Tue, 21-Oct-2025

First parliamentary election in Lebanon since the country’s financial meltdown

parliamentary election

Lebanese voted in the country’s first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse on Sunday, with many saying they hoped to punish ruling lawmakers blamed for the catastrophe, even if the chances of meaningful change look limited. The election, the first since 2018, is considered a litmus test for whether the highly armed, Iran-backed Hezbollah … Read more

Japan’s PM Kishida declares victory after ‘very tough’ election

TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared victory on Monday after leading his ruling coalition to a strong majority in national elections. Kishida, a soft-spoken centrist who has been in office for a month, vowed to boost the world’s third-biggest economy with a fresh pandemic spending package which he said he would draft this month. … Read more