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World
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Africa
9/21/2024 6:33:31 PM
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son, who had earlier said he would run in the 2026 presidential election, announced on Saturday he would not stand and would back his father instead.
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World
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International
9/21/2024 6:33:17 PM
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis.
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World
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Africa
9/21/2024 5:24:38 PM
The United States, the United Kingdom and Norway expressed "deep concern" on Saturday at the announcement of a two-year delay in elections in South Sudan, terming the extension of a transitional government a "failure."
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World
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International
9/20/2024 1:52:20 PM
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday decried antisemitism hours after an explosive CNN report detailed how one of his allies running for North Carolina governor made a series of racial and sexual comments on a website where he also referred to himself as a “black NAZI.”
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/19/2024 10:18:40 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Joe Biden and Kamala Harris next week and plans to see Donald Trump as he visits the United States to shore up support before November's crucial presidential election.
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World
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International
9/19/2024 6:51:46 PM
The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution recognising Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the legitimate president, after incumbent Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in a disputed election.
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World
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International
9/19/2024 3:43:21 PM
Two years ago, food cart worker Fathima Shiyama had to wait in line, sometimes for days, to get cooking gas, fuel and other essentials. It was a test of patience for her and millions of other Sri Lankans as their country languished in economic and political chaos.
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World
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International
9/19/2024 10:30:01 AM
The success of far-right parties in elections in key European countries is prompting even centrist and left-wing governments to tighten policies on migration, creating cracks in unity and sparking concern among activists.
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Business
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Economy
9/18/2024 9:15:35 PM
The US Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage-point Wednesday in its first reduction since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, sharply lowering borrowing costs shortly before November's presidential election.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
9/17/2024 8:46:48 PM
Following a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Aziza Sami weighs in on the US presidential election
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/17/2024 4:22:32 PM
Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris looked suitably presidential in last week’s US presidential elections debate but gave little away on foreign policy, writes Hussein Haridy
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/17/2024 3:59:37 PM
Azza Radwan Sedky watched this month’s television debate between US presidential election candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
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World
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International
9/17/2024 1:31:13 PM
Former President Donald Trump wasn’t harmed by Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt as he golfed near his Florida club. But the second attack on his life in barely two months is likely to further unsettle an election cycle already marked by upheaval.
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World
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International
9/16/2024 10:36:42 PM
Donald Trump on Monday blamed his election rival Kamala Harris and US President Joe Biden after he was targeted in a second apparent assassination attempt, saying their "rhetoric" about him endangering democracy is to blame.
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Opinion
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9/16/2024 10:05:35 PM
In April 2021, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree postponing parliamentary and presidential elections, which were scheduled in May and July, respectively.
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Business
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Economy
9/15/2024 6:44:52 PM
The Federal Reserve is gearing up to announce its first interest rate cut for more than four years on Wednesday, with policymakers expected to debate how big a move to make less than two months before the US presidential election.
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World
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Region
9/15/2024 5:51:42 PM
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday nominated his chief of staff to be the new prime minister, the royal palace said, charging him with forming a government after parliamentary elections.
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World
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Region
9/15/2024 4:14:58 PM
Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh submitted his resignation on Sunday to King Abdullah II, state media reported, after parliamentary elections dominated by frustration over the Gaza war.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/13/2024 2:35:09 PM
President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday discuss whether to let Kyiv use long-range missiles against Russia, in the two allies' likely last meeting before an election that could upend US policy on Ukraine.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
9/13/2024 1:24:00 PM
The prospects Tunisia’s upcoming presidential election might hold
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