Elections

Ayatollah, Radical Islam Wins Big in Iran's Parliamentary Poll

With 90% of the votes counted, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to be the big loser against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini.

Obama pulls out all stops to show himself as pro-Israel in a campaign video. Barak, Peres and even Netanyahu praise him.

Moshe Feiglin, head of the Likud's Manhigut Yehudit faction, is planning to again take on Binyamin Netanyahu for leadership of the Likud.

The nation that gave birth to the Jasmine Revolution and the Arab Spring has just extended its state of emergency for the rest of the year.

The US and Britain are congratulating Egypt on completing the first historic round of three parliamentary polls to elect a new government.

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says elections for a Fatah-Hamas unity gov't will be held next May; dismisses concerns over Hamas' Israel stance.

The Islamist Ennahda Party won 41% of the seats in Tunisia's first electoral contest since the country initiated the Arab Spring uprising.

The false suspense ended as Dimitry Medvedev announced Putin's candidacy.Here is the story of the buildup; elections are a formality.

National Union leader cites poll showing weaker Likud, stronger NU, as sign Netanyahu is beginning to crash.

A new poll shows the reaction at the polls could be a slap in the face to Kadima without hurting nationalist and religious parties.

The PLO executive committee agreed on October 2011 for municipal elections, just one month after its planned statehood bid at the UN.