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Haji Abdul Subhan, left, and Santosh Kumar Aggarwal, top, travel in a non air-conditioned sleeper compartment of the Thirukkural Express, India, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian voters dissect Modi’s politics while traversing the country by train

The AP rode one of the longest trains in India — 1,800 miles from New Delhi to Kanyakumari — to interview voters about an election that will be decided in June.

FILE - Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, on the sidelines of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member States in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 25, 2023. Iran’s supreme leader appointed Mokhber as country’s acting president Monday, May 20, 2024, after a helicopter crash killed President Ebrahim Raisi. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran’s acting president after a helicopter crash?

A boy stands on the bumper step of a paddy wagon holding undocumented Haitians detained by immigration officials, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, Friday, May 17, 2024. As violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

What’s next for a crackdown on Haitian migrants as the Dominican Republic leader enters a new term?

Mexican opposition supporters hold up a flag during a rally, protesting what they claim are attempts by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to divide the country, in the Zocalo, Mexico City, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Mexico is set to hold general elections June 2.

Mexico presidential candidates offer little detail to address country’s violence in final debate

New Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, center, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, right, and former President Tsai Ing-wen wave during Lai's inauguration ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 20, 2024. Taiwan inaugurated Lai as its new president Monday, installing a relative moderate who will continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while seeking to bolster its defenses against China.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan’s new President Lai in his inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation

FILE - A woman casts her vote in Romania's legislative election, in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 6, 2020. According to a study released Thursday, April 11, 2024, voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their elections are free and fair, and many favor a strong, undemocratic leader. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader

INDIA VOTES

Indian voters Monuwara Begum and her husband Yaad Ali disembark from a boat and walk to a polling station after crossing the Brahmaputra River during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. "All the politicians promise to solve problems related to flooding but after elections are over, no one cares about it," Ali said. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Indian voters Monuwara Begum and her husband Yaad Ali disembark from a boat and walk to a polling station after crossing the Brahmaputra River during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. “All the politicians promise to solve problems related to flooding but after elections are over, no one cares about it,” Ali said. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue

A report by the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment said India experienced extreme weather on nearly 90% of the days last year.

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Modi’s Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election

Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi’s Hindu-centric politics

Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power

Ferrying voting machines to mountains and tropical areas in Indian elections is a Herculean task

India’s national election will take place in phases over 44 days. Here’s why it takes so long

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma greets supporters at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ex-South African leader Zuma, now a ruling party critic, is disqualified from next week’s election

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been disqualified from running for a seat in Parliament in next week’s national election because of a previous criminal conviction.

Wave of electoral violence in southern Mexico claims 14 lives in matter of days

Officials in Mexico say at least 14 people have been killed in three different attacks against political candidates in recent days the violence-torn southern state of Chiapas.

Incumbent presidential candidate Luis Abinader, center, waves to supporters alongside vice presidential candidate Raquel Peña, left, and wife, Raquel Arbaje, after the first vote count showed him leading in general elections in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader heads to reelection as competitors concede early

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is headed to a second term following general elections. He declared victory Sunday evening after his top competitors conceded early as he held a strong lead in early vote returns.

Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in a bitter battle in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his new political party’s manifesto ahead of the country’s much anticipated elections.

Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia flashes a V hand sign accompanied by opposition leader Mariana Corina Machado, as he kicks off his campaign for the upcoming election, in La Victoria, Venezuela, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Gonzalez seeks unity in first rally

The presidential candidate of Venezuela’s chief opposition coalition has sought to cultivate a mood of hope and possibility in a large rally that marked the start of a campaign he admittedly never imagined leading.

Vijay Lakshmi, 85, greets polling officers as they arrive at her residence, in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 17, 2024. To encourage and assist elderly persons to cast their votes, the chief electoral office of Delhi on Thursday initiated the home voting facility for the ongoing general parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

For the first time India’s elderly and disabled are able to vote from home

NEW DELHI (AP) — Vijay Lakshmi, 85, stood beaming at the entrance of her house as she welcomed a team dispatched by the Election Commission of India.

An array of election posters from various political parties are displayed on poles in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s election could bring a defining moment — and new complications. Here’s what to know

South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party, which has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.

