TEHRAN, Apr 16 - The U.S. Congress has strong arguments for obtaining President Donald Trump’s tax returns, but first faces a long court battle that could extend into the 2020 presidential election, some legal experts said.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 - Finland may usher in its first leftist prime minister in two decades in parliamentary elections on Sunday, as voters worry over the future of the country’s generous welfare system as the costs of caring for a rapidly ageing population rise.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears poised to secure a fifth term in office after early results from Israel’s general elections handed him a narrow victory against his centrist rival, Benny Gantz.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Doubt over local election results in Istanbul will remain if Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) rejects an appeal by President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) to renew elections in the city, a party vice chairman said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Kazakhstan's interim president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, called a snap presidential election for June 9 on Tuesday and looked to be in pole position to continue ruling the oil-rich Central Asian nation.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described US President Donald Trump’s move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as another “misguided” election gift to the Israeli prime minister on the eve of the regime’s election.
TEHRAN, Apr 09-Turkey’s High Election Board has rejected an appeal by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to recount local election votes cast in 31 of Istanbul’s 39 districts amid a dispute over the outcome of the mayoral elections there, which has given the main opposition group a narrow victory over the AKP.
TEHRAN, Apr 07 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party will ask Turkey's top electoral board for a recount of all votes cast in local elections in Istanbul, a senior party official said on Sunday.
TEHRAN, Apr 07 - May 18 appears the most likely date for Australia's next election at which the conservative government faces an uphill battle to win a third three-year term.
TEHRAN, Apr 07 - India will hold a general election starting April 11 in the world’s largest democratic exercise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second straight term.
TEHRAN, Apr 06 - Voting began in the Maldives in a crucial parliamentary election on Saturday many hope would help President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih to overcome a coalition split that has hampered his efforts to restore political freedoms and tackle corruption.
TEHRAN, Apr 05 - The two remaining candidates in Ukraine's presidential race underwent televised drug and alcohol tests on Friday, capping a week in which they traded jibes in tit-for-tat social media videos and goaded each other to agree to a live policy debate.
TEHRAN, Apr 05 - The leader of Estonia's largest political party received a formal request from the president on Friday to form a government, but quickly she downplayed her prospects of becoming prime minister.
TEHRAN, Apr 05 - British Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain will make contingency plans to take part in European Parliament elections in May if no Brexit deal is reached in the interim.
TEHRAN, Apr 04- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the country’s successful local elections.
TEHRAN, Apr 02 - British Prime Minister Theresa May chairs several hours of cabinet meetings on Tuesday in an attempt to plot a course out of the Brexit maelstrom as she comes under pressure to either leave the European Union without a deal or call an election.
TEHRAN, Apr 02 - Ukraine's former prime minister, who polled third in the nation's tight race for the presidency, claims that the incumbent president rigged the results in his favor.
TEHRAN, Apr 02 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Turkey on holding local elections successfully, which he described as a proof of democracy in the neighboring nation.
TEHRAN, Apr 02 - Iran has extended its congratulations to the Turkish government, nation and political parties over holding "successful" nationwide local elections, saying the peaceful polls and people's high turnout were signs of the rule of democracy in the country.
TEHRAN, Mar31-Millions of people in Turkey are flocking to polling stations to vote in local elections, which is seen as a gauge of support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.