Peru’s ballot count drags on amid frustration with presidential election
The turbulent election has prompted fraud claims by candidates and frustration with the country’s chaotic politics.

The turbulent election has prompted fraud claims by candidates and frustration with the country’s chaotic politics.


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Centre-right Tisza party wins two-thirds majority in parliament that would allow it to amend constitution.
Judges, however, raise questions about Trump arguments that completing the ballroom is necessary for national security.
In the span of a decade, Peru has seen nine presidents come and go. How has that affected this year’s presidential race?
Libya shows it is ‘capable of overcoming its differences’ with rare budget deal, central bank says.
President Lula’s government said it has seized 1,168 illicit arms imported from the US in the last 12 months alone.
The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tension over illicit drugs and fate of politician Jorge Glas.

Washington, Moscow, Kyiv and Brussels will be eagerly awaiting the outcome of the election.
Formerly the vice president under Biden, Harris mused to Al Sharpton that she knows ‘what it requires’ to be president.

US and Iranian delegations are set to meet in Islamabad for peace talks to end six weeks of war.