Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu leave BJP gasping in polls

Gulf Today Report Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term in the state, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil...

Armenia Prime Minister resigns ahead of snap polls

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday announced his resignation while retaining interim duties, formalising a parliamentary vote to be held June 20 in an effort to defuse a political...

Election violence kills five in India's battleground state Bengal

Gulf Today Report At least five people were killed in election-related violence in India's West Bengal state on Saturday, the deadliest day so far in multi-phase voting there. ...

Two dead as fresh wave of violence hits crucial India state poll

Two people died as the second phase of voting in a violence-marred Indian state election kicked off Thursday, officials said, with crowds of opponents clashing on the streets despite a...

Taliban slam Afghan president’s proposal for new election

The Taliban on Wednesday rejected a proposal by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to hold elections later this year, after months of peace talks between the two warring sides have made...

Internet, social media cut as Congo goes to polls

Gulf Today Report  The Republic of Congo presidential election polls open up after access to internet and social media services was cut on Sunday.  Internet access was shut down...

Chancellor Merkel party braces for drubbing in German state polls

Gulf Today Report Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are bracing for a rout in two key regional polls Sunday, as German voters go to the polls in regional elections in...

A major victory and boost for Joe Biden

Biden on path to being a ‘transformational figure’

Eli Stokols and Chris Megerian, Tribune News Service President Joe Biden’s first big legislative victory, the $1.9 trillion package he calls the American Rescue Plan, squeaked through an evenly...

Spate of retirements signals battles ahead for GOP

Steve Peoples, Associated Press This is not the way Republicans wanted to begin the year. Missouri’s Roy Blunt on Monday became the fifth Republican senator to announce he will not...