Democrats, tipped to gain control of the US Congress, are having early wins in the Senate in midterm elections seen as a verdict on Donald Trump's presidency.
Nathan Layne and Joseph Ax and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff
Political leaders in Israel are preparing to meet with the president, in a bid to convince him they are the best candidate to form a coalition government.
Staff Writers
Polling places have begun opening in the US for midterm elections, as voters decide who controls Congress and deliver a verdict on President Donald Trump.
Nathan Layne and Nandita Bose
US President Donald Trump is set to hold rallies in Iowa and Kansas after all following initial indications that he would opt for tele-rallies.
Instead of flying to Iowa and Kansas, the billionaire Republican leader will hold tele-rallies and fall short of his in-person goal for October.
Michelle L. Price, Steven Sloan and Erik Verduzco
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival, Gadi Eisenkot, have both fallen short of securing a parliamentary majority.
About 500,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted in Israel's general election, with no clear winner expected to emerge.
Donald Trump has taken his midterm campaign blitz to Texas, where Senate candidate Ken Paxton is locked in a tight race against Democrat James Talarico.
Steve Holland
Flavio Bolsonaro is being given a US visa after his Brazilian election defeat, a move backed by Donald Trump that may widen the rift between the two countries.
Ricardo Brito, Gram Slattery and Luciana Magalhaes
Israel's election has no clear winner, exit polls indicate, likely meaning weeks of political jockeying to form a government.
Flavio Bolsonaro is refusing to concede defeat to Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has defeated him by nearly 4.4 million votes.
Eleonore Hughes, Mauricio Savarese and Anna-Catherine Brigida
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a threat to Iran as the election considered a referendum on his leadership nears.
Steven Scheer
Brazilians are heading to the polls for a run-off vote between their incumbent leftist president and the right-wing son of a jailed former leader.
Oliver Griffin
Labor has hit the ground running on the first day of its state election campaign as its rivals put crime at the centre of their pitch.
Nick Wilson and Allanah Sciberras
With an eye toward seniors in Florida, Donald Trump has pledged to spend $US250 million to hire at least 5000 new nurses for aged care facilities.
Bo Erickson and Maria Alejandra Cardona and Steve Holland
Brazil, Israel, the United States, New Zealand, Victoria and Spain all host elections with far-reaching consequences over the next month.
Ben McKay
Brazil, Israel, the US, New Zealand, Victoria and Spain all host elections with far-reaching consequences over the next month.
President Donald Trump has held a rally in Iowa as he tries to boost Republican candidates ahead of the US midterm elections.
Nandita Bose
The lifting of warrants on exiled Catalan Separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has paved the way for him to take his party to the polls this November.
An electoral body has voted to exclude the conservative Islamist Raam party from contesting Israel election on October 27.
The ruling party has won big in Russia's election but the anti-war party Yabloko has won a seat in a regional parliament, despite being largely banned.
Federal government frontbenchers have arced up as their party slips to a record-low primary vote share of 27 per cent in the latest Newspoll.
Will Nicholas
Russia's ruling United Russia party has won a parliamentary election, that's been dismissed by critics as as neither free nor fair.
Ulf Mauder and Katharina Schröder, dpa
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has suffered another electoral setback in two state elections, calling the results of one race a "disaster".
