Global elections

Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator, speaks to a group of athlete supporters during a campaign stop at a sports hall in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away

Iranian voters say they are disenchanted ahead of the country’s runoff presidential election on Friday.

Supporters of French far right leader Marine Le Pen react after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French far right works to turn election win into power. Its rivals want to stop it in decisive vote

FILE - The door to 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 8, 2022. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

The UK will hold its first election in almost 5 years. Here’s what to know

In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist candidate for the presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian arrives for his debate with the hard-line candidate Saeed Jalili at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 1, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)

Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of runoff

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends a signing an agreement to respect the results of the upcoming presidential elections, at the National Electoral Council headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Ahead of election, Venezuela’s Maduro says he has agreed to resume negotiations with United States

Future President Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election, early Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico elections 2024: The year a woman takes the reins

UP NEXT: UNITED KINGDOM

FILE - The door to 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 8, 2022. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

FILE - The door to 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 8, 2022. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Here’s what else to know about the election

The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power.

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People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections in Paris, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Friends, foes of France’s far-right National Rally scramble after first round of voting

France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the far-right party are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting in high-stakes surprise legislative elections.

FILE - Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left, and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella during a political meeting on June 2, 2024 in Paris. At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has led the French far right to a landslide victory in the European Parliament election in June. After voters propelled Marine Le Pen's National Rally to a strong lead in the first round of national legislative elections on Sunday, Bardella has turned to rallying supporters to grant Marine Le Pen's party an absolute majority in the decisive round of voting on July 7 and make him the prime minister of France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

At 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of far-right National Rally

At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political force in France.

FILE - People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Paris. After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

European neighbors cast a wary eye on France after far-right party’s election lead

After France’s far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors are warily eyeing the latest country on the continent to veer to the right.

Attendees stand for the anthem during a ceremony to handout Parliamentary membership cards to newly elected lawmakers at the Mongolian Government Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Mongolia may return to coalition government after official results confirm setback for ruling party

Official results have confirmed that Mongolia’s ruling party won a much smaller majority in a parliamentary election than it had held previously, raising the possibility of a return to a coalition government for the first time in eight years.

FILE - Britain's new Prime Minister Tony Blair, waves to well wishers in Downing Street, London, May 2, 1997. The upcoming general election on July 4, 2024, is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. In 1997, the Labour Party had been out of power for longer than it has been now - 18 years - and it was quite a turnaround when Labour, under the leadership of the youthful Tony Blair, won the May 1, 1997 general election by a landslide majority of 179 seats. (AP Photo/Max Nash, file)

UK’s landmark postwar elections: When Blair won the first of his 3 elections in 1997

Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years.

A man casts his ballot, during the presidential election, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. Mauritanians are voting for their next president, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win the vote after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. (AP Photo/Mamsy Elkeihel)

Mauritania’s President Ghazouani wins reelection, the electoral commission says

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won reelection after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, the country’s electoral commission said on Monday.

Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by the boat yard in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

In a proud and troubled UK town, voters wonder whether their election choice will make a difference

A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England.

French far right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The French far right is ahead in the first round of snap elections. Here’s what’s next

French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on during a visit to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, in Golders Green, while on the general election campaign trail, in north west London, Sunday June 30, 2024. (James Manning/Pool Photo via AP)

In the final days before the UK election, Rishi Sunak insists that he can stay in power

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dismissed suggestions that his party is heading to defeat in Thursday’s general election.

A man casts his ballot in front of a mural of late President Hugo Chavez as part of a rehearsal for the July 28 presidential election at a voting center in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez Fortune)

Venezuelans rehearse voting weeks before the pivotal presidential election

Some Venezuelans have cast mock votes in a rehearsal less than a month before the highly anticipated election in which President Nicolas Maduro seeks a third term.