Relatives and friends carry the coffin that contain the remains of man slain in a mass shooting, into a church for a funeral service in Huitzilac, Mexico, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The shooting in the mountain township beset by crime just south of Mexico City resulted in several deaths, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Mexico’s cartel violence haunts civilians as the June 2 election approaches

Cartel violence haunted the central Mexican town of Huitzilac days after a mass shooting claimed the lives of eight men.

FILE - Chadian interim President Mahamat Deby Itno casts his ballot, in N'djamena, Chad, Monday, May 6, 2024, in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule. Chad’s military leader, Deby Itno, has been declared the winner of this week’s presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday May9. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra. (AP Photo/Mouta, File)

Chad’s military leader is confirmed as election winner in the final tally despite opposition protest

Chad’s constitutional council has confirmed that President Mahamat Deby Itno, who seized power in 2021, won the May 6 presidential election and rejected an appeal by his main opponent.

A political billboard with a message that reads in Spanish: "Better health coverage for the most vulnerable sectors", promotes the candidacy of incumbent President Luis Abinader, who is running for reelection, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Haiti’s crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic

As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries.

Shaken by the Fico assassination attempt, the EU wonders if June elections can be free of violence

In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June European Union elections was an assassination attempt on one of the bloc’s most controversial figures.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters gathered in Sabana de Mendoza, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Edmundo González Urrutia became the opposition Unitary Platform's candidate for president after Machado, who won the opposition's presidential primary in 2023, and her handpicked alternative were banned from registering for the July 28 election. (AP Photo/Regina Garcia Cano)

Venezuela’s barred opposition candidate is now the fiery surrogate of her lesser-known replacement

At an intersection packed in four directions, rally-goers scream and light up cellphones in the evening as Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado climbs onto a flatbed truck like a presidential candidate.

FILE - European countries ' flag fly at the European Parliament, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Strasbourg. The European election will take place on June 9, 2024. Nearly 300 signatories have signed an open 10-point letter before next month's European Parliament election, saying lawmakers should be putting democracy at the top of their agenda in an increasingly authoritarian world. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Open letter before European Parliament election: Prioritize democracy as authoritarianism grows

Nearly 300 signatories have signed an open 10-point letter before next month’s European Parliament election.

Muslims offer prayers at a mosque in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. Some two hundred million Muslims make up the predominantly Hindu country's largest minority group. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows

The political power of Muslims is declining in the world’s largest democracy. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India are not new, but they have gotten worse under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

FILE - An election poster, with President Cyril Ramaphosa atop a pole in Soweto, South Africa, on April 22, 2024. Ramaphosa has tried to rebuild the reputation of the ANC by cracking down on government graft, but unemployment has risen to 32% under him and he has struggled to curb poverty. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South Africa braces for what may be a milestone election. Here is a guide to the main players

After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flanked by bodyguards, arrives to worship at the Kaal Bhairav temple before filing his nomination papers to contest as a candidate for the parliamentary elections in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Varanasi will go to polls on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the six-week-long election. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India PM Modi files his nomination to run for a third term in general election

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has filed his nomination to run for a third term in the country’s general election in the northern city of Varanasi, which is his constituency.

FILE - Chadians vote in N'djamena, Chad, on May 6, 2024. Voters in Chad headed to the polls on Monday, May 13, 2024 to cast their ballot in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule under interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno. Chad’s opposition leader, Succès Masra, has a filed a legal appeal with the country’s constitutional council to challenge the preliminary result of the May 6 presidential election. (AP Photo/Mouta, File)

Chad’s opposition leader challenges the results of the presidential elections

Chad’s opposition leader says he has filed an appeal with the country’s constitutional council to challenge the preliminary results of the May 6 presidential election.

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa makes a toast with members of his team and party colleagues after the announcement of the results of elections to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Sunday May 12, 2024. The Socialists led by former health minister Illa won a majority of 42 seats, up from their 33 seats in 2021 when they also barely won the most votes but were unable to form a government. They will still need to earn the backing of other parties to put Illa in charge.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Socialists deal blow to separatists in Catalan elections but face uphill task to form government

Spain’s ruling Socialist party scored a crucial victory in regional elections in the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, garnering the most seats and dealing a blow to the region’s two main separatist parties that have governed for decades.

