Canadians began voting in a general election yesterday, with surveys predicting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party could return with a weakened minority government or lose his grip on power entirely.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday appeared in public for the first time in six months, seeming frail and confused during a British court appearance ahead of his extradition hearing.

Newspapers across Australia yesterday ran heavily redacted front pages in protest against government secrecy and a crackdown on press freedom, a rare show of unity in a fractious media landscape.

Switzerland’s Green Party made historic gains in national elections Sunday, while the anti-immigrant right wing remained the largest party in parliament despite a slip in its support.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to make a second attempt to ram his EU divorce deal through parliament and avoid the political damage of delaying Brexit next week.

Switzerland was counting votes yesterday in an election that could see unprecedented gains for parties demanding bold climate action and a possible slip for the anti-immigrant right-wing.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing the loss of his Parliamentary majority in an election next week, traded attacks with his main rival on Saturday as a bad-tempered campaign entered its last few days.

Ahead of next month’s general election, Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez yesterday faced sharp criticism for his handling of violent Catalan separatist protests even as calm returned to Barcelona and other cities overnight.

Fifteen people were killed and another 13 missing after an illegally built dam collapsed at a gold mine in a remote Siberian settlement yesterday.

US Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has fired back at Hillary Clinton after the former secretary of state appeared to call her “the favourite of the Russians” in the 2020 elections race.

Vote to leave: In an advisory referendum on June 23, 2016, Britons choose to leave the 28-nation EU by 52 to 48 percent. The shock outcome prompts Conservative PM David Cameron to resign the next day.

Hundreds of thousands of Britons marched through London on Saturday to demand a new Brexit referendum, saying their views were being ignored as lawmakers in parliament decided the fate of Britain’s departure from the European Union.

British MPs gather for a knife-edge vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal for a decision that could see the UK leave the EU this month or plunge the country into fresh uncertainty.

Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region’s government said yesterday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-separatist protesters.

A 93-year-old former SS guard went on trial in Germany yesterday for complicity in the murder of more than 5,000 people at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, in what could be one of the last such cases.

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker congratulates Prime Minister Boris Johnson on their Brexit withdrawal deal Thursday and says it meant there would be "no further delay".

A prominent French academic has been in detention in Iran since June, when he was arrested with his Franco-Iranian colleague, a researchers’ group announced yesterday.

Europe must be ready for the possibility of a new refugee influx, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said yesterday, as an unfolding Turkish offensive in Syria could see more people flee the conflict-ridden region.

British and European negotiators ploughed on with Brexit talks yesterday hoping that at least an outline deal can be found in time for the European summit.

A British broadcaster will launch a new “pop-up channel” dedicated to Brexit-free coverage, in a bid to attract viewers tired of hearing about the divisive issue.