Iran presidential candidate vows to resist West
Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West ...

Iran's Ahmadinejad looks to outsider options
By now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well-accustomed to enduring blows from Iran's ruling clerics as his reputation fell from favored son to ...

Top figures barred from Iran's June ballot
Iran's election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud ...

Iran candidate list for presidential race
The eight candidates approved Tuesday for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term ...
Weightlifting chief Tamas Ajan wins re-election
Tamas Ajan of Hungary has been re-elected to serve four more years as president of the International Weightlifting Federation, which he has led since ...

Iran election overseers may bar former president
Iran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference ...

Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums
Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas.

Iranian cleric says women can't be president
A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the ...

Singapore's Ng Ser Miang joins IOC race
Portraying himself as a "global" candidate with a world view, Ng Ser Miang of Singapore is hoping to break the European stranglehold on the top ...
Sharara re-elected president of table tennis body
Adham Sharara of Canada has been re-elected president of the International Table Tennis Federation. Sharara defeated challenger Stefano Bosi of Italy, ...

Iran hard-liners urge election ban on top rivals
Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders — a moderate former president and a protege of ...

Pakistan vote count shows big Sharif win
The vote count from last weekend's nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party.
Mali leader: Presidential election set for July 28
Mali's interim leader says the country's presidential vote will take place on July 28 after months of speculation about the date. On a visit to ...

Online gags galore after Czech president's mishap
Was he or wasn't he? The video footage shows the new Czech president clearly worse for wear, propping himself up against a wall at a public event, ...

Ex-Philippine president elected mayor of Manila
Former President Joseph Estrada was declared the winner of Manila's mayoral election on Tuesday, his first ballot victory since his ouster in a 2001 ...
Rubio's PAC airing ads defending Ayotte on guns
A political group backed by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is coming to the aid of New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, airing a new television ...

Filipino clans, celebrities dominate midterm polls
From Imelda Marcos to Manny Pacquiao, familiar names of Philippine political clans and celebrities dominated the ballots for Monday's congressional ...

Leading candidates in Iran's presidential race
The following are potential front-runners in Iran's June 14 presidential election to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The list of candidates will be ...

Former Pakistani prime minister declares victory
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a ...

2 divisive figures enter Iran's presidential race
A pair of powerful and divisive figures registered Saturday to run in Iran's presidential election, jolting the political landscape ahead of next ...
Illegal ballots seized ahead of Bulgarian election
Bulgarian prosecutors have stormed a printing house and seized 350,000 illegally printed ballots just hours before the start of parliamentary ...
Hundreds register for Iran's presidential race
Four prominent Iranian politicians have joined hundreds of potential candidates who have applied to run in the June 14 presidential election. The race ...

Iran president still a force even as his era ends
When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory ...
Malian military prepares for final push on Kidal
Mali is in the final stages of preparation for an assault on the northern provincial capital of Kidal, the last rebel-held town in the country's ...