
Germany Votes as AfD Rise Tests Political Firewall
With AfD polling near 20% in key regions, the vote will test how long Germany’s political system can maintain its cordon sanitaire.

With AfD polling near 20% in key regions, the vote will test how long Germany’s political system can maintain its cordon sanitaire.

Russia described Helsinki’s plan to permit nuclear weapons on its soil as a potential threat—and vowed to react accordingly.

The plan comes as Brussels expands its efforts to regulate online speech through cooperation with major tech platforms.

Despite multiple electoral victories for the ruling party, the collapse of Pristina’s latest parliamentary session has forced the President to call for yet another snap general election.

Europol has identified the Iranian-linked ‛Axis of Resistance’ as a major threat to European sovereignty, citing potential intimidation and terror financing campaigns.

Rome prepares to push for a suspension of the Brussels carbon market, citing the potential for rising electricity prices.

Hungary and its allies condemn Zelensky’s remarks amid a dispute over a €90 billion EU loan and halted Russian oil flows.

The upcoming elections reveal a familiar pattern of German politics: the cordon sanitaire ends up strengthening the political Left.

Fighting intensified across the Middle East as Israel expanded strikes on Iran and Hezbollah, while Trump ruled out sending American ground troops.

Meeting in Nigeria, conservative church leaders unveiled a new governing body after accusing the Church of England of promoting “revisionist” doctrine on marriage and sexuality.
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Several people dead and at least 14 others injured after a gunman opened fire at a bar in the U.S. city of Austin.
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The Vatican applies discipline with rigidity toward traditionalists and with flexibility toward realities that are theologically or politically far more problematic.