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The Governor of Papua New Guinea's National Capital District says the Electoral Commissioner needs to prove that he is ready to hold elections in late June. Parliament last week voted...

Papua New Guinea's parliament has been adjourned until next week amid controversy about the legality of it deferring the elections and passing the Judicial Conduct Act. The Speaker, Jeffery Nape,...

The ruling Saenuri party in South Korea has taken the majority of seats in parliamentary polls, winning 152 seats in the national assembly.

Papua New Guinea's parliament is due to sit again today amid controversy about the legality of it deferring the elections and passing the Judicial Conduct Act. The Speaker, Jeffery Nape,...

Papua New Guinea's electoral commissioner has approved a new election schedule, but Speaker Jeffery Nape says the commission must recognise parliament's vote to delay the poll by six months…

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has reiterated his position on the timetable for the 2012 General Elections, that the nation must go to the polls as originally scheduled.

The United States Embassy in Papua New Guinea has called on the country's politicians to ensure elections go ahead on time. In a release the Embassy says the US shares...

The Speaker of the Papua New Guinea Parliament, Jeffrey Nape, has declared that prime minister Peter O'Neill acted illegally when he announced elections would go ahead as scheduled despite the...

Doctors in Hawaii have formed a council to help physicians who want to give patients aid in dying. The Physician Advisory Council for Aid in Dying, or PACAID, has been...

Doctors in Hawaii have formed a council to help physicians who want to give patients aid in dying. The Physician Advisory Council for Aid in Dying, or PACAID, has been...

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the situation with electoral rolls in the Highlands is of grave concern warranting a one month delay in starting the process towards...

Papua New Guinea's electoral commissioner says the 2012 poll will go ahead in June as scheduled despite last week's vote by parliament to defer it for six months. Andrew Trawen...

Voting is underway in the Indonesian province of Aceh, in the second elections there since a peace agreement ended a 30-year separatist war in 2005.

With a presidential election just weeks away in France, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy says only he can guarantee economic stability in turbulent times.

Papua New Guinea's opposition says the government's actions in deferring elections by six months are an abuse of the constitution.

Papua New Guinea's opposition leader Dame Carol Kidu says she feels deceived by the O'Neill government over how it went about deferring the national elections by six months. Parliament decided...

A Papua New Guinea government minister has defended parliament's decision to defer the national elections for six months. The government claims issues with the state of the electoral rolls and...

Transparency International in Papua New Guinea says it believes the government's move to delay elections is illegitimate. Papua New Guinea's parliament voted to postpone its national elections for six…

The parliament of Papua New Guinea has voted to postpone the national elections for six months.

Papua New Guinea's parliament has voted to postpone its national elections for six months and at the same time took a swipe at Australia's foreign minister, Bob Carr. The surprise...

The parliament of Papua New Guinea has voted to postpone the national elections for six months. The vote passed the house 63 to 11 following a 90-minute debate. This comes...

The Papua New Guinea has recommended to parliament that the national elections be deferred for six months. The minister assisting Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on electoral issues, Waka Goi, made...

Election officials in Myanmar have confirmed Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy have won at least 40 of the 45 seats being contested in by-elections.

Voting has closed in Myanmar in crucial by-elections that could lead to an easing of Western sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation.