Global elections

South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo, center, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea will hold a presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon’s successor

South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor after the conservative was ousted over his imposition of martial law late last year.
 
People gather to protest the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Facing a government crackdown on dissent, Turkey’s protesters put aside their differences

 
Australia's leader of the opposition Liberal Party, Peter Dutton refuels a car in Carrick, Tasmania, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Thomas Lisson/AAP Images via AP)

Australian conservatives withdraw campaign pledge to stop remote work for public employees

 
In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a press briefing at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (South Korea Unification Ministry via AP, File)

What to expect in South Korea now that Yoon has been removed from office

 
A woman holds a poster reading "in the name of the people - Marine president" during the French far-right party national rally near the parliament in support of Marine Le Pen in Paris, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force

 

Interactives

Haji Abdul Subhan, left, and Santosh Kumar Aggarwal, top, travel in a non air-conditioned sleeper compartment of the Thirukkural Express, India, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An Indian train offers window into voters’ views

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 2024: The year a woman takes the reins

FILE - A cursor moves over Google's search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world's. On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

What election issues are Americans googling?

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Bulgaria’s government survives a no-confidence vote brought by a pro-Russia political party

 
The Castle Vaduz, the home of Liechtenstein's royal family, is seen in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Wednesday, Sept. 7. 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)

Liechtenstein’s public radio station ceases broadcasting after voters withdraw funding

 
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks at the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish prime minister says his party was targeted in cyberattack ahead of election

 

OSCE observers launch mission to monitor Albania’s upcoming parliamentary vote

 
Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Guinea sets a date in September for a key referendum that would launch a return to democracy

 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/str)

Ukraine hasn’t held elections since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Here’s why

 
Australia's then Defense Minister Peter Dutton addresses Parliament House in Canberra, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk, File)

A former detective who’s hawkish on China will lead Australia’s conservatives into an election

 
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australia’s prime minister has survived a volatile political era

 
Shoppers look at produce at a shopping center in Sydney on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

What are the major issues in Australia’s election?

 
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

 
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at parliament before no-confidence vote against her in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai prime minister survives a challenge by rivals who say her father is pulling the strings

 
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte speaks to the press during a visit by Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

Deeply unpopular Peruvian president calls for general elections in April 2026

 
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney looks through a photo album with Beulah Cooper at her home in Gander, Newfoundland, Monday, March 24, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11

 
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, center, answers questions from reporters on her arrival at the Parliament before a no-confidence debate against the prime minister in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand’s prime minister faces a no-confidence vote over alleged influence by her father

 
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall, where he asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call an election, in Ottawa, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s prime minister and his opponent kick off election saying Trump must respect sovereignty

 
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference following the First Ministers Meeting at the National War Museum on Friday, March 21, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

New Canadian Prime Minister Carney will run in Ottawa area district as he seeks to join Parliament

 
A protester in a Joker costume takes part in a demonstration demanding the government provide security against the rising violence, in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s Congress votes to oust the interior minister for failing to halt killings

 
Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s new prime minister is triggering an election campaign this weekend. Here’s what to know

 
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney skates with Edmonton Oilers' Derek Ryan (10) at the NHL hockey team's practice during a visit to Edmonton, Alberta, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney plans to trigger an early election in Canada as he shows off skating skills with an NHL team

 
A worker removes a seat during the set-up for the new seating of the federal parliament Bundestag at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The blue seats in Germany’s parliament are being moved to match voters’ choices

 
A man casts his vote in parliamentary elections in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

No evidence of foreign state influence on Greenland’s election, Denmark says

 
President Gustavo Petro addresses supporters during a rally he called to back his labor and health reform proposals, which have struggled to gain legislative approval, outside Congress in Bogotá, Colombia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia’s president at a rally calls for a special election on labor and health reforms

 
Controversial politician Diana Sosoaca, who was barred by a top court from entering last year's presidential election, raises her hands wearing boxing gloves and speaking outside the country's electoral authority after she registered an unlikely bid to enter the May rerun in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania’s election body rejects far-right Diana Sosoaca’s presidential bid, approves George Simion

 
George Simion, the leader of Romania's most popular far-right party, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), speaks in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 14, 2025, after filing his candidacy to participate in the country's presidential election rerun in May as he seeks to rally nationalist voters in the wake of last year's controversial frontrunner being barred from the race. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania’s George Simion bids for the presidency, seeking to rally far-right votes in election rerun

 

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition is left with a slim majority after vote recount

 
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, left, speaks with Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, right, during a meeting of the council of state at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon, Thursday, March 13, 2025, after Montenegro's government saw its motion of confidence defeated in parliament. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Portugal is to hold an early election in May after minority government’s fall

 
Controversial politician Diana Sosoaca, who was barred by a top court from entering last year's presidential election, raises her hands wearing boxing gloves while speaking outside the country's electoral authority after she registered an unlikely bid to enter the May rerun in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania’s far-right presidential hopeful Diana Sosoaca files new candidacy bid despite previous ban

 
The northern lights appear over homes in Nuuk, Greenland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Voting across world’s largest island keeps Greenlanders on slow path to independence

 
Lawmakers listen to French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivering his general policy speech, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)

French lawmaker who uses a wheelchair wins a change in voting rules that discriminated against him

 
Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, second right, gestures during a debate preceding a confidence motion vote at the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

What to know about the collapse of Portugal’s government