WASHINGTON -- Democrats are projected to flip control of the U.S. Senate after winning several key races in battleground states, securing control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, election forecasting agency Decision Desk HQ reported late Tuesday.
Before the midterms, Republicans held 218 seats in the House of Representatives, compared with 214 for Democrats. The chamber also had one independent member and two vacancies, one in a Republican-held district and the other in a Democratic-held district, following the resignations of their respective representatives in 2026. (US-Midterms)
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SEOUL -- Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faces possible invalidation of his 2022 election as an appellate court on Wednesday upheld a suspended prison sentence for election law violations linked to false statements during his presidential campaign.
The Seoul High Court sentenced Yoon to one and a half years in prison, suspended for three years, dismissing his appeal and upholding the lower court's guilty verdict on all counts of violating the public official election law. (South Korea-Former President-Election)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Central Elections Committee officially announced the results of last week's parliamentary election on Wednesday, confirming that opposition parties won 67 seats in the 120-member parliament, against 53 for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling bloc.
The opposition's 67 seats include 48 won by parties aligned with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party and 19 by the Arab-led parties, namely the Joint List, a coalition of three parties, and the Muslim Ra'am party. (Israel-Election Results)
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JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's local government elections kicked off on Wednesday as voting officially opened at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), with more than 29 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots at nearly 23,700 polling stations across the country.
Polling stations are scheduled to close at 9 p.m. (1900 GMT), with final results to be announced after the Independent Electoral Commission completes the counting and verification process. (South Africa-Municipal Elections) ■
