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The United Nations has appointed Charlotte Osei as an International Elections Commissioner to Afghanistan as it prepares to hold crucial presidential polls in September. The appointment of the former EC Chair was confirmed by a Presidential Decree issued by the President

A deadline to register for Algeria’s controversial presidential election has passed without a single candidate putting themselves forward, national radio said Sunday. That would raise the possibility of a delay to the July 4 poll, already opposed by protesters who reject

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday said he would call for a snap national election next month after a drubbing at European and local elections. “Following the second round of local elections (on June 2), I will ask the president

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received an invitation from Saudi King Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to attend two summits in Mecca, Director of Informatıon Office in Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Sunday. The

A Ghanaian physically challenged man has proven that disability is not inability. Ralphael Botsyo, born with no legs grew up to be a shoe shine boy in Sunyani, with a self-made wheelchair. His passion for sports made him relocate to Accra

President Donald Trump is getting a taste of one of Japan’s most treasured cultural institution, sitting ringside at an annual summer sumo wrestling championship in Tokyo. The president, first lady Melania Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie,

An unidentified arsonist did considerable damage to a mosque in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, but there were no casualties, the mosque’s head reported on Saturday. Ömer Oral, the head of Hagen’s Great Mosque Society, told Anadolu Agency that the arson attack

Tens of millions of Europeans will vote Sunday as 21 countries choose their representatives in a battle between the nationalist right and pro-EU forces to chart a course for the bloc. Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania and Cyprus were the first