Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/4/2025 9:23:12 PM
The government has been dissolved, new elections are due, and Germany is widely seen as needing to recalibrate its foreign policy in the Middle East and its economic policies at home
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/3/2025 11:45:49 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi congratulated his Ghanaian counterpart, President John Mahama, on his re-election and assumption of office for a second term in a telephone call on Monday.
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World
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Region
2/3/2025 9:56:10 PM
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said Monday organising elections could take up to five years, the week after he was appointed interim president and less than two months after ousting Bashar al-Assad.
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World
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International
2/2/2025 10:08:44 PM
Demonstrators descended on Berlin Sunday to protest the norm-shattering overtures by Germany's conservatives towards the far right as the country heads for a fraught election this month, drawing at least 160,000 people, according to police.
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World
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International
1/27/2025 10:57:14 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko for winning a seventh term in office, saying Sunday's election showed he had the undoubted backing of the people.
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World
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International
1/20/2025 7:51:36 PM
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, promising a “revolution of common sense” and taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/15/2025 12:07:00 PM
The election of a consensus president and a new head of government signals a new era in Lebanon
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World
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Africa
1/13/2025 3:04:58 PM
Mozambique swore in its new parliament on Monday with the streets of the capital deserted after the opposition leader called for a strike to protest the result of highly disputed elections.
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World
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Africa
1/12/2025 6:10:10 PM
Comoros held a parliamentary election Sunday that some opposition leaders pledged to boycott, accusing President Azali Assoumani and his ruling party of adopting an increasingly authoritarian stance and raising concerns over the integrity of the vote.
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World
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Africa
1/12/2025 3:28:03 PM
The MPS party of Chad's military ruler President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno appears set for a solid majority in parliament after general elections in December that were boycotted by opposition parties, according to an AFP tally of provisional results.
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World
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International
1/12/2025 12:13:48 PM
Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump for his alleged effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, has left the US Department of Justice, prosecutors said Saturday in a court filing.
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World
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Region
1/11/2025 1:36:03 PM
Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun Saturday promised the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia that his first post-election trip abroad would be to the Arab Gulf kingdom, the presidency said.
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World
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International
1/10/2025 6:22:51 PM
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term on Friday, a move rejected by the opposition, which called it a "coup d'etat" achieved through alleged election fraud and a campaign of repression.
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World
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Region
1/10/2025 5:58:54 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday welcomed the election of his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun after the country went more than two years without a head of state, saying unity will "defeat" Israel.
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World
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Region
1/9/2025 11:01:15 PM
World leaders on Thursday welcomed the election of Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun as president, ending a two-year political vacuum.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/9/2025 9:59:56 PM
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday congratulated Lebanon’s newly elected president, Joseph Aoun, expressing his eagerness to meet soon to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation.
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World
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Region
1/9/2025 4:55:14 PM
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was sworn in on Thursday in the Lebanese parliament following his presidential election.
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World
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International
1/6/2025 10:29:55 PM
Donald Trump capped a historic political comeback on Monday as Congress certified his election victory, in a remarkable turn from four years ago, when a mob he had summoned to Washington ransacked the US Capitol.
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World
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International
1/4/2025 6:38:28 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he's staying “cool” against critical personal comments made by Elon Musk. Still, he finds it worrying that the U.S. billionaire makes an effort to get involved in a general election by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
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World
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International
12/31/2024 7:41:56 PM
The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday against Iranian and Russian organizations, alleging they had sought to interfere in the US election.
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