World Politics

After days of hand-wringing, the party's leaders have firmly rejected calls for their party to choose a younger candidate.

One Democratic National Committee member says party insiders are being "gaslit" over the 81-year-old's presidential chances.

The far right is closer to power than it has ever been in modern times.

The BBC asked voters across the political spectrum what they thought of 2024's first presidential debate.

Reform UK has dropped three of its candidates following reports they had made offensive or racist comments.

A low-key moderate and a protege of Iran's supreme leader are neck-and-neck in the vote count.

Iran will hold the run-off election next month after neither candidate secured more than 50% of votes in Friday's polls.

France's lightning-quick parliamentary election campaign is over, and despite last-ditch appeals not to back the far right, voters appear ready to hand the National Rally party a historic victory.

Analysis - American history is littered with presidential candidates chosen at the last minute and even a few who've quit - but there are plenty of risks if that happens, Nik Dirga writes. Video

The US president's verbal stumbles and occasionally meandering responses heightened voter concerns he might not be fit to serve another term.

Some Democrats have openly questioned whether Joe Biden should be replaced as their candidate for the 2024 election.

The court narrows the use of an obstruction charge brought against hundreds of people over the 2021 Capitol riot.

An RNZ analysis of the first US presidential debate shows Trump dominated the first debate by more than 1000 words.

Analysis - Both US presidential candidates reached for ridiculous claims and insults and struggled to answer questions coherently, Tim Watkin writes.

A raspy and sometimes halting Biden repeatedly sought to confront Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election.

The topics included the economy, the Covid pandemic, abortion rights and immigration.

Bolivia's government says a total of 17 people have been arrested after an attempted coup that shook the economically troubled country.

It's Biden-Trump round two as the first debate of the US presidential election kicks off Friday at 1pm NZ time. Here's what you need to know. Audio