Polls open in presidential and legislative elections in Ghana amid the worst economic crisis in a generation

California will appeal rejection of lawsuit over Huntington Beach voter ID law

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California will appeal a judge's decision to reject a state lawsuit over a measure allowing the city of Huntington Beach to require voter identification at the polls, officials said Thursday. State officials said they plan to continue to fight over the...

Iceland votes for a new parliament after political disagreements force an early election

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Icelanders voted to elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early election. All polling stations...

Ireland headed for coalition government following parliamentary election, exit poll suggests

DUBLIN (AP) — An exit poll in Ireland’s parliamentary election released late Friday suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government. A poll released as voting ended at 10 p.m. (2200GMT) said center-right...

Senior figure with Scholz's ex-allies quits over 'D-Day' paper on German government collapse

BERLIN (AP) — A senior figure in the party whose departure from Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition three weeks ago put Germany on the road to an early election resigned Friday in a furor over an internal document discussing how the party could leave the government, a presentation whose title...

Polls open in election to choose Ireland's next government after A campaign dominated by housing and immigration

Who is Calin Georgescu, the far-right populist who won the 1st round of Romania's presidential race?

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Most polls predicted Calin Georgescu to win less than 10% of the vote in the first round of Romania's presidential election. However, the 62-year-old obscure far-right populist shook the country's political landscape by clinching the most votes and...

Far-right populist surprises in Romanian presidential election appearing set to enter runoff

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A little-known, far-right populist took the lead in Romania’s presidential election Sunday, electoral data showed, and will likely face leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in a runoff in two weeks, an outcome that rocked the country's political landscape. ...

Polls open in Uruguay for a runoff election to pick the next president of the stable South American nation

Gabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon is holding a referendum on Saturday on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country's longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation. Nearly 1 million people are...