Elections

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon warns Senegal he is concerned about upsurge in violence in country in run-up to elections.

Vladimir Putin goes to presidential polls monitored by live-feed webcams to fight corruption allegations.

Coalition cracks, Europe rows, Miliband attacks and unhappy backbenchers: IBTimes UK reviews prime minister's miserable last seven days.

Socialist candidate issues 60-point manifesto outlining plans for France.

Demonstrations and marches are taking place across Cairo with people heading to Tahrir Square to mark the anniversary of the revolution.

Political activists demand resignation of interim military council as government lines up nationwide celebrations.

As the Republican race for the nomination heats up IBTimes UK asks when does a candidate become too old to run for public office?

Syrian constitution may limit president to two seven-year terms, putting an end to Assad dynasty.

French Senate votes to criminalise Armenian genocide deniers, setting France on collision course with Turkey.

Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani's controversial photo rekindles nude activism debate.

Some local Islamic leaders have even demanded that the writer should not be allowed to visit India.

Ken Livingstone Labour's Ken Livingstone has overtaken Conservative incumbent Boris Johnson in the London mayoral polls ahead of May's election.

Mitt Romney's main rivals hope for 'one-on-one' contest with him by time primary campaign heads to Florida.

Ukraine: Feminist activists brave cold to stage semi-naked protest in Kiev over prostitution restrictions.

GOP frontrunner has been widely criticised after it was revealed he paid just 15 percent tax despite a huge salary that runs into millions.

Betty Makoni is an activist who set up Girl Child Network Worldwide to help girls abused in Zimbabwe and other African countries.

Egypt's former presidential hopeful and Nobel prizewinner vows to continue fight for revolution.

Burma has released 651 high-profile activists under a presidential pardon in a bid to boost reforms needed to end the country's long-standing isolation in the international community.

Presidential polls will take place in three countries in 2012 - the U.S, Russia and France. Here are some names that could change the political landscape of these countries.

Scottish National Party under fire for bringing Scotland to 'brink of UK break-up' after defying Westminster on referendum date.

The affair started when Telecom Tycoon Naguib Sawiris tweeted a picture of a bearded Mickey Mouse and a veiled Minnie back in June.

Terrorism and foreign conspiracy guided by colonialist ambitions are responsible for the Syrian bloodshed, Syrian President Assad said.

The Baath Party leadership is committed to transition from a single to a multi-party political system, Assad said in a televised address.

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona is plotting a stunning bid for the French presidency.

Guinea Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanha has died in Paris following a lengthy hospitalisation.

Pakistan's former president faces custody on return to country over Benazir Bhutto assasination plot claim.

Government sources say verdict shows independent nature of Malaysia's judiciary after judge dismisses DNA submission.

The new trend clearly indicates that Islamists are consolidating their position in the country's political scene and have gained significantly from the movement that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime

Security was tight on Friday night as thousands of Coptic Christians gathered for a Christmas Eve Mass at the Abbassiya Cathedral in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. There were calls among Coptic followers to keep the celebrations low-profile this year.

Iran has been accused of a new internet clampdown after issuing a new set of more restrictive guidelines.