Elections

Danish intelligence warns of foreign interference in election campaign

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is set to sweep 21 per cent of voters in the upcoming elections, recent polls showed.

Indian court throws out alleged corruption case against opposition leader

FILE PHOTO: People gather as Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attends a roadshow after India's Supreme Court gave temporary bail to the Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor last week in a liquor policy case, in New Delhi, India, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

Nepal’s ex-police chief ordered lethal force in protest: BBC

Fire rages through the Singha Durbar, the main administrative building for the Nepal government, in Kathmandu on Sept 9, 2025, a day after a police crackdown on demonstrations over social media prohibitions and corruption by the government..

Embarrassing defeat for British PM Starmer as Greens seize Labour stronghold

Hannah Spencer, Green Party's candidate, walks outside a polling station at St. Agnes Primary School, on the day of the Gorton and Denton by-election, triggered by the resignation of Andrew Gwynne, in Gorton, Manchester, Britain, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

News analysis

A tale of two elections: Quiet in Laos, lively in Thailand. But some things remain the same

Motorists drive past the Lao National Assembly ahead of the election in Vientiane on Feb 19, 2026. The Feb 22 election would see 243 candidates contesting 175 seats after being pre-selected by the ruling communist party.

Poll shows main rival of French far-right in presidential election could lose mayor seat

Edouard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre and leader of French political party Horizons (HOR) and Member of parliament Paul Christophe, president of the Horizons & Independants parliamentary group, arrive for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, on the day France expects the nomination of a new prime minister, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Italy's ruling parties strike deal on electoral law overhaul

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and members of the Parliament attend a commemoration for Pope Francis during a joint session of the Italian parliament in Rome, Italy, April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Matteo Minnella/File Photo

Hungary is at a crossroads between Europe and ‘dictators’, opposition leader says

Mr Peter Magyar's centre-right Tisza party poses the most serious threat to nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year grip on power in Hungary.

Denmark to hold election on March 24 as PM Frederiksen bets on Greenland crisis boost

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks on the day she announced that Denmark will hold a parliamentary election on March 24, in the Parliament Hall at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark February 26, 2026. Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl via REUTERS

China disinformation targets Takaichi, Trump, says US institute; Chinese envoy says it’s ‘groundless’

FILE PHOTO: Sanae Takaichi, Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita and Hirofumi Yoshimura, Japan Innovation Party leader, attend an election campaign event on the first day of campaigning for the February 8 snap election, in Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

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