Turkmenistan will hold snap elections next month after President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov announced he is ready to relinquish power to younger people.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls for snap elections in an effort to gain a majority in the House of Commons.

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has resigned, one week after he lost a vote of no-confidence.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party wins landslide victory in snap parliamentary polls.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he will resign next month while staying in office until the June snap parliamentary elections, in an effort to "curb the political crisis" gripping the country.

Nationalist politician Sadyr Japarov has won a landslide victory in Kyrgyzstan's snap presidential election, which was triggered by the collapse of the previous government.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh urges the international community to halt Israel's illegal settlement expansion activities.