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JERUSALEM: Israeli lawyers held a leadership election on Tuesday with an eye on candidates' potential influence over the make-up of a panel for selecting judges, which is at the core of a contested bid by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Lebanon slid deeper into crisis on Wednesday when Hezbollah and its allies thwarted a bid by their rivals to elect a top IMF official as president, sharpening sectarian tensions and underlining the dim hopes for reviving the…

SANTIAGO: Chileans voted on Sunday (May 7) to elect the 50 members of a committee that will write a new constitution to replace the dictatorship-era one that has been in vigor for more than 40 years. It is the second time that Chileans…

POZO COLORADO, Paraguay — Paraguayans elected Santiago Peña, a 44-year-old conservative economist, as their new president on Sunday, keeping the South American nation in the control of the right-wing Colorado Party that has run the country…

Shawn Fain, candidate for UAW president, is in a run-off election with incumbent Ray Curry for the union's highest-ranking position.Jim West for UAW Members UnitedSupporters wave signs during an address at the Time Warner Cable Arena in…

KATHMANDU: Nepalese lawmakers on Thursday began voting to elect a new President, the outcome of which could impact the stability of the government headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda".Ram Chandra Poudel of the Nepali…

India’s captain Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the first day of the third Test cricket match between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on March 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and…

New Zealand win the toss and elect to bowl in the second Test against a red-hot England. Twitter/ICCWELLINGTON: New Zealand captain Tim Southee won the toss and chose to bowl in the second Test against England at the Basin Reserve in…

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The new US Congress was plunged into disarray Tuesday as renegade right-wing Republicans blocked favorite Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker of the House of Representatives in a series of humiliating votes seen as a rebuke to the party…