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France’s left-wing alliance on Sunday was set to get the most number of seats in a stunning reversal of fortunes for the bloc in the second round of the parliamentary polls, while the far-right that won the first round and was projected to win the elections was relegated to the third spot. President Emmanuel Macron’s party is expected to finish second, but the country...

At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in central Gaza on Saturday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in an attack Israel said had targeted militants. The health ministry said the attack on the school in Al-Nuseirat killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 50. The Israeli military said...

UK Election 2024: The Labour Party of the UK swept to power after registering a landslide victory in the general election of 2024 with incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party being dethroned. In the 650-member House of Commons, the Labour Party crossed the 326-seat threshold, ending 14 years of Conservative government. In this election, there are a number of...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on an official visit to Russia and Austria from July 8 to 10, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. The prime minister will be in Moscow on July 8-9, at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, to hold the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit. “The leaders will review the entire range of multifaceted...

The campaigning for the general elections in the United Kingdom came to an end hours before the voting was set to take place across the entire country on July 4. These elections will likely end the current reign of the Conservative Party. While UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak eyes another term in office, the opposition Labour Party is expecting a landslide victory....

Israeli forces bombarded several areas of the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday and thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in what could be part of a final push of Israel’s intensive military operations in nine months of war. Eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded, health officials said. Israel’s military said that two soldiers had been killed in battle a...

K Prime Ministe r and Conservative party’s nominee Rishi Sunak on Tuesday urged the voters to make the righ t in the upcoming general elections and not do something which they might regret in future. Taking to X, Sunak said, “Once you make that decision on Thursday, there’s no going back.” “Don’t do something you might regret,” he added. Sunak’s...

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party leaped into a strong lead Sunday in France’s first round of parliamentary elections, bringing the party closer than ever to being able to form a government in round two and dealing a major blow to centrist President Emmanuel Macron and his risky decision to call the surprise polls. Amid an unusually high...