German election 2025 live results: By the numbers | Elections News
About 59 million Germans were eligible to vote in snap elections to decide who will govern the eurozone’s largest economy.Votes are now being counted across…
Germany’s CDU ahead in election exit poll, strong support for far right | Elections News
Germany’s opposition conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has been projected to win the national election, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the…
German frontrunner pledges to lead in Europe before key election | Elections News
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz appeal to voters in the run-up to Sunday’s election.German politicians made their final appeals to voters…
Alice Weidel: The far-right leader shaping Germany’s AfD | Elections
On January 29, MPs from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) clustered around 46-year-old party leader Alice Weidel in parliament taking selfies. Weidel, dressed in…
Uncertainty grows among refugees and migrants as Germany heads to the polls | Elections News
Berlin/Cottbus, Germany – Germany is preparing for high-stakes elections, amid fears that far-right sentiment rising while migration policies sit at the centre of political debate.…
Reality of war clashes with Trump’s demand for Ukraine vote, analysts say | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – Echoing the Kremlin, United States President Donald Trump is demanding that national elections be held in Ukraine as part of any peace…
Who is running in the German elections and what are the key issues? | Elections News
Germany will go to the polls on Sunday, February 23 after a snap election was called in December following the collapse of the coalition government…
US-Russia Talks: Five takeaways from Rubio-Lavrov meeting on Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News
Top diplomats from the United States and Russia met in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday to discuss how to end the Ukraine war…
Far right set to make strides in a German election dominated by immigration | Elections News
Germans would be hard-pressed to find a time when their political landscape was as fragmented as it is days ahead of Sunday’s federal election. For…
Brazilian prosecutors charge ex-President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plot | Jair Bolsonaro News
Jair Bolsonaro and dozens of others have been charged over an alleged plot to violently overturn his 2022 election loss.Brazilian authorities have charged the country’s…
Munich car ramming: What happened, who’s the suspect, what’s next? | Crime News
EXPLAINERThe Munich incident took place during an election campaign in which immigration and security have been prominent issues. A car rammed into demonstrators in Munich…
Germany: A Far Right Reckoning | Elections
People & Power investigates the reasons behind the rise of the far right in Germany.For the first time since the 1930s, the far right is…
President Daniel Noboa questions first-round results of Ecuador’s election | Elections News
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has cast doubt on the outcome of the country’s recent presidential race, saying the first-round results appeared to show “irregularities”. On…
Sudan army-aligned foreign ministry sets path to elections amid civil war | Sudan war News
The plan includes a transitional government, a civilian prime minister and a national dialogue with civil society.Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has unveiled plans for…
Ecuador set for run-off in presidential election dominated by security | Elections News
Surge in support sees left-wing challenger Luisa Gonzalez neck and neck with incumbent President Daniel Noboa.Hard-right incumbent President Daniel Noboa and left-wing challenger Luisa Gonzalez…
Ecuador votes in presidential election led by Daniel Noboa, Luisa Gonzalez | Elections News
Incumbent Daniel Noboa seeks re-election, with Luisa Gonzalez seen as his main rival.Voters in Ecuador are set to pick their next president in a race…
Kosovo votes in election seen as referendum on PM Albin Kurti | Elections News
The polls will determine who leads Kosovo’s stalled normalisation talks with neighbouring Serbia.Polls have opened in Kosovo’s parliamentary election, seen as a referendum on Prime…
Modi’s BJP romps to Delhi power after 27 years, in big blow to opposition | Elections News
New Delhi, India – Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have stunningly lost the Delhi assembly election in a major turnaround for the…
Seeking re-election, President Daniel Noboa centres Ecuador’s crime wave | Elections News
Noboa has continued to weather controversy about the limits of his authority through the end of his latest campaign. Ecuador’s constitution requires that public officials…
A referendum on crime? What to know about Ecuador’s presidential election | Elections News
It was just 18 months ago that Daniel Noboa, 37, won Ecuador’s presidency, becoming the youngest man ever elected to the office. Now, on Sunday,…