DHAKA, Bangladesh — The Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, claimed victory Friday in the first elections held since the previous government was toppled in a student-led ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s huge victory in Japan’s parliamentary election is likely to strengthen ties with the U.S. and could boost the country’s economy, says WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Jason ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s snap election gambit appears to have paid off, with her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) winning a majority of seats in parliament, Japanese broadcaster NHK ...

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...

New York State Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay will not run for re-election this year. Barclay, R-Pulaski, will serve the remainder of his term, but he will step down as minority leader to allow ...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) blasted President Donald Trump over his repeated rants about “taking over” and “nationalizing” elections, calling the rhetoric “dangerous.” On Thursday ...

Tokyo (CNN) — In scenes normally reserved for J-pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado estimated that Venezuela could hold new democratic elections in less than a year ...

Ohio's Rep. legislative leader is rejecting President Trump's push to federalize elections. House Speaker Matt Huffman, categorically shut down any effort by the president to take over OH's elections.

The Senate’s top Republican leader threw cold water on President Donald Trump's desire to nationalize elections, arguing he was in favor of "decentralized, distributed power." Trump, during an ...