In Lebanon, parliamentary election results are out showing a slight majority for Hezbollah and its allies, with the political standoff and rhetoric against the resistance expected to increase.

Lebanese people have voted in key parliamentary elections as the country struggles with an economic crisis.

The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says voters in Lebanon face a choice in the upcoming parliamentary elections between a faction whose main concern is Lebanon and one that seeks to please the United States.

The Hezbollah leader slams calls for the disarmament of the resistance movement in the run-up to the May 15 parliamentary elections.

The ballot papers will be shipped back to Lebanon and stored at the central bank before being counted on the elections day.

Lebanon’s parliament is equally divided between Christians and Muslims.

Serbians have headed to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections at a time of Russia's offensive against Ukraine.