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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/21/2024 8:44:05 PM
The decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to seek arrest warrants against Israeli politicians has been hailed as a historic move in defying Israel’s impunity, reports Amira Howeidy
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World
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Africa
5/19/2024 1:33:18 PM
Congo's army says it has “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and a top politician’s guards that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa
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World
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Africa
5/19/2024 11:28:02 AM
Gunfire rang out in Congo’s capital early Sunday morning as armed men in military uniform clashed with a top politician’s guards in a neighbourhood near the presidential palace, resulting in the death of three people, according to the politician’s spokesman and local media.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/28/2024 11:01:56 AM
The Israeli war on Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Joe Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday but went all but unmentioned by participants inside, with Biden instead using the annual White House correspondents’ dinner to make both jokes and grim warnings about Republican rival Donald Trump’s fight to reclaim the U.S. presidency.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/23/2024 9:02:23 PM
The charge of paying a porn star hush money ahead of elections would end the career of practically any politician — except for former US president Donald Trump, reports Khaled Dawoud
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
4/16/2024 5:46:06 PM
Three well-known politicians are helping to transform the 21st century into one of religion, writes Ahmed Mustafa
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