A man casts his ballot, during the presidential election, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. Mauritanians are voting for their next president, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win the vote after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. (AP Photo/Mamsy Elkeihel)

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on track for reelection, provisional results show

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is on track to secure a second mandate, provisional results show.

FILE - Britain's Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher waves to wellwishers as she arrives at 10 Downing Street, London with her husband Denis at right, May 4, 1979. Britain’s upcoming general election on July 4, 2024, is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Britain's general election in 1979 is without doubt the most consequential since 1945, with Margaret Thatcher becoming the country’s first female prime minister on a radical Conservative economic agenda. At its heart, Thatcherism represented a total rethink over the role of the state. (AP Photo/Bob Dear, File)

UK’s landmark postwar elections: When Thatcher became the first female prime minister in 1979

Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years.

Far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella delivers his speech after the first round vote of the legislative election, Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Paris. France's high-stakes legislative elections propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong but not decisive lead in the first-round vote Sunday, polling agencies' projected, dealing another slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron after his risky decision to call voters back to the polls for the second time in three weeks. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

The Latest | France’s first-round voting ends. Bardella calls for rejection of ‘dangerous far left’

France had held an early parliamentary election that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II.

People walk alone the street in Dartford, London, Wednesday, June 12, 2024.Distrust saturates the campaign trails in the United States and Great Britain like the dense summer heat as each country, rooted in the Magna Carta, revolution and a "special relationship," hurtle toward democratic elections. Brits go to the polls July 4 -- as Americans celebrate their independence with barbeques and fireworks ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. In both places, voters articulated a striking lack of optimism that the winners will represent their wishes. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

American and British voters share deep roots. In 2024, they distrust their own leaders, too

British and American voters are going to the polls the same year for the first time in more than three decades.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron leave the voting booth before voting in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Yara Nardi, Pool via AP)

French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections

French voters have propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections and plunged the country into political uncertainty. President Emmanuel Macron is urging voters to block the far right in the second-round elections.

A woman sorts out ballot papers, during the presidential election, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Saturday, June 29, 2024. Mauritanians are voting for their next president, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win the vote after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. (AP Photo/Mamsy Elkeihel)

Polls close in Mauritania, with the incumbent ally of the West favored to win

Polls have closed in the presidential election in Mauritania. Incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is widely expected to win the vote after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence.

Protestors attend a silent march called by the mother of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk who was killed by police to mark one year since his death, in Nanterre, west of Paris, Saturday, June 29, 2024. The murder of 17-year-old Nahel by an on-duty police officer in June 2023 sparked riots across France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

A French community honors a teen killed by police. Political and racial tensions are the backdrop

The mother of a French teenager with North African origins killed by police held a silent march to mark one year since his death.

FILE - Britain's Labour Party leader Harold Wilson raises his hands after retaining his seat in the House of Commons and winning the general election, outside the ballot counting rooms rooms at the Huyton Secondary School in Huyton, Lancashire, England, Oct. 15, 1964. Britain’s upcoming general election on July 4, 2024 is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. In 1964, the Conservative Party had been in power for 13 years and was on its fourth prime minister. The election was a race between the aristocratic Douglas-Home and Labour leader Harold Wilson, a young politician who was buzzing with ideas such as the need to harness the “white heat of technology” to modernize the ailing British economy. (AP Photo/File)

UK’s landmark postwar elections: When Labour ended 13 years of Conservative rule in 1964

In 1964, the Conservative Party had been in power for 13 years and was on its fourth prime minister, Alec Douglas-Home.

In this photo provided by Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA, reformist candidate for the Iranian presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian casts his ballot as he waves to media in a polling station, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 28, 2024. Iranians are voting in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. (Majid Khahi, ISNA via AP)

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi after an initial vote saw the top candidates not secure an outright win in the lowest turnout poll ever held in the Islamic Republic by percentage.

