# politics

Stories tagged: politics

A focused topic hub for politics with story cards, country paths, and related topics that help people and crawlers explore the subject properly.

🌍 Syria

Syria's first post-Assad parliament opens with 210 members

Syria has a new parliament for the first time since the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad. The 210 member body began its legislative duties on July 1, 2026, in a session that marks a clean break from decades of Assad...

Breakthroughs Al Jazeera 3w ago

Countries covering politics

🇮🇳 India 1 🇮🇪 Ireland 1 🇸🇪 Sweden 1 🌍 Syria 1 🇺🇸 United States 1

Swedish minister brings baby to EU meeting in historic first

A Swedish minister walked into a European Union meeting in Brussels with a three-month-old baby in her arms. I

Breakthroughs South China Morning Post 4w ago

🇮🇪 Ireland

Irish gangland figure loses Dublin byelection bid for parliament seat

A man linked to one of Ireland's most notorious criminal feuds ran for a seat in parliament and lost. The cand

Only on Earth The Guardian World 9w ago

🇮🇳 India

Modi's BJP Breaks Through in West Bengal for First Time

For the first time in history, Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party has won a state election in West Bengal,

Breakthroughs The Guardian World 12w ago

🇺🇸 United States

A Record Number of US Scientists Run for Office

A historic wave of scientists and researchers is abandoning their labs and studies to run for political office

Breakthroughs Nature News 14w ago