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Papua New Guinea's eighth prime minister is James Marape, a humble Christian and a political heavyweight in a cut-throat parliament

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Israel's parliament voted to dissolve itself today, sending the country to an unprecedented second snap election this year as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition…

Far right and green parties have made strong gains in EU elections, although parties committed to strengthening the bloc still hold two-thirds of seats.

A poll in the Cook Islands shows a proposed salary increase for Members of Parliament is unpopular.

Europeans are about to vote in an election expected to further dent traditional pro-EU parties and bolster the nationalist fringe in the European Parliament.

Australia's election shows again that people are more interested in who they can trust rather than what they will deliver, and that you can't rely on polls to tell you what to do, Brigitte Morten writ…

Opinion - Over three years Theresa May committed error after error in her handling of the negotiations to leave the European Union. Her mind set did not help, writes David Townsend.

Opinion - Disappointed voters and small parties - some with extremist views - could disrupt the Queensland poll in Australia's general election today, writes Tim McDonald.

India will likely find out today who has won the country's general election after a long and bitter campaign and six weeks of voting.

Theresa May faces being toppled as party leader, Donald Trump lashes out at Democrats, and India waits find out who will win the country's general election.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured another five-year term after winning a landslide general election victory.

British House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom has resigned as Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing calls to do the same amid a backlash against her Brexit plan from Conservative MPs.

Six people have died in civil unrest that gripped parts of Jakarta today after the election commission confirmed President Joko Widodo won last month's election, according to the Jakarta's governor.

The majority win for the incumbent government caps off an election which defied predictions.

All ministers from Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), who make up half the country's Cabinet, have resigned in an attempt to throw the government into chaos after criticism from the country's…

Ukraine's new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is a comedian with no political experience. Straight after taking his oath of office he dissolved parliament and called a snap election.

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The party of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on course to win the country's general election, exit polls suggest, although the final outcome is days away.