Turkey’s application to join the BRICS bloc, led by Russia and China, is sparking concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's commitment to NATO. The move, by a member of the world’s most powerful military alliance, highlights the geostrategic shifts straining the post-war order at a time of heightened international tensions.
Why Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, is in a French jail
The founder and CEO of Telegram was reportedly detained upon arriving at Paris-Le Bourget airport on Saturday
Russia and the West need mutual security guarantees for the crisis to be resolved, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said
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The Georgian ‘foreign agent’ law is “incompatible” with membership of the bloc, its ambassador in Tbilisi has said
France's New Popular Front has won the largest number of seats in the final round of snap parliamentary elections, leaving behind the remnants of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist camp and the far-right National Rally trailing in third place. It’s a staggering result for a closely fought election that has left the country without a clear candidate for prime minister – and the hastily assembled broad leftist coalition without an absolute majority that would allow it to push through its ambitious programme.
Assumptions that Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen would find common ground may be wrong.
The Hungarian prime minister has landed in Moscow where he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine conflict
The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an open question after an inconclusive first round that has handed Marine Le Pen’s far right a commanding win, but not yet a decisive one.
The overconfident president got what was coming when his party suffered a massive defeat in the first round of the national election
Hundreds of protesters have set off flares and started fires on the streets of a major European city after a far-right party won big gains.
Foreign diplomats expressed shock and concern about the implications for this year’s US election
NATO tapped outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Wednesday to become the bloc’s next secretary-general who will replace Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg from October 1. Stoltenberg led NATO for more than a decade during which his mandate was extended due to the war in Ukraine.
Tech giant faces penalty of up to 10% of global annual revenue
Runaway budget deficits and confrontation with Brussels and Berlin is a formula for trouble
With a charismatic blend of youthful vigour and strategic communication, far-right leader Jordan Bardella has captivated millions on social media, a sign of the "Bardella mania" that has swept through France’s younger demographic. At just 28, Bardella's ascent to the top of the National Rally party formerly led by Marine Le Pen and Macron's call for snap legislative elections may well pave the road to the prime minister's office.
Known for his direct manner and pragmatic approach, Rutte was seen by allies as the right leader to potentially work with Trump should he be elected.
