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At least 11 civilians were killed Sunday in an explosion in East Afghanistan when a minivan hit a roadside bomb in Nangarh Province. Six children are among the dead.

A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a polling station in the north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday. At least fifteen people were killed. More than 25 people were also injured, a safety officer said.

An Afghan MP was killed Wednesday by a bomb that was placed under his office chair. Three other people were also killed in the attack, which has been claimed by the radical Taliban.

The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pasjinjan announced on Tuesday that he will step down to make early parliamentary elections possible. The former opposition leader came to power in May with the consent of the deputies after weeks of protests against corruption and nepotism.

Belgians cast their vote on Sunday in municipal and provincial elections. They are the first polls since 2014 and are seen as an important indicator for the parliamentary elections in May next year. Approximately 8.2 million Belgians can vote for municipal councils and in Flanders and Wallonia also for provincial councils.

In the latest opinion polls in Germany, the Greens have outpaced the Social Democratic SPD and the populist AfD (Alternative für Deutschland). The Greens have the support of seventeen percent of the respondents and are in second place in the poll of the public broadcaster ARD. According to the newspaper Bild, it is the first time that the Greens have achieved such a high score in this survey.

In the Latvian parliamentary elections, the center-right coalition lost its majority. The Union of Farmers and Greens of Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis was punished despite the growing economy. He received less than 10 percent of the votes, halving, and only held 11 seats out of 100 in the parliament. The electoral council in Riga announced this on Sunday.

A Dutch Kurd has surprisingly seized next to the presidency of Iraq. After a political drama in parliament, Fouad Hussein had to face Barham Salih, who is waiting a tough job to bring the divided and devastated country back on top.

The alliance of center-right parties may try to form a government after the Swedish elections. The chairman of the parliament gave Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate two weeks. He is the head of the four-party partnership, which together have 143 of the 349 parliamentary seats.

Justice in Argentina is going to prosecute former president Cristina Kirchner along with over forty supporters for corruption. Kirchner is suspected of leading a corrupt network that systematically received kickbacks in exchange for public procurement, reported the Argentinian newspaper Clarín.

The final result of the Swedish parliamentary elections may only be announced on Wednesday. It is clear that the right-wing populists of Jimmie Akesson, the Sweden Democrats (SD), have achieved a great victory with more than 17.5 percent of the votes. They are the third party of the country.

The center-left and center-right bloc have become about the same size in the Swedish parliamentary elections: 39.4 versus 39.6 percent, according to the first predictions after the closing of the polling stations on Sunday evening.

Because of a suicide attack during a parade in Kabul, at least seven people were killed, 25 were injured. A terrorist on a motorbike, according to the authorities, blew up a procession in memory of the Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was murdered in 2001, a mujahideen commander who played a heroic role in expelling the Soviet army from Afghanistan.

Jon Kyl, once one of the most influential Republicans in the US Senate, returns to Capitol Hill. He succeeds the late John McCain, reports the newspaper The Arizona Republic. Governor Doug Ducey will present the 76-year-old Kyl Tuesday at a press conference in Phoenix, after having informed McCain's widow Cindy and other key politicians of the decision.

The US Justice Minister Jeff Sessions is certainly sure of his job until November. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his minister may at least stay until the mid-term parliamentary elections in that month.

The Swedish internal security service has seen more cyber attacks and attempts to do so in recent weeks. Hackers try to penetrate the systems of political parties and government services. More fake accounts on social media have also been found than otherwise. These accounts are used to distribute false information.

The Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa refuses to accept his election defeat. He claims to have a 'legitimate claim' on the leadership of his country.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen continues his hunt for CNRP's largest opposition party last year. The Voice of America reports from Phnom Penh that former party leader Sam Rainsy has been charged with lese majesty.

South Korea closes about a dozen guard posts in the Korean demilitarized zone. According to minister Song Young-moo (Defense) at the end of last month agreements were made with neighboring North Korea, reports the newspaper Chosun Ilbo. It is a test.

The Turkish police, at the request of Sweden, arrested a man who was possibly involved in the massive arson attacks in several Swedish cities earlier this week. He flew from Sweden to Turkey last Tuesday and was immediately arrested at customs.

The Zimbabwean opposition has come to the Constitutional Court to challenge the result of the presidential election. 'We have successfully submitted our court documents,' said the main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa.

The party of the Iraqi clergyman Moqtada al-Sadr was declared the winner of the May parliamentary elections on Friday. The results were long overdue because all votes had to be counted again.

The head of the Zimbabwean opposition Tendai Biti has been indicted in his own country for the role that he would have played in the out of hand protests against the election results. Tendai appeared in court on Thursday.

The Venezuelan Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of opposition leader Julio Borges. The former President of Parliament is suspected of the drone attack on President Nicolas Maduro. According to the Communist government, Saturday tried to kill the head of state with airborne explosives.

Zimbabweans go to the ballot box Monday for the first parliamentary and presidential election since the departure of President Robert Mugabe. Voters can vote for 23 presidential candidates, but only incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa (75) and forty-year-old opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa are seen as serious contenders.

The former cricket patrol Imran Khan has almost certainly become the winner of the parliamentary elections in Pakistan. After counting 96 percent of the votes, his party, the Poor Justice Movement, had won in 115 of the 272 electoral districts and secured just as many seats in parliament.

Cricket legend Imran Khan yesterday declared himself the winner of the Pakistani parliamentary elections, to the great anger of Nawaz Sharif, his direct opponent who is currently imprisoned for corruption.

The former South Korean president Park Geun-hye, who is serving a prison sentence of 24 years for abuse of power, has gained another eight years in prison. A court sentenced her this time for causing loss of public money and interference in the parliamentary elections in 2016.

The European Parliament refuses to impose rules for spending a monthly expense allowance of more than EUR 4400 for MEPs. The suspicion is that much of the money disappears in the pockets of the politicians as a hidden salary.

Fourteen members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have been expelled because of corruption. The procedure committee of the meeting announced their names on Wednesday.