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Voters in Bulgaria weigh economic challenges and attacks on ships in a race marked by record low turnout.

Voters in Bulgaria are choosing between two candidates with vastly different views of the war in Ukraine and ties with Russia. The runoff comes after a record-low turnout in the first round.

Bulgarians are voting in a presidential runoff amid regional security threats and economic worries

Defeat for Serbia's Aleksandar Vučiċ in last weekend's vote was a carbon copy of Viktor Orbán's fall in Hungary.

Americans vote on November 3 in midterm elections that could see Republicans lose control of Congress, endangering US President Donald Trump's legislative agenda. Under the US Constitution, elections are organized by the respective states – but that has not halted US President Donald Trump from trying to wield his influence ahead of the vote.

Home Minister Amit Shah has challenged Rahul Gandhi to debate electoral irregularity allegations in Parliament, ahead of a major opposition rally against the election chief in Delhi. DW has more.

Vatican confirms the pope submitted a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of November 3 midterm elections

The 9th Circuit Court calls the petition to remove 20,000 ballots from California's vote count unconstitutional.

As a US citizen, Pope Leo XIV is eligible to vote in US elections and has made use of that right with a postal ballot ahead of Tuesday's midterms. The pontiff, a Chicago native, did not reveal who he voted for.

The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress.

Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a U.S. general election

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With 70% of votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud leads, but three possible paths to government formation keep Israel's election uncertain.

Low voter turnout has triggered a run-off for the Bulgarian presidency. The vote was colored by strong divisions over Russia's war in Ukraine, and Sofia's relations with the Kremlin.

After two years of student-led protests, Serbia will soon vote in what observers describe as a referendum-like snap election pitting strongman Aleksandar Vucic against the student movement.