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Nearly four years after the Arab Spring began, Tunisian voters elected Beji Caid Essebsi, a veteran of the country's autocratic regimes.

Luisa Ortega was a staunch Maduro supporter until he tried to take away independence of the Supreme Court. After fleeing Venezuela, she now says she has evidence linking him to a corruption scandal.

Up to $37 billion of that money will go toward the South Asian nation's electricity grid. But as NPR's Philip Reeves reports the challenge now is to make the projects happen.

The president has tackled issues of race much more forcefully and directly of late, as seen not only in his speeches but in his policies — including commutation of the sentences of drug offenders.

President Emmanuel Macron has won reelection, beating Marine Le Pen, his far-right rival, in a presidential election runoff.

Donald Trump seems reluctant to fully exercise the powers of the presidency, even though he has touted them in the past.

Democratic strategist Mo Elleithee and Republican strategist Scott Jennings react to President Biden's first prime-time address to the nation.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech about the upcoming elections in Iran.

The move against President Dilma Rousseff injects a new element of instability into the political landscape in Brazil, which is being roiled by corruption scandals and a sharp economic downturn.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Ambassador Hervé Denis about the assassination of Haiti's president and what lies ahead for the interim government.