Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition won the largest number of seats in last month's parliamentary elections, has announced an alliance with an Iran-backed coalition ahead of marathon negotiations to form a new government

Bahrain's king has enacted a law banning members of banned political parties, felons and convicts who later had received royal pardons from standing as candidates for elections

One of the candidates in Turkey's presidential election later this month is running his campaign from jail

Iraq's top judicial authority says it is taking over the Independent Elections Commission as stipulated by a law passed in response to complaints of widespread fraud in last month's national elections

Iraqi lawmaker says parliament has backed a manual ballot recount after widespread fraud in parliamentary elections

The Latest: Iraqi lawmaker says parliament has backed a manual ballot recount after widespread fraud in May 12 elections

Iraqi lawmaker says parliament has voted in favor of a ballot recount after widespread fraud in parliamentary elections

In an unusual election campaign, Turkey's jailed pro-Kurdish politician and presidential candidate has delivered a speech from his prison cell through a telephone call to his wife and other family members _ a video of which was later broadcast on Twitter

Leaders of a pro-democracy coalition in Egypt say assailants trashed their Ramadan iftar party

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been sworn in for a second four-year term after being re-elected in a vote in which he faced no serious challengers