Colombo, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, hours before polling in presidential elections got under
Colombo, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Sri Lankans choose a new president on Saturday in what could mark a comeback for the Rajapaksa clan, lauded by supporters for crushing the Tamil Tigers
Colombo, Nov 15 (AFP/APP): No memorial marks where Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was murdered in 2009, one of dozens of victims of "death squads" allegedly linked to a
La Paz, Nov 15 (AFP/APP): Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Anez on Thursday ruled out exiled leader Evo Morales from standing in new elections as thousands of demonstrators marched through La
Kabul, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): Preliminary results from Afghanistan's presidential election have been delayed for a second time, election officials announced Wednesday, a postponement likely to fuel more political uncertainty and
Colombo, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): Police stepped up security across Sri Lanka on Wednesday over fears of violence on the final day of campaigning for the fiercely contested presidential election, officials
Mumbai, Nov 12 (AFP/APP): India's financial capital was plunged into political uncertainty Tuesday after the president imposed direct rule on wealthy Maharashtra state after weeks of deadlock over who would
Washington, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): The United States urged Iraqi authorities to hold early polls and carry out electoral reforms and called for an end to the violence that has left
Bucharest, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): Romania's pro-Europe President Klaus Iohannis has taken a big lead in the first round of the country's presidential election on Sunday, according to partial official results.
Madrid, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): Spain's Socialist premier Pedro Sanchez emerged as winner but weakened from Sunday's repeat election that propelled the far-right Vox into third place in a result set