Elections

Disputed Myanmar election wins China’s vote of confidence

People walk past an election campaign billboard ahead of Myanmar's general election in Nawnghkio in Myanmar’s northern Shan State, on Dec 9, 2025.

Myanmar junta seeks legitimacy in election widely seen as flawed

The election on Dec 28, 2025, while excluding most political parties that won in the 2020 polls, may ostensibly return the country to having an elected government.

Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war

A woman riding past campaign billboards ahead of Myanmar's general election in Pyin Oo Lwin in Myanmar’s Mandalay Region.

Sequestered Suu Kyi overshadows military-run Myanmar election

Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation abroad is heavily tarnished over her government’s handling of the Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh editors warn of ‘fight for survival’ as mob violence targets media

Bangladeshi police stand guard in front of the burnt office of the Daily Star newspaper.

Far-right surge in western Spain shapes outcome of regional election

People hold flags as they wait for Spanish far-right party VOX rally with other European far-right leaders, in Madrid, Spain, February 8, 2025. REUTERS/Ana Beltran

Kosovo heads to polls as political deadlock threatens vital funds

A worker holds an election campaign poster with a portrait of acting Prime Minister of Kosovo and Levizja Vetevendosje (Movement for Self-Determination) party leader Albin Kurti, in Pristina, Kosovo December 16, 2025. Kosovo is to hold a snap parliamentary election on December 28, nearly a year after a political deadlock that prevented the formation of a new government. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj/File Photo

Commentary

How an assassination is pushing Bangladesh to the brink

The Daily Star building in Dhaka aflame on Dec 19 as the death of a young activist leader sets off a political conflagration ahead of elections in February.

Republican critics fear incomplete disclosure of Epstein files will loom over US midterms

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, in an undated photo released by the US Department of Justice on Dec 19.

Myanmar arrests hundreds under new election law ahead of December vote

The military ‍government is set to begin a general election on Dec 28, the first since a 2021 coup overthrew the civilian administration.

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