MOROCCO was yesterday awaiting the final results from polls in which moderate Islamists emerged as the dominant political force, the latest religious party to achieve huge gains on the back of the Arab Spring.

ICELAND’s leftist coalition yesterday won the country’s general election striking a blow at the pro-business Independence Party that many blamed for the collapse of the country’s banking system.

Iceland’s leftist coalition today won the country’s general election striking a blow at the pro-business Independence Party that many blamed for the collapse of the country’s banking system.

Iceland’s government could be ousted from power this weekend, becoming Europe’s first to fall as a direct result of the global financial crisis.

Iceland became the first government to fall from the global economic crisis today when under-siege prime minister Geir Haarde declared a general election.

Keith Ellison, a Democratic state politician and lawyer, has become the first Muslim elected to the US Congress.

Europe’s longest-serving prime minister won a narrow electoral victory today while his strongest challenger, the former Reykjavik mayor seeking to become the nation’s first female leader, failed to win a seat in Parliament.