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Japan's first female leader returned to office after a landslide win and signaled that Washington, Beijing and the cost of living will define her next phase.
Read report »The vice president made the early declaration more than two years before the vote, turning speculation into a formal campaign signal.
Read report »The arrests include an aide to a far-left lawmaker, as investigators probe a fatal assault that has shaken French politics.
Read report »Bangladesh restored an elected government as Tarique Rahman took office after the BNP’s election win, closing an 18-month caretaker period and opening a high-pressure reform test.
Read report »A park shooting in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, killed one person and injured eight children, deepening concern over violence in the state.
Read report »Anti-corruption detectives said they detained Ukraine’s former energy minister while he was trying to cross the border on February 15.
Read report »Britain and four European allies say analysis of samples from Alexei Navalny showed a lethal epibatidine toxin, reinforcing claims that he was deliberately poisoned in prison.
Read report »The only opposition-aligned mayor in the district said she will run again in 2027, keeping a local foothold for a weakened opposition.
Read report »The High Court said the British government’s move to proscribe the activist group was unlawful, reopening a politically charged dispute over protest and security law.
Read report »The Australian Liberal party chose Angus Taylor as leader and Jane Hume as deputy, while Sussan Ley’s retirement triggered a by-election in Farrer.
Read report »Bangladesh’s centre-right BNP has won a sweeping parliamentary majority in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, with voters also backing constitutional reform.
Read report »Two people were killed and another wounded in a shooting at a dormitory building at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg.
Read report »The charges against the former Norwegian prime minister raise rare criminal allegations around a senior European statesman.
Read report »Polls and on-the-ground reporting point to another victory for Mia Mottley even as cost of living and crime remain live issues.
Read report »Anadolu reported that a student opened fire at a technical college in Anapa, leaving a guard dead and three people wounded.
Read report »A shooting at a school in Hat Yai, southern Thailand, killed one person and injured three others, including the suspect.
Read report »Authorities later found the senator and her security detail after an abduction on a road in Cauca Department, raising alarms over political safety.
Read report »Riot police fired tear gas and water cannon in central Tirana as demonstrators pressed demands for the resignation of Albania’s government over corruption allegations tied to Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.
Read report »The Supreme Court ruled that relationships the law had left “invisible” can be recognised when both partners contribute to a home or other asset.
Read report »Police say nine people were killed in the Tumbler Ridge shooting, including the suspect, and no ongoing threat remains to the public.
Read report »Prosecutors say bodies have been found as the search continues for workers abducted from a Canadian company's silver project in Mexico.
Read report »The Hong Kong media tycoon received the city’s longest national security sentence after being convicted of foreign collusion and sedition.
Read report »A lawyer says Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been given a six-year prison term, a two-year travel ban and exile to South Khorasan, though the verdict can still be appealed.
Read report »Sussan Ley and David Littleproud struck a deal to reunite the Liberal-National Coalition after another split, restoring a shared opposition frontbench.
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