Elections

A dysfunctional electoral system stopped Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a government. The country needs to enact two simple reforms, or it will face perpetual stalemate.

Plus: Observers fear spiraling violence in Sudan, a scandal erupts in Brazil, and the other stories we're following today.

Nazarbayev’s successor has an impressive foreign profile but a raft of domestic problems.

Plus: Mexico faces new pressure on immigration, Germany meets with Iran, and what to watch in the world this week.

The nominal resignation of a longtime autocrat has sparked new hopes.

The Social Democrats are poised to lead the next government, but after adopting the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda the party isn’t what it used to be.

Plus: Hong Kong prepares for protest over mainland extradition, Ethiopia tries to mediate in Sudan, and the other stories we're following today.

No longer just a balancer, the prime minister wants to make India a major power in its own right. And his cabinet pick shows he’s serious about doing so.

Plus: Mexico prepares to meet U.S. officials over trade, a threat to Merkel's ruling coalition, and what to watch in the world this week.

A brief survey of the likely future U.K. prime minister’s very long—and very thin—resume.

Plus: Trump slaps tariffs on Mexico and weighs in on British politics, and the other stories we're following today.

The country can’t form a government, its peace process is permanently stalled—and things have never been better.

Facing another election, will the prime minister survive?

Plus: Stocks fall again amid trade war, Netanyahu misses his government deadline, and the other stories we're following today.

Plus: Macron and Merkel remain divided over EU leadership, and the other stories we're following today.

The French president has started the political revolution he always wanted—and the outcome is dangerously uncertain.

Plus: Netanyahu faces a deadline to form a coalition, a mass stabbing in Japan, and what to watch in the world this week.

Poor economic performance should have hurt the prime minister at the polls. Instead, appeals to nationalism won him the vote.

Bad times in India couldn't dent the BJP's juggernaut.

Plus: A ruling on same-sex relations in Kenya, May's departure date, and the other stories we're following today.