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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Hundreds of youth dressed in black and white gathered peacefully in front of Malaysia’s Parliament building on Saturday…
View More Youth protest in front of Malaysian Parliament over delay in lowering voting age
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will not implement a new lower voting age as scheduled this year, potentially affecting over a million people if a general election…
View More Malaysia delays lowering voting age, will affect 1.2 million people if election held this year
BARCELONA (AFP) – Separatist parties boosted their majority in Catalonia’s regional parliament in an election on Sunday (Feb 14), more than three years after a…
View More Catalan separatists boost majority in regional parliament
LISBON (REUTERS) – Portugal’s centre-right President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa won a second term on Sunday (Jan 24), exit polls showed, in an election marked…
View More Portugal President Rebelo de Sousa wins new term in socially distanced ballot
PARIS (AFP) – Portuguese voters have been asked to venture out despite the country’s pandemic lockdown Sunday (Jan 24) for a presidential election widely expected…
View More Portuguese brave coronavirus lockdown for presidential polls
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A federal judge on Monday (Dec 28) ordered two Georgia counties to reverse a decision removing thousands of voters from the rolls…
View More US judge orders two Georgia counties to halt voter purge ahead of Senate run-off
YANGON (AFP) – After five years without a single Muslim MP, Myanmar is in need of someone to help fight for the rights of oppressed…
View More Myanmar Muslim MP-elect vows to be rights champion
YANGON (REUTERS) – Myanmar’s military-backed opposition said on Tuesday (Nov 10) there had been “many contentious events” during a parliamentary election two days ago which…
View More Myanmar's army-backed party alleges 'contentious events' during election
TBILISI (AFP) – Georgia was on the verge of a political crisis on Sunday (Nov 1) as opposition parties called mass protests, rejecting parliamentary poll…
View More Georgia ruling party claims election win, opposition cries foul
CHISINAU, MOLDOVA (REUTERS) – Moldovans vote in a presidential election on Sunday (Nov 1) in which the pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon is bidding for a…
View More Moldovans vote in presidential election as pro-Moscow incumbent bids for second term
PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The National Security Council (NSC) will study proposed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be in place for the Batu…
View More Covid-19: Security council to study proposed stricter SOPs for Batu Sapi by-election in Sabah
PATNA, INDIA (AFP) – Millions of Indians turned out to cast ballots in a state election Wednesday (Oct 28) in the world’s biggest vote since…
View More Millions queue to vote as India's Bihar state election gets under way
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern on Friday (Oct 16) urged voters to deliver her a strong mandate at this weekend’s general election, promising…
View More New Zealand's Ardern and Collins make final pleas to voters before election
DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (AFP) – Central Asian Tajikistan goes to the polls Sunday (Oct 11) in a presidential election expected to make incumbent Emomali Rakhmon the…
View More Tajikistan vote seen as easy win for strongman Emomali Rakhmon