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Rival governments vie for power in Moldova political crisis

Moldova's rival governments accused each other of usurping power Tuesday amid an escalating political crisis in the ...

Nominations set to close in race to be next UK leader

Nominations close Monday in the Brexit-dominated race to become Britain's next prime minister, a contest that will be decided ...

Conservative rivals battle as May exits, defeated by Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May formally steps down as Conservative Party leader on Friday, defeated by the Brexit ...

Spain caretaker PM Sánchez will try to form government

Spain's caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Thursday that work to form a "stable government for the next four years" ...

Prayuth Chan-ocha

Thai Parliament votes for coup leader to stay on as PM

Thailand's Parliament elected 2014 coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha as prime minister in a vote Wednesday that helps ensure the ...

The Latest: Denmark's Social Democrats cheer election win

The latest on Denmark's general election (all times local): 12:40 a.m. The leader of Denmark's Social Democrats says voters ...

Thailand's oldest party will join coup leader's coalition

Thailand's prime minister, who took power in a military coup five years ago, appears set to win a parliamentary vote ...

Poland's democracy anniversary exposes political divisions

Poland marked Tuesday the 30-year anniversary of partly-free elections that contributed to the fall of communism, with the ...

A look at the main candidates in Denmark's election

A look at the main candidates in Wednesday's elections for Denmark's 179-seat parliament. ___ LARS LOEKKE RASMUSSEN Loekke ...

Israel's 'do-over' election brings new threats to Netanyahu

After narrowly failing to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April elections, the long-time Israeli leader's opponents ...

Future in doubt for Merkel's German govt after ally quits

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she won't run for a fifth term, but the departure of a top ally in her ...

France's conservative party chief quits after poor election

The leader of France's traditional right-wing party The Republicans has resigned following its trouncing in the European ...

Albania opposition protests again, calls for new election

Thousands of Albanian opposition supporters took to the streets again Sunday to demand new elections despite repeated calls ...

Kostas Bakoyannis

Greek conservatives dominate second round of local elections

Conservative-backed candidates have won 12 of 13 of Greece's regions and captured the majority of Greece's cities, confirming ...

Drew Faust,Angela Merkel,Alan Garber,Huda Zoghbi,James Earl Jones,Mark Zuckerberg

German government wobbles after Social Democrat leader quits

German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Sunday to continue with her government after the leader of the center-left Social ...

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu's future clouded by rivalry with former ally

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's complicated relationship with an angry former protege has sent Israeli politics into ...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainian parliament defies new president, keeps Cabinet

Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday refused to accept the Cabinet's resignation, in another snub to the nation's newly sworn-in ...

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HOW ISRAEL MADE ...

Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman

Israel heads to election as Netanyahu fails to form govt

Israel's parliament voted to dissolve itself early Thursday, sending the country to an unprecedented second snap election ...

The Latest: Israeli parliament vote triggers early election

The Latest on Israel's political crisis (all times local): 12:10 a.m. Israel's parliament has voted to dissolve itself, ...