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony at the Croix du Souvenir monument, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 on the Île de Sein, Brittany. Emmanuel Macron once appeared as a bold, young leader offering to revive France through radical pro-business, pro-European policies so that voters have "no reason anymore" to vote for the extremes. Seven years after he was first elected, his call for snap elections weakens him at home and abroad, while it appears to propel the far right on the verge of power. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool, File)

Macron weakened at home and abroad as an early French election gives the far right momentum

French President Emmanuel Macron appeared on the political stage in 2017 as a bold, young leader offering to revive France through radical pro-business, pro-European policies.

British Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to party supporters in Bollington, England, while on the General Election campaign trail, Thursday June 27, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from more betting slips to the last debate

The U.K. general election on July 4 is just days away now no doubt to the relief of the party leaders who have crisscrossed the country in a grueling month of campaigning.

A car drives past electoral posters, Thursday, June 27, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections following the defeat of his centrist alliance at European Union elections earlier this month. Voters will choose lawmakers for the National Assembly in two rounds on June 30 and July 7. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

High-stakes French legislative election hits torrid final stretch before first-round voting begins

Candidates in France are making their last campaign pushes for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election.

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage speaks at a meeting while on the general election campaign trail, in Boston, England, Thursday June 27, 2024. (Paul Marriott/PA via AP)

Nigel Farage criticizes racist remarks by Reform UK worker. But he later called it a ‘stitch-up’

Anti-immigration British politician Nigel Farage has condemned a worker for his Reform UK party who suggested migrants crossing the English Channel in boats should be used for “target practice.”

Followers of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) glue campaign posters for the upcoming legislative election, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections following the defeat of his centrist alliance at European Union elections earlier this month. Voters will choose lawmakers for the National Assembly in two rounds on June 30 and July 7. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France is facing an election like no other. Here’s how it works and what comes next

French voters are called to the polls this weekend for an exceptional moment in their political history.

A woman casts her vote during the presidential election at a polling station inside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash

Iranians have voted in a presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash in May along with the country’s foreign minister and several other officials.

A woman fills out her ballot during the Iranian presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 28, 2024. Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran votes in a snap poll for a new president. Here’s what’s at stake

Iranians have voted in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. The race’s sole reformist candidate vowed to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy.

Election workers holds up ballots as manual counting begins after polls close for parliamentary elections in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. Preliminary results were expected by early Saturday morning after voting ended at 10 p.m. Friday across the vast but sparsely populated country squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Mongolia’s governing party wins only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show

The governing Mongolian People’s Party has won a slim majority in the country’s parliament, with the opposition Democratic Party making major gains in elections.

Shannon Seban, a legislative election candidate for the camp of President Emmanuel Macron, campaigns, in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine, Tuesday June 25, 2024. Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France's high-stakes legislative election campaign. On the outskirts of Paris, a candidate who is Jewish is feeling the heat of hatred. Campaigning for the camp of President Emmanuel Macron, Shannon Seban is accompanied by bodyguards as she canvasses for votes, because her party is concerned for her safety. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

In France’s high-stakes legislative election, a Jewish candidate faces and fights hate and division

Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France’s high-stakes legislative election campaign.

FILE - Residents look at candidates posters two days before polls open in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on June 26, 2024. Even in a busy year of elections, the next few days stand out. Voters go to the polls over the next week in fledgling democracies like Mauritania and Mongolia, in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the stalwart democracies of Britain and France. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Ballot box binge: Votes loom in coming days from Mongolia to Iran to Britain in a busy election year

Even in a busy year of elections, the next few days stand out. Voters go to the polls over the next week in fledgling democracies like Mauritania and Mongolia, in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the stalwart democracies of Britain and France.

Supporters of presidential candidate Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid take part in a campaign rally ahead of the presidential election Nouakchott, Mauritania, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mamsy Elkeihel) (AP Photo/Mamsy Elkeihel)

Mauritania goes to the polls with a regional security crisis and economic concerns among the issues

Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania. The vast desert nation in West Africa positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence.