Today
Sunak clings on as PM by the skin of his teeth
The local elections were disastrous for the British PM, but rebel Tories have paused because the outcome suggests Labour may not be on course for a landslide.
- 19 mins ago
- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
Tories suffer historic losses in UK local elections as voters revolt
The Conservative have lost dozens of seats on local councils - a result that suggests the party faces one of its biggest-ever defeats in the upcoming general election.
- Pan Pylas
This Month
- Analysis
- UK politics
Angry, broken Britain set to push its PM off a cliff
If Rishi Sunak can’t prevent a complete hammering at 100-plus mayoral and council elections, his party might kick off yet another leadership spill.
- Hans van Leeuwen
April
Scotland leader quits after coalition power play backfires
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf had pulled out of coalition with the Greens - a move that has triggered political chaos.
- Alastair Reed
Solomon Islands PM steps down after elections
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare formed close ties with China during his terms in power and said he had been vilified for it.
- Rod McGuirk
Pro-China Solomon Islands PM fails to win majority
Manasseh Sogavare has failed to win a majority in parliamentary elections, setting the stage for coalition negotiations.
- Updated
- Ben Westcott
- Opinion
- Opinion
India’s global power ambitions come down to economic reform
Without reform, India will continue to be marked by the paradox that characterises China – having a large economic mass that does not translate into high levels of distributed prosperity.
- Ashley Tellis
Modi bids for historic third term in world’s biggest election
The prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party targets an increased majority to tighten its grip over Indian politics and society.
- Ashok Sharma
Why India’s confidence is growing
Narendra Modi’s reign as prime minister is producing a less liberal but more assured nation that is predicated on the idea of Hindu supremacy.
- Ravi Agrawal
New Yorkers’ unvarnished views of Donald Trump aired in ‘hush money’ trial
Hundreds of potential jurors are being sifted through as the court faces a huge challenge selecting more than a dozen people from heavily Democratic Manhattan.
- Joe Miller
Modi’s party vows growth, development in election manifesto
The BJP won the last two Indian elections with big majorities, and has promised to expand its mandate even further. It faces a struggling 20-plus party opposition alliance.
- Santosh Kumar, Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Dan Strumpf
South Koreans vote in major test for President Yoon
Some 44 million people were eligible to vote in the election, which will determine the direction of the 300-seat National Assembly.
- Nicola Smith
Pro-Russia candidate wins Slovakia’s presidential election
Despite the presidency’s limited powers in Slovakia, the election was widely watched as a test of strength between political camps with starkly different views on Russia.
- Andrew Higgins
Erdogan suffers historic loss in municipal elections
Poll results show voters turned against the ruling party in much of Turkey, but the change was more dramatic in urban areas.
- Selcan Hacaoglu, Beril Akman and Firat Kozok
March
Britain’s Conservatives are on the road to the Apocalypse
The polls are now so bad for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that people are starting to talk about an epochal wipeout, and a reshaping of the British right.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Putin cements hold on power in election with no serious opposition
Vladimir Putin, who came to power in 1999, easily won a new six-year term that would make him Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 200 years.
- Anton Troianovski and Nanna Heitmann
Prabowo vows smooth transition, pushes privatisation
Indonesia’s putative president said he believed economic growth could reach 8 per cent annually within the next four or five years.
- Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman
February
Nikki Haley’s do-or-die battle in South Carolina
The presidential hopeful is not giving up her battle with Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, but the outcome of her home-state primary may force her to.
- Matthew Cranston
Navalny’s wife urges West to spurn Russian election
Yulia Navalnaya told EU foreign ministers: “A president who assassinated his main political opponent cannot be legitimate by definition.”
- Updated
- Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn
Rishi Sunak suffers double poll blow as recession hits UK
Britain’s opposition Labour Party won two byelections in another setback for the Conservatives which faces national elections this year.
- Stephen Castle and Mark Landler
