Polling in Turkey’s local elections began on Sunday, with 57 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots in the country's 81 provinces. Voting started at 7.00 a.m local time (0400GMT) and will continue through 4.00 p.m. local time (1300GMT) in 32 out of Turkey’s 81...

Zuzana Caputova has been elected as Slovakia’s first female president, according to preliminary results. Caputova, 45 won Saturday's presidential runoff with more than 58 percent of the votes. In the first round, Caputova got 40 percent of the votes and her strongest challenger, the...

Algeria’s army chief repeated a proposal on Saturday to declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika unfit for office under article 102 of the constitution and told opponents not to seek to undermine the military. Army Chief of Staff Ahmed Gaed Salah said in a statement issued by the Defense...

Libya held rare municipal elections in nine communities on Saturday, although turnout in the country’s first voting for five years reached only about 38 percent. The North African state, which has been mired in conflict and chaos since the 2011 toppling of Muammar Gaddafi, has not held...