US Senator John McCain dies aged 81US Senator John McCain, a Vietnam war hero who ran unsuccessfully for president as a Republican in 2008 died on Saturday aged 81, a media report said. McCain had been battling glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer discovered in Jul More… |
Anti-Trump Republicans seek to recruit third-party candidateDonald Trump's emergence as the last man standing in the Republican presidential race has prompted his critics inside the party to intensify their search for a candidate they could back as a serious third-party alternative. Po More… |
Abu Dhabi to host motor racing candidate eventYas Motor Racing Club, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Racing, is set to host a candidate event for the 2015 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (Merc) in October. The ‘Abu Dhabi Rally,’ which is a regional championship More… |
Moderate Rohani wins Iran elections in landslideModerate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. The outco More… |
Moderate Rohani wins Iran elections in landslideModerate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. The outco More… |
Moderate cleric Rohani heads to Iran poll winModerate Iranian cleric Hassan Rohani looked to be heading towards an outright victory over his conservative rivals in the presidential election, initial results showed on Saturday. The vote is unlikely to radically alter ties bet More… |
Iranians vote for new presidentIranians voted for a new president on Friday urged by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out in force to discredit suggestions by arch foe the United States that the election would be unfair. The ballot, the first presi More… |
Ex-president Rafsanjani joins Iran election raceFormer president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Irania More… |
Egypt candidate seeks poll suspensionLeftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahy will file an appeal for Egypt's presidential election to be suspended because of alleged voting irregularities and a pending case over former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq's right to stand, Sabahy's lawyer said on Sa More… |
Sharia main goal for Egypt Brotherhood candidateThe Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the Egyptian presidency, Khairat Al-Shater, declared that introducing sharia law would be his "first and final" objective if he wins elections in May and June. Making his first reported statements sin More… |