President Obama is marking Gay Pride Month with a concerted push to mobilize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender  voters, who his re-election campaign believes are a key constituency in hotly contested swing states. In a new five-minute, documentary-style campaign video, Obama appeals to his supporters by...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians began voting freely on Wednesday for the first time to pick their president in a wide open election that pits Islamists against men who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak. The contest is a novelty for a nation where elections during the 30-year rule of a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel voted cuts in aid to Pakistan on Tuesday and threatened to withhold even more cash if Islamabad does not reopen its supply routes for NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, reflecting American frustration over a months-long standoff. The action by the Senate appropriations subcommittee on ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's electoral commission said on Tuesday 4,000 candidates had registered for upcoming national assembly elections, but the commission head said he could not confirm the vote would be held on June 19 as set by the ruling National Transitional Council. "To announce the election date is linked ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's presidential hopefuls have had to zip their lips before voting starts, but there is no stopping the songs that pump up their virtues in styles ranging from hip-hop to folk. For the first time Egyptians get to pick their leader in voting on Wednesday and Thursday ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt holds its first genuinely contested presidential election this week, but Amr Adel believes nothing will really change as long as the military keeps an overt or covert grip on power. Adel, 23, is one of the mostly middle-class, secular-minded young people who galvanized last year's demonstrations ...

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina claimed victory on Monday in the Dominican Republic's hotly disputed presidential election, avenging his defeat 12 years ago by opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia. With the official count in Sunday's voting 99 percent complete, Medina and the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) ...

As the Catholic community has become less homogenous and more assimilated into mainstream culture, so has its voting habits – sending many politicians on a fool’s errand in pursuit of the “Catholic vote.”

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina claimed victory on Monday in the Dominican Republic's presidential election, avenging his defeat 12 years ago by opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia. With the vote count in Sunday's poll 99 percent complete, Medina and the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) held a ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservative New Democracy party said on Monday that a small splinter party led by former foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis had agreed to rejoin it for the June 17 election, crucial for the country's future in the euro zone. Political deadlock after the inconclusive May 6 election ...