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Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign and long has held ...

11:00 Et July 6, 2024

Germany fears a victory for the far-right National Rally could harm its close relations with France

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is worried about the outcome of the run-off election in France. Scholz, who is normally tightlipped when asked about domestic politics in other European countries, ...

09:45 Et July 5, 2024

Labour Party wins majority in House of Commons, taking power in the UK

A general election was held in England to determine the personnel that will shape the country's next five years. According to the exit polls, the main opposition party, ...

09:40 Et July 5, 2024

Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections

Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news ...

10:00 Et July 4, 2024

Biden's family urges him to stay in White House race

Democratic President Joe Biden's family has urged him to ignore calls to step aside following his disastrous debate against Republican Donald Trump. He spent Sunday with relatives at ...

15:00 Et July 1, 2024

French far right leads after legislative elections’ 1st round but rivals hope to deny it a majority

France’s National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, according to results released early Monday, bringing the far-right party to the brink of power and ...

11:33 Et July 1, 2024

Biden assures donors he can still win election

US President Joe Biden has assured Democrat donors that he can still win November's presidential election against Donald Trump, after a poor debate performance fuelled concern about his ...

20:00 Et June 30, 2024

France’s exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads preelection polls

Voters across mainland France began casting ballots Sunday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for ...

10:55 Et June 30, 2024

French PM in final appeal to stop far-right victory

France's lightning-quick election campaign is over, and despite last-ditch appeals not to back the far right, voters appear ready to hand the National Rally party a historic victory in parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal warned it would unleash “impulses of hate and aggression”. But the party of Marine Le Pen and 28-year old Jordan ...

19:43 Et June 29, 2024

Biden's shaky debate has overseas allies bracing for Trump return

Joe Biden's shaky performance in the U.S. presidential debate drew stunned global reactions on Friday, prompting public calls for him to step aside and likely leaving some of America's closest ...

20:03 Et June 28, 2024
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