Elections

Baghdad--Outside powers, especially Iran and its US foe, have huge stakes in Sunday's Iraqi election and the messy, maybe violent,…

Arbil, Iraq--Tensions between Iraq's Kurds and Arabs may one day lead to armed conflict but, after an election in March,…

Baghdad--A visit to Saudi Arabia by one of Iraq's most prominent candidates in next month's parliamentary election has sparked controversy…

Riyadh--Saudi King Abdullah, head of the most influential Sunni nation in the Middle East, held talks on Saturday with former…

Baghdad--Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came out of local polls last year as Iraq's dominant leader, but a string of bombings…

Baghdad-- Almost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq's upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly…

The common orthodoxy is that Egyptians are apathetic about voting. But before yesterday's deadline for voter registration, police stations were…