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World
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International
7/9/2024 10:21:14 PM
Britain's new lawmakers excitedly squeezed into parliament Tuesday with Labour sitting on the government's side of the chamber for the first time in 14 years following last week's landslide election win.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/9/2024 9:57:48 PM
The results of this week’s parliamentary elections in France defied previous expectations of a majority for the far-right, writes Mohamed Badreddin
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World
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International
7/9/2024 11:59:10 AM
France's political parties sought to project strength and gather allies on Tuesday, with the government adrift following a Sunday parliamentary election in which no one force claimed a clear majority.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/9/2024 9:12:00 AM
The new government set out its policies in a statement before parliament this week, receiving the approval of most MPs.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
7/8/2024 6:39:51 PM
Europe's main equity markets and the euro rebounded from initial losses on Monday as investors digested snap French elections in which a hung parliament appeared the likeliest outcome.
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World
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International
7/8/2024 3:20:30 PM
Marine Le Pen's far-right party was poised Monday to strike an alliance with that of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the EU parliament, a day after being dealt a surprise defeat in French elections.
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World
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International
7/7/2024 10:59:00 PM
A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France’s snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections Sunday. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in second and the far right in third.
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World
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Region
7/7/2024 12:23:53 PM
Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian will be sworn in before parliament in early August as the Islamic Republic's ninth president, state media reported Sunday.
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World
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International
7/7/2024 9:46:40 AM
Polling stations opened across mainland France on Sunday for a second round parliamentary vote that is expected to be won by far right leader Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN).
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World
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International
7/7/2024 9:15:05 AM
French voters face a decisive choice Sunday in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could produce the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/4/2024 9:50:04 AM
Protesters scaled Australia's national parliament on Thursday, unfurling banners reading "Palestine will be free", and accusing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of complicity in the Gaza war.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/3/2024 10:52:14 PM
The House of Representatives will hold a general session on Monday at the new headquarters of the parliament in the New Administrative Capital to let Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly deliver a statement on the new government's program.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/3/2024 8:52:57 PM
Egypt’s new government will outline its programme to parliament next week.
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World
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International
7/2/2024 6:00:48 PM
A far-right candidate on Tuesday dropped out of the race for France's parliament over a social media post showing her in a Nazi cap, a party official told French media.
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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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Africa
7/2/2024 9:55:18 AM
Kenya was bracing on Tuesday for fresh protest action against the government after anti-tax hike demonstrations last month descended into violence that left dozens of people dead.
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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
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 9:41:00 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 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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