New Delhi, India – Vishal Paliwal, a 57-year-old worker of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), spent Tuesday afternoon sleeping at home as India counted over 640 million votes cast in its national election. A granite stone trader in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, Paliwal lost his livelihood after…
EXPLAINER The ruling ANC is avoiding a coalition government with any single opposition group as it faces its toughest challenge yet. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has said it wants to form a national unity government with major opposition parties after it lost its majority in general elections last…
Iran’s recent history is a rollercoaster of contrasts, alternating between hope and despair, traditions and modernisation, revolutions and counterrevolutions, conservatism and reformism. The country is once again on the verge of an historic moment as it prepares for a June 28 snap presidential election, following the death of President Ebrahim…
Narendra Modi is likely to return as India’s prime minister for a third term but will have to rely on allies to run a coalition government for the first time after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fell short of a majority. Modi led the BJP to landslide victories in the…
Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa arrested and charged of taking bribes as his ANC party struggles to form a government. South Africa’s outgoing sports, arts and culture minister has appeared in court after being arrested over bribery allegations as his African National Congress (ANC) party meets for coalition…
The two men clash over tax, health and the cost of living in fractious debate that failed to land any knockout blows. The leaders of the United Kingdom’s two top political parties have faced off in their first live television debate of the election campaign, attacking each other over issues…
NewsFeed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a historic third term in office, but the governing BJP is projected to lose its majority stake in parliament. The party hoped to win more than 400 seats in a 543-member parliament. Projections show the result will likely be less than 300….
Conservative leader Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will go head-to-head in a televised debate. The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister are set to face off in a televised debate, with Conservative leader Rishi Sunak hoping to boost his party’s dismal outlook and Labour’s…
In a normal presidential election year in the United States, the primary season helps to winnow down the fields of Democratic and Republican candidates, until there is only one of each left. But the 2024 primaries were different. Even before the first state vote was held, the outcome was clear:…
New Delhi, India — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to lose its national majority after suffering major losses in key states, marking a dramatic shift in a political landscape it has dominated for the past decade. The BJP is on track to comfortably…
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