Reuters reported that Sweden’s centre-left opposition secured 176 parliamentary seats against 173 for the ruling right-wing bloc after counting concluded following the September 13 election
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed a caretaker administration for Tigray, with a mandate to stabilise the northern region and prepare an election within six months, Reuters reported on October 16
Zambia’s electoral commission declared President Hakainde Hichilema the winner of a second five-year term, with 60% of the vote, the BBC reported on August 18
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed support on August 14 for constitutional changes allowing a four-year presidency with re-election, while transferring some executive powers to parliament
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early general election for November 29, Reuters reported on October 5
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil defended increased borrowing during the Bundestag debate on the 2027 draft budget on September 8
Malaysia’s king granted former prime minister Najib Razak conditional clemency allowing him to serve the remainder of his corruption sentence under house arrest, AsiaOne reported on September 18
Egypt and Turkey signed cooperation agreements covering transport, infrastructure, logistical connectivity, investment and free trade in Alamein on August 13
President Donald Trump was scheduled to travel to Mississippi on October 26 as part of his closing campaign push before the United States midterm elections, the Associated Press reported that morning
BBC reports that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth presidential term with 51.79% of valid votes, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro
Reuters reported that King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first woman prime minister and asked her to form a government
Guinea-Bissau’s electoral authorities announced on September 1 that voters had approved constitutional changes expanding presidential powers and reducing the size of parliament
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals won three Canadian special elections, preserving their narrow parliamentary majority, Reuters reported on September 1
Taiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament rejected a government special budget for military drones on August 27 and approved its own spending framework instead
Three exit polls indicated that Kazakhstan’s newly formed Adilet party had won a large majority in the August 23 snap parliamentary election, Reuters reported
Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said on October 6 that Portugal supported keeping Antonio Costa and Roberta Metsola at the head of the European Council and European Parliament until 2029
A state-election victory by the far-right Alternative for Germany reopened disagreements within Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s governing coalition, Reuters reported on September 8
Nigeria proposed capping petrol prices at about 1,350 naira per litre as a response to sharp fuel-cost increases, Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele said on October 8