A Palestinian official says President Abbas decided to delay the long-awaited legislative polls despite being offered several solutions to stage the vote as planned.

A top Palestinian official says the Palestinian Authority is seeking more international pressure on the Israeli regime to allow next month’s legislative elections to be held in East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Albanians have streamed into polling stations for a parliamentary election, as corruption weighs heavily on voters in one of Europe's poorest nations.

Israeli forces arrest a prominent member of Hamas as they carry out raids across the occupied West Bank.

The US secretary of state and his Israeli counterpart voice shared concerns over likely victory of Hamas in next month’s legislative polls in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Bulgarians vote to elect a new parliament, with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's center-right party tipped to finish first.

Israel may continue to be stuck in political deadlock following its fourth parliamentary elections in two years as initial exit polls show there is no clear winner, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fate uncertain.

People in the Israeli-occupied lands are heading to the polls for the fourth time in under two years to vote on Netanyahu's re-election bid.

Venezuela has condemned the latest EU sanctions on 19 officials, lawmakers and members of the security forces as based on “false arguments about honorable citizens” in the South American state.

EU member states announce they no longer considers Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido interim president of the Latin American country.