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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/2/2024 9:31:29 PM
The re-election of Trump or a second term for Biden in the US presidential elections in November will have different impacts on policies in the Middle East, writes Sahar Zahran in Washington
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World
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International
7/2/2024 7:30:32 PM
Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
7/2/2024 6:44:08 PM
Last week’s televised debate between the candidates in the US presidential election could usher in a period of calm in the Middle East or help set the entire region on fire, writes Hussein Haridy
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World
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International
7/2/2024 2:37:45 PM
French candidates faced a Tuesday deadline to stay in or quit the weekend's runoff election, with over 160 withdrawing so far in an effort to block the far right from winning an absolute majority.
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World
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International
7/2/2024 2:14:00 PM
Iran’s presidential candidates on Monday accused each other of having no solution for the country’s problems ahead of Friday's runoff election aimed at choosing a successor for the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash.
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World
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International
7/2/2024 12:35:00 PM
Candidates in France on Tuesday faced a deadline to register for the run-off round of a high-stakes parliamentary election, as President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp and a left-wing alliance scrambled to prevent the far right from taking power.
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World
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Region
7/2/2024 10:17:19 AM
Over 20 years ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the United States for its disenchanted electorate.
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World
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International
7/1/2024 8:09:35 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.
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World
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Region
7/1/2024 5:11:13 PM
Mauritania's incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election with 56.12 percent of the vote, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said Monday.
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Opinion
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7/1/2024 4:38:29 PM
Following his party’s decisive loss to the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament election, French President Emmanuel Macron shocked everyone by dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap election. He has justified his decision by claiming that an election will “clarify” the political situation, but his compatriots do not share this view.
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World
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International
7/1/2024 11:39:31 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron and his allies were on Monday beginning a week of intense campaigning ahead of the second round of legislative elections to prevent the far right in a historic first from taking an absolute majority and control of government.
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World
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International
6/30/2024 10:55:38 PM
France held the first round of an early parliamentary election on Sunday that could bring the country's first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II.
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World
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International
6/30/2024 9:33:04 PM
France's far-right won the first round of pivotal legislative elections on Sunday with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third behind the left after the highest turnout in over four decades, estimates said.
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World
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International
6/30/2024 9:41:00 AM
Polls opened in France on Sunday for the first round of snap parliamentary elections which could see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen take power in a historic first.
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World
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International
6/29/2024 7:41:28 PM
The far-right AfD declared its ambition to rise to power in Germany as its party congress kicked off Saturday with clashes between hooded demonstrators and police, just weeks after it scored record EU election results.
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World
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Region
6/29/2024 5:40:58 PM
Mauritanians began voting Saturday to decide whether to re-elect President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as head of the desert country, an oasis of peace in Africa's volatile Sahel region.
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World
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Region
6/29/2024 3:21:43 PM
The sole reformist in Iran's presidential election, Masoud Pezeshkian, will face the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in a runoff, authorities said on Saturday, following a vote marred by historically low turnout.
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World
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International
6/29/2024 12:57:37 PM
A divided France braced Saturday for high-stakes parliamentary elections that could see the anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party of Marine Le Pen sweep to power in a historic first.
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World
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Region
6/29/2024 10:30:58 AM
Seesawing results released early Saturday in Iran’s presidential election put the race between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and hard-liner Saeed Jalili, with the lead trading between the two men while a runoff vote appeared likely.
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World
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Africa
6/28/2024 1:55:00 PM
South Africa's weakened African National Congress (ANC) and its biggest coalition partner are squabbling over key jobs in the new cabinet, media reports say, nearly a month after elections.
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