Thailand's PM2.5 pollution crisis has intensified into a political issue as local elections approach on February 1.

The People's Party (PP) has emerged from relative obscurity since the leadership changed on Aug 9 last year.There are compelling reasons for the main opposition party to try and thrust itself back in ...

Thaksin’s planned Aug. 10 return, confirmed in a Facebook posting by his daughter Paetongtarn on the occasion of his 74th birthday, comes at a politically sensitive time, as the Pheu Thai party ...

PHUKET: A nationwide ban on the sale of alcohol will go into effect from 6pm tonight (Jan 31) as the country goes to the polls for the Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO) elections tomorrow ( ...

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal on the first day a law takes effect ...

Belarusians have been voting in a closely managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Most Thais oppose the government's plan to legalise casinos and online gambling, moves the authorities say would boost ...

As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) govts were installed in two more states with Chandrababu Naidu and Mohan Charan Majhi taking oaths as chief ministers in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha ...

The upcoming elections for Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO) presidents on Feb 1 do not guarantee that decentralisation will be fully achieved.This is because national politicians still ...

Counties are colored red or blue when the % expected vote reporting reaches a set threshold. This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past vote reporting and expectations about ...

If you think it feels like there always seems to be an election coming up in Australia, then spare a thought for India. Not only are there almost a billion voters, but every level of government ...