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Sri Lanka election

Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake (L) speaks to reporters on the day of the country's parliamentary elections on Nov. 14, 2024, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka election

Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake (C, front) walks with his supporters after casting his vote in the country's parliamentary elections on Nov. 14, 2024, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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VIETNAM-HANOI-WANG HUNING-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MOURNING

(240725) -- HANOI, July 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Esteban Lazo Hernandez, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and president of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power, in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 25, 2024. As General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping's Special Representative, Wang Huning led a CPC delegation to Hanoi to mourn the passing of Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on Thursday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Haitao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI HONGZHONG-VENEZUELAN DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

(230410) -- BEIJING, April 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with a delegation led by Mervin Maldonado, a member of the National Directorate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and Venezuelan Minister of People's Power for Youth and Sport, in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Li Qiang, a close ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, casts his ballot in a vote to elect the country's premier during the plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. Li was elected premier, replacing Li Keqiang.

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Li Qiang, a close ally of Xi and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, exchange words during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. Li was elected premier during the session.

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Türkiye's president hints May 14 for elections

STORY: Türkiye's president hints May 14 for elections DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the speech of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the meeting of AKP at the parliament (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President 3. various of the headquarter of AKP 4. various of an old elections of Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted on Wednesday that the next general and presidential elections could be held on May 14, nearly one month earlier than the scheduled date. Addressing his party members at the parliament, Erdogan cited the polls on May 14, 1950 when Democrat Party beat Republican People's Party, which had been in power for 27 years. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President "Our people will answer (the opposition) on the same day 73 years later." Türkiye's next election was officially slated for June 18, but officials of the

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, China - A police officer stands guard at the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling sentencing him to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, Japan - Police officers stand guard at the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling in which he was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, Japan - Photo shows the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling in which he was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province, eastern China, shows Bo Xilai (C), one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, standing during his trial at the court on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo was sentenced the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong Province, on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo Xilai, one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, was sentenced by the court the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province, eastern China, shows Bo Xilai (C), one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, standing during his trial at the court on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo was sentenced the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai trial

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province shows Wang Lijun (front R), former aide to disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai (front L), in the witness stand during the trial of Bo at the court on Aug. 24, 2013. Bo, a former Communist party leader of Chongqing, is charged with taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai's trial

JINAN, China - A police vehicle carrying Bo Xilai (3rd from L), a former Chinese Communist Party rising star, leaves the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 23, 2013, after the second day of his trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Police officers are mobilized as the trial began for former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Supporters of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai hold a portrait of Communist China founder Mao Zedong outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013, as his trial began at the court the same day on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - People watch from the other side of barriers set up in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers conduct security checks on reporters outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai. The trial of Bo on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began Aug. 22, 2013 at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers set up barriers in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Bo Xilai

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Bo Xilai, then Communist Party chief of Chongqing, during a plenary session of the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March 2012. Bo, who later in 2012 was expelled from the Communist Party in China's biggest political scandal in decades, was charged in court on July 25, 2013 with bribery, embezzlement and power abuse, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Bo Xilai

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Bo Xilai, then Communist Party chief of Chongqing, during a plenary session of the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March 2012. Bo, who later in 2012 was expelled from the Communist Party in China's biggest political scandal in decades, was charged in court on July 25, 2013 with bribery, embezzlement and power abuse, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Taiwan opposition leader in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The chief policy maker of the governing Democratic Party of Japan, Seiji Maehara (L), and Tsai Ing-wen, president of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2011. During their meeting, Maehara expressed gratitude for the Taiwanese people's help to Japan following the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster and the subsequent nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R center), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, after seeing Shizuka Kamei, chief of the People's New Party. Before seeing Kamei, Maehara met with Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling DPJ, and asked for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister.

