World
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International
2/13/2025 6:46:37 PM
Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country. Even though it's highly unlikely to take a share of power soon, it has become a factor that other politicians can't ignore and helped shape Germany's debate on migration.
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World
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International
2/4/2025 11:08:01 AM
A man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event denied that he intended to kill the politician as his trial began Tuesday at a court in western Japan.
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World
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International
1/28/2025 12:09:41 PM
President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in South Florida.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/22/2025 12:34:40 PM
Donald Trump's nominee to be US ambassador to the UN, Elise Stefanik said she agreed with the view espoused by a number of far-right Israeli politicians that Israel has “a biblical right” to annex the West Bank.
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World
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Region
1/12/2025 3:51:18 PM
Discussions are underway in Israel on a proposal to divide Syria into "cantons", Israel Hayom Newspaper revealed.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/26/2024 2:59:19 PM
Israel's extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday, sparking Arab outcry accusing the far-right politician of a deliberate provocation.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/3/2024 5:52:30 PM
Israeli politicians are speaking openly about the possible annexation of the Occupied West Bank and the expulsion of the Palestinian population in the wake of the re-election of Donald Trump, writes Alaa Al-Mashharawy
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World
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International
11/26/2024 7:12:45 PM
Russia has banned 30 British nationals, including senior politicians, military personnel, business leaders, and journalists, accusing the UK of pursuing "Russophobic" policies.
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World
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Region
10/1/2024 3:23:15 PM
Tunisian politician Ayachi Zammel, a candidate in the north African country's October 6 presidential election, has been jailed for 12 years, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
9/25/2024 5:45:24 PM
The Iranian parliament on Wednesday blocked the appointment of a politician from the Sunni minority as vice president, state media reported.
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World
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International
9/22/2024 2:45:03 PM
A previously fringe Marxist politician was on course Sunday to become Sri Lanka's next leader after a presidential vote coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an unprecedented financial crisis.
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World
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Region
8/26/2024 10:14:52 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday named a politician from the Sunni minority as his vice president for rural development, official media reported.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/25/2024 4:02:59 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make a long-awaited White House visit Thursday to meet with President Joe Biden and likely Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at an important moment for all three politicians.
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World
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Africa
7/24/2024 2:58:07 PM
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday named four heavyweight opposition politicians to join a "broad-based" cabinet in the wake of more than a month of anti-government protests.
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World
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International
7/23/2024 3:22:43 PM
Germany's governing coalition and the conservative opposition on Tuesday presented a plan to protect the country's highest court against possible future manipulation or obstruction by extremist or authoritarian politicians.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/18/2024 10:32:57 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza on Thursday, saying it was essential that Israel keep control of a strip of territory along the territory's border with Egypt, just days before he was set to give a speech to the U.S. Congress.
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Opinion
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7/15/2024 9:50:42 PM
There are at least 55 ongoing wars around the world. Politicians have consistently failed to end the armed conflicts that are ravaging their societies, and the dangers have been multiplied by the fact that local wars no longer remain local.
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World
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International
7/6/2024 8:23:24 PM
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doesn’t get to take a breather. After a draining six-week election campaign, the centre-left politician must get straight to work assembling his government, tackling a mountain of domestic problems and putting his stamp on the U.K.’s relations with the rest of the world.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
5/27/2024 4:42:02 PM
An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld a one-year prison sentence for opposition politician and former MP Ahmed Tantawy for forging election documents.
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World
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International
5/23/2024 7:29:08 PM
Dutiful, managerial, a bit dull – Keir Starmer is no one’s idea of a firebrand politician.
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