Arquivos de Tag: elections

Hegseth meets with Netanyahu in Israel ahead of elections and possible restart to Iran war

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly visited Israel on Monday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a senior U.S. military official who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.  A second source involved in the matter in Israel confirmed Tuesday morning that […]

Palestinian Authority president postpones legislative elections another year, marking 20 years without a vote

President Mahmoud Abbas postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree on Friday to further delay voting for the Palestinian Legislative Council almost another year. Rather than take place as scheduled next month, the decree pushes the elections back to Sept. 11, 2027, according to WAFA, the […]

Germany’s Merz defiant after historic state elections defeat, vows to press ahead with reforms

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz remained defiant on Sunday, vowing to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy, after suffering a bruising electoral setback in two state elections. Exit polls by public broadcaster ARD indicated that Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, came in with just 5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – the […]

U.S. envoy Jared Kushner attributes the lack of progress on Gaza to upcoming Israeli elections: “Makes them a little irrational”

President Trump’s special envoy Jared Kushner directly linked the lack of progress on the rehabilitation of the war-torn Gaza Strip to upcoming Israeli elections. Israel will hold elections in late October, and polls show it is a tight race between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents. “We’re working through some political issues in […]

Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections citing “huge risk” and “split” for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the idea of holding elections during the war with Russia, four days after the former defense minister publicly called for them.  “I believe that in a war like this, elections as such are a huge risk. Elections right now are a tsunami for the country that will split Ukraine,” Zelenskyy […]

Ukraine’s fired Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov calls for elections despite war with Russia

Ukraine’s former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for an election Tuesday despite the country’s prolonged war with Russia, in what is seen as the largest challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s power since the start of the conflict. Zelenskyy imposed martial law, which prohibits elections from being held, when Russian forces invaded the country in February […]

Brazil denies visa requests to U.S. officials ahead of upcoming elections

Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two U.S. State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest political barb between the two countries. The move became public after The Washington Post reported the Brazilian government saying the officials, Riley M. Barnes, an assistant […]

Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections in primetime speech, sources say

Part of President Trump’s speech Thursday night is expected to touch on previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, according to sources familiar with the matter.  One component: Allegations that Beijing compromised U.S. voter data and evidence the CIA knew about the action and didn’t share that information with Mr. Trump during his first […]