespread anger over corruption and ineffectual governance. More than 25 million...

Male candidates were elected in all 30 of the seats up for election despite 28 women initially being cleared to run in the polls.

On October 1, 2019, widespread rallies erupted across Baghdad and the south of the country against a government seen as corrupt, inept and beholden to Iran. Nearly 600 people were killed during the protests.

The statement from Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani's office came against the backdrop of potentially high rates of abstention in the October 10 ballot

Preliminary results showed that the center-left Social Democrats had won the largest share of the vote at 25.7 percent. Chancellor Merkel's center-right CDU-CSU bloc garnered 24.1 percent, its worst showing in its seven-decade history.

Many of her countrymen say her slowly-slowly approach stymied progress on burning issues such as climate protection and the digital race.

The ratification earlier this month of an electoral law that was clearly tailor-made for Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman who controls eastern Libya, raised tensions three months before the crucial ballot.

The Justice and Development Party which headed the ruling coalition for a decade saw its support collapse from 125 seats in the outgoing assembly to just 12

The money will be used to support and assist capacity-building within the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission for the October polls.

Polls to be held in May and July were postponed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on April 29 amid concerns about the ability to vote in East Jerusalem.

  President Sisi called Libyan institutions to fulfill their national duty Egypt, Libya discussed how to strengthen cooperation and support the political process in the war-torn country Egypt has reiterated its support for the Libyan government as the latter prepares to hold elections by the end of the year expected...