Elections

As the second day of Egypt's landmark parliamentary elections takes place, the trial regarding virginity checks allegedly conducted by the security forces on Samira Ibrahim while in detention in was due to start today but has been delayed to December, prompting more outrage from women protesters in Egypt.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 29, 2011

Egyptians have turned out in force in defiance of calls to boycott parliamentary elections.

Emanuelle Degli Esposti Nov 29, 2011

Polls have opened for a second day of voting in Egypt's parliamentary elections, the first since former leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 29, 2011

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest and best organised opposition party, until recently seemed poised to take power in the Arab world's most populous country. Where have the uprisings of the last week left the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party?

Emanuelle Degli Esposti Nov 28, 2011

As Egyptians vote in parliamentary elections Monday, they also are taking to the Web to report violations and attempted fraud at the polls.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 28, 2011

The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has won Friday's elections in Morocco, taking the most seats in parliament, final polls confirm.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Nov 28, 2011

Egyptians are voting in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since the ousting nine month ago of former President Hosni Mubarak.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 28, 2011

As news emerges that EDL members will seek political office, IBTimes UK looks at where that may be.

Shane Croucher Nov 25, 2011

Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered on Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand the army immediately hands over power to a civilian administration.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 25, 2011

Kamal al-Ganzouri, a former Prime Minister under ousted President Hosni Mubarak has been appointed by Egypt's ruling generals as head of a new interim government.

Emanuelle Degli Esposti Nov 25, 2011

Despite the unrest in the Egyptian capital, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal met in Cairo as scheduled to implement a unity agreement on Thursday.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 24, 2011

The legislative elections set to take place in Morocco on Friday, have been marred by calls for a boycott of the vote.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 24, 2011

Zimbabwe's President Rober Mugabe is stepping-up his anti-western rhetoric ahead of the elections, calling the Prime Minister "Satanic" for threatening to withhold aid from countries that do not respect gay rights.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 24, 2011

The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has apologized for the deaths of pro-democracy activists, while questions have been raised about the likelihood of next week's elections going ahead.

Emanuelle Degli Esposti Nov 24, 2011

After months of protests calling for his departure, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital to sign a transfer deal which would see his deputy Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi take power ahead of early elections.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 23, 2011

The eurozone crisis has already led to the toppling of two elected governments and their replacement with EU approved technocrats with a democratic mandate somewhat below that enjoyed by Robert Mugabe. With Barack Obama up for re-election next year, could the euro crisis even lead to the toppling of the so-called leader of the free world?

William Dove Nov 23, 2011

Crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square continued Wednesday to fight a pitched battle against riot police and the Egyptian army, as pro-democracy protesters rejected military rulers' timetable for elections.

Emanuelle Degli Esposti Nov 23, 2011

Australian police are investigating a former senator's allegations that an executive from Rupert Murdoch's News Limited offered him favourable newspaper coverage and a "special relationship" in return for voting against government legislation.

Sharon Green Nov 23, 2011

On Tuesday evening, U.S Republican presidential candidates debated issues concerning their country's foreign policy.

Aparajita Das Nov 23, 2011

Libya's transitional Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib is poised to nominate a new cabinet on Tuesday that will be in office until next year, when the North African country will stage the first elections since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in August.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Nov 22, 2011

Despite three days of clashes between protesters and the security forces, which left at least 33 dead, the Egyptian authorities have announced that the parliamentary elections expected to take place in a week's time will proceed as scheduled.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 22, 2011

Stand-first: Mario Monti has a tough task at hand – to shore up the finances of Italy which are a total shambles.

Aditya Rangroo Nov 22, 2011

The IBTimes looks at the images from yesterday's Spanish election which saw the Popular Party win power from the PSOE

Tom Nicolson Nov 21, 2011

As the Occupy London movement looks sets to continue in the courts, critics are suggesting that the protesters simply pack up and go home. But can a protester take this argument to Parliament by becoming an MP?

Tom Nicolson Nov 21, 2011

Having fought an election campaign for six months on a bitter message of austerity, the new Spanish Prime Minister and leader of the Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, now faces the difficult part.

Tom Nicolson Nov 21, 2011

While the Syrian National Council has released a document setting out plans for a transitional phase if the Assad regime falls, the armed opposition, the Free Syria Army, is gaining popularity.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 21, 2011

In what seems eerily like a replay of February's revolution, protesters in Egypt have set up camp in Tahrir square to call for regime change. The images and videos emerging from the demonstration show violence has once again gripped the country.

Emanuelle Degli Esposti Nov 21, 2011

The protesters were mostly Islamists who are campaigning against a draft constitution which, they say, would invest too much of power with the armed forces.

BS Unnikrishnan Nov 20, 2011

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the blogger who posted nude pictures of herself on a blog in a protest against Islamism, is gaining support from expat Egyptians and Arab commentators in Western countries alike, while facing backlash and furious criticism among liberals inside the country.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Nov 18, 2011

French Foreign minister Alain Juppe called for the UN to take new steps against the Syrian regime accused of leading a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy supporters.

Anissa Haddadi Nov 18, 2011