World Politics

Analysis - It was only months ago that Peter Dutton, buoyed by what many thought was a global political shift to the right following Trump's election, was on track to win.

The Labor leader is a craft beer aficionado who loves "fighting Tories", clawing his way to the nation's highest office from blue-collar beginnings.

Malcolm Turnbull is adamant that Donald Trump's influence has played a significant part in Labor's re-election.

Zelensky also said he and the US president agreed that a 30-day ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow was the correct first step towards ending the war in Ukraine.

With a hard-right eurosceptic leading polls, Romania's election could test how far Trump-style politics can go inside the European Union.

Anthony Albanese has outperformed former Labour luminaries, Kevin Rudd and Bob Hawke, one report says.

The US President's stinging trade tariffs may have helped a left-leaning prime minister snatch a resounding win, analysts say.

Wong's long-ruling People's Action Party crossed the threshold of 49 seats to form a majority government in the wealthy city-state's 97-seat unicameral legislature.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he has conceded the election and called Labor to congratulate them. Video

Analysis: Australia has fired Peter Dutton into the sun, taking much of the Liberal Party and its future with him.

The US President quipped he'd like to succeed Pope Francis, posting an image of himself in white robes and miter hat, raising eyebrows online mere days before the conclave.

In classic Australian fashion, voters lined up in swimwear and paid $6 for democracy sausages as the country decides who will lead. Audio

It shapes as a hard-fought contest between party leaders with sharply contrasting visions for the country.

Reform hopes England's local elections will mark the breakdown of a century of domination of British politics by the governing Labour Party and opposition Conservatives.

Both major parties have focused on cost-of-living pressures but polls show global uncertainty driven by Trump's stop-start tariffs is a top issue for voters.

Aid workers have described horrific scenes of starving children and fights over water.