Italy’s Five-Star calls for snap elections after government talks flounder.

The Turkish prime minister has told a European rights body not to meddle in Turkey’s domestic issues of snap elections.

Turkey’s parliament approves a motion to hold snap presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24.

Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be brought forward to June 24, President Erdogan says.

The Israeli prime minister has been accused of brewing a "fake crisis" to force snap elections.

Musavat Party will not participate in the elections, which have seen a recent change of schedule by the government.

Azerbaijan's strongman Ilham Aliyev has called a snap presidential vote for April, six months ahead of schedule.

The snap general election in June was an object lesson in the perils of political hubris: Theresa May calculated that her chances of securing a tidy Commons majority were so strong and Labour so weak that it would be foolish to pass up the opportunity.

Japanese PM Abe is projected to win by landslide in the country’s snap elections.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has officially dissolved the lower house of the country’s parliament, paving the way for snap elections.