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Hatoyama elected new prime minister, launches coalition gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C), Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (L) and People's New Party leader Shizuka Kamei join hands at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo ahead of their talks on the new coalition government on Sept. 16, 2009. Hatoyama, who was voted in as Japan's 60th prime minister the same day, launched a tripartite coalition government that will aim to reduce bureaucratic power and boost the world's second-largest economy.

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DPJ moving closer to assuming power as coalition talks proceed

TOKYO, Japan - Three policy chiefs -- (L to R) Tomoko Abe of the Social Democratic Party, Masayuki Naoshima of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party -- sit for talks about forming a coalition government of the three parties.

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DPJ moving closer to assuming power as coalition talks proceed

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party, as they meet at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2 to discuss forming a coalition government composed of the DPJ, the SDP and the People's New Party.

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Thai opposition party leader Abhisit becomes new premier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's opposition Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) is congratulated by members of parliament after being elected as the country's new prime minister on Dec. 15. Abhisit, 44, was supported in the House of Representatives by five allied parties and a breakaway faction of the former People's Power Party.

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG CHEN-CUBA-MEETING (CN)

(220422) -- BEIJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Chen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, meets with Ana Maria Mary Machado, vice president of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), via video link in Beijing, capital of China, April 22, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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Hungary's parliamentary elections underway

STORY: Hungary's parliamentary elections underway DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. people queuing in front of the polling station 2. people casting their ballots 3. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his wife casting their ballots 4. opposition alliance's leader Peter Marki-Zay and his family casting their ballots 5. opposition alliance leader Peter Marki-Zay talking to media 6. people casting their ballots STORYLINE: Voters head to the polls in Hungary on Sunday to elect a 199-seat parliament, which could give current Prime Minister Viktor Orban a fourth straight term. Some 7.8 million voters will cast their votes at more than 10,000 polling stations from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) local time until 7 p.m. (1700 GMT). Preliminary results are expected to come out in the evening. Polls predicted a narrow win for Orban's Fidesz party and its allied Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). Orban, 58, had been in power between 1998 and 2002

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-YOON SUK-YEOL-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220310) -- SEOUL, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-YOON SUK-YEOL-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220310) -- SEOUL, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-YOON SUK-YEOL-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220310) -- SEOUL, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-YOON SUK-YEOL-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220310) -- SEOUL, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-YOON SUK-YEOL-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220310) -- SEOUL, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-YOON SUK-YEOL-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220310) -- SEOUL, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-YOON SUK-YEOL-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220310) -- SEOUL, March 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2022. Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election amid people's aspiration for transfer of power. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-TELEVISED DEBATE

(220302) -- SEOUL, March 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidates Sim Sang-jeung of the Justice Party, Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party, Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party and Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party (from L to R) pose for photos before a televised debate for the upcoming March 9 presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, March 2, 2022. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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S. Korean presidential candidates

South Korea's presidential candidates, (from L) Sim Sang Jeung of the opposition Justice Party, Ahn Cheol Soo of the opposition People's Party, Yoon Suk Yeol of the main opposition People Power Party and Lee Jae Myung of the ruling Democratic Party, attend a televised debate in Seoul on Feb. 25, 2022, for the March 9 presidential election.

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-TELEVISED DEBATE

(220204) -- SEOUL, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidates Sim Sang-jeung of the Justice Party, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party, Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party (from L to R) pose for photos before a televised debate for the upcoming March 9 presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 3, 2022. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)

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Opposition candidates for Seoul mayoral by-election

Oh Se Hoon (L) of the main opposition People Power Party and Ahn Cheol Soo of the People's Party shake hands in Seoul on March 8, 2021, wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. They are the two leading opposition candidates for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election.

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Thai opposition party leader Abhisit becomes new premier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's opposition Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) is congratulated by members of parliament after being elected as the country's new prime minister on Dec. 15. Abhisit, 44, was supported in the House of Representatives by five allied parties and a breakaway faction of the former People's Power Party. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R center), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, after seeing Shizuka Kamei, chief of the People's New Party. Before seeing Kamei, Maehara met with Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling DPJ, and asked for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister. (Kyodo)