Russia’s ruling party on track to win election after Ukraine’s drone attacks on Moscow
Russia‘s ruling United Russia party was on track to easily win a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine, partial official results showed on Sunday, after Ukraine launched a massive…
Replay: Macron, Carney hail new chapter on France-Canada ties at St. Pierre and Miquelon meeting
French President Emmanuel Macron said France and Canada were «two great independent nations who want to stay that way» in a joint news conference with Canadian leader Mark Carney Sunday. Watch the press conference by the two leaders on the French…
Macron, Carney hail new chapter in France-Canada ties at symbolic archipelago meeting
French President Emmanuel Macron said France and Canada were «two great independent nations who want to stay that way» in a joint news conference with Canadian leader Mark Carney Sunday. Carney, visiting France’s tiny North Atlantic territory of…
Germany: Merz vows to «push on despite setbacks» – Spotlight
German voters have delivered a fresh setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz in two key regional elections. In Berlin, exit polls put the left-wing Die Linke ahead of Merz’s CDU. And in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the far-right AfD is projected to finish…
German state elections: Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ in polls
Embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay on despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. In the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the…
Germany’s Merz admits ‘disaster’ in state elections, vows to press ahead with reforms
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he plans to stay in office after his party’s losses in two state elections on Sunday, and again doubled down on the government’s plans for potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy. Exit polls…
Israeli settler and Palestinian driver killed in West Bank shootings
Violence flared in the occupied West Bank on Sunday when a suspected Palestinian gunman shot dead an Israeli man, police said, and Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian motorist who the military said was attempting to run them over. The gunman opened…
Trump says his triumphal arch will become a military ammunition complex
«There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World,» Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. He added that out of «the 59 top cities and Capitals», Washington DC is «the only one in the world that does not have a triumphal arch», without…
Iran closes French language centre in Tehran for ‘illegal acts’
Iranian authorities on Sunday announced the closure of a French language centre associated with the embassy, accusing it of having undertaken «illegal activities». «Based on the Tehran prosecutor’s office, the illegal centre affiliated with the…
Houthi attacks and no Western support: What are Saudi Arabia’s options ?
The US has warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could rapidly escalate. It comes after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed. The Houthis’ lightning offensive seized…