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, a presidential candidate, celebrates winning the first round of Lithuania's presidential election, in Vilnius, Lithuania, late Sunday, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Lithuanian president is the front-runner as country heads to runoff vote in two weeks

Lithuania’s incumbent president has won the most votes in a weekend presidential election but he still faces a runoff in two weeks against the country’s prime minister.

Women stand in a queue to cast their votes during the fourth phase of general election, on the outskirts of Samastipur, in the Indian state of Bihar, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round

Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies are casting their ballots as the country’s gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark.

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa makes a toast with members of his team and party colleagues after the announcement of the results of elections to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Sunday May 12, 2024. The Socialists led by former health minister Illa won a majority of 42 seats, up from their 33 seats in 2021 when they also barely won the most votes but were unable to form a government. They will still need to earn the backing of other parties to put Illa in charge.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections

Separatist parties are in danger of losing their decade-long hold of power in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia.

A woman with children casts a ballot at a polling station during the first round of voting in presidential elections in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Lithuanians vote in a presidential election as anxieties rise over Russia and the war in Ukraine

Lithuanians have voted in a presidential election at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears about Moscow’s intentions.

An Iranian man votes for the parliamentary runoff elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2024. Iranians voted Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country's parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament

Iran’s hard-liners have won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities say.

FILE - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, right, and then Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, greet supporters at a rally in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, July 1, 2019. Sheinbaum, Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate, slipped up during a campaign speech Friday, May 10, 2024, and said López Obrador was motivated by “personal ambition,” but later acknowledged the phrase “could be misinterpreted.” In Mexico it is used to describe a desire for personal economic gain. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate slips, says outgoing leader led by ‘personal ambition’

Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate slipped up during a campaign speech Friday and said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was motivated by “personal ambition,” but later acknowledged the phrase could have been misinterpreted.

This frame grab taken on Friday, May 10, 2024 from video from a campaign clip for South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance party shows the country's flag in flames. A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country’s flag in flames has stoked tensions just weeks ahead of national elections that are seen as the most pivotal since the end of the apartheid system of racial segregation 30 years ago. (DA via AP)

A campaign ad by a South African party showing a burning flag is called treason by the president

A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country’s flag in flames has stoked tensions and led to accusations of treason.

Staff members of a polling station attend to their stations during the parliamentary runoff elections in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2024. Iranians voted Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country's parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranians vote in a parliamentary runoff election after hard-liners dominate initial balloting

Iranians have voted in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country’s parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting.

Former regional president Carles Puigdemont applauds during a campaign rally in Argelers, France, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Carles Puigdemont, Catalonia's fugitive former leader, stares confidently out the backseat window of a car, the sun illuminating his gaze in a campaign poster for Sunday's critical elections in the northeastern Spanish region. Some nearly 6 million Catalans are called to cast ballots in regional elections on Sunday that will surely have reverberations in Spain's national politics. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

How far has Spain moved past Catalonia’s secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election

About 6 million Catalans are called to cast ballots in regional elections on Sunday that will surely have reverberations in Spain’s national politics.

FILE - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda speaks during a joint media conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, on April 2, 2024. Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday May 12, 2024 at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow's intentions, but particularly in the strategically important Baltic region. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Lithuania holds a presidential vote as anxieties rise in the Baltics over Russia and war in Ukraine

Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow’s intentions.

Chadians vote in N'djamena, Chad, Monday, May 6, 2024. Voters in Chad headed to the polls on Monday to cast their ballot in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule under interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno. (AP Photo/Mouta)

Chad’s military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result

Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, has been declared the winner of this week’s presidential election.

Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the opposition center-right VMRO-DPMNE party celebrates after a news conference in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Citizens voted in North Macedonia on Wednesday in a parliamentary election and presidential runoff dominated by the country's slow path toward European Union membership and its sluggish economy. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Winner of North Macedonia’s parliamentary election to seek governing coalition partner

The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary majority, leaving it reliant on entering a partnership with another party to form a government.