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Israel marks 3 years since Oct. 7 attack, weeks before vote
Israelis gathered at dawn on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023. Ceremonies began at 6:29 a.m., the minute the assault started, at the Nova music festival site near Kibbutz Re'im and at Kibbutz…
Brazil’s Federal Police probe alleged US election meddling
Brazil's Federal Police have opened a preliminary investigation into possible US interference in the country's politics. The case began with a complaint from the Attorney General's Office, which pointed to a Guardian report that the US State Department had set…
Flávio Bolsonaro tops Lula in first round, forcing runoff
Brazil's presidential race is going to a second round. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face Senator Flávio Bolsonaro on October 25, after neither won more than 50% of valid votes in the first round on Sunday, October 4.…
Flávio Bolsonaro leads Lula in early Brazil election count
Polls closed across Brazil on Sunday in the first round of a close presidential election. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is running for a fourth term against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, the eldest son of former President Jair…
Putin’s United Russia retains parliament majority in tightly controlled vote
Russia's ruling United Russia party has retained its commanding majority in the State Duma after a tightly controlled three-day vote that excluded most opposition candidates and unfolded against the backdrop of the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow since the…
AfD wins second German state as Merz vows to stay on
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party projected its dominance over the country's political landscape on Sunday, winning the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania just two weeks after its landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt — a result Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself called…
Iran, China deploy autonomous AI agents to run influence campaigns
Iran, China, and private Israeli companies have begun deploying autonomous artificial intelligence agents to run social media influence campaigns with minimal human oversight, according to a New York Times investigation published Friday. The operations mark one of the first known…
France, Poland warn AfD landslide threatens NATO corridor
The Alternative for Germany's landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday drew sharp rebukes from Paris and Warsaw on Monday, with French and Polish leaders warning that the far-right party's strongest state-level result in decades carries consequences well beyond domestic German…
Germany’s far-right AfD wins state vote but falls short of majority
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, marking a historic first-place finish with 44.5% of the vote according to exit polls, but the party fell short of the absolute majority it needed to govern…
European stocks drop as France fiscal, election fears mount
European stocks suffered their worst session in a month on Thursday as France's deepening political and fiscal uncertainty rattled investors ahead of the first presidential debate of the 2027 campaign. The CAC 40 fell 1.7% to a one-month low, dragging…
Ousted defense chief Fedorov calls for wartime elections in biggest challenge to Zelenskyy
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's ousted defense minister and once one of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's closest allies, called for wartime elections in a nine-minute YouTube address on Tuesday, delivering what analysts and media organizations have described as the most direct internal political…
Zelensky fires aide amid graft probe as ex-defense chief demands elections
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra on Wednesday after anti-corruption investigators named her among suspects in a multimillion-dollar money-laundering case, plunging the country into its deepest political crisis since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Ukraine’s ousted defense chief calls for wartime elections, challenging Zelenskyy
Former Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a late-night video address on Tuesday, launching the most direct political challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Brazil denies visas to U.S. officials who planned to challenge its elections
Brazil on Friday denied visa requests for two senior Trump administration officials who planned to travel to the country to question the integrity of its electoral system, in the latest escalation of tensions between Brasília and Washington ahead of Brazil's…
Ortega declares Nicaragua will never hold elections again
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced on Sunday that his country will no longer hold elections, formally eliminating the possibility of any electoral challenge to Sandinista rule. The declaration, made during a speech marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista…
US, LATAM allies warn against efforts to undermine Colombia election results
The United States and more than a dozen Latin American countries issued a joint statement on Friday expressing "deep concern" about efforts to cast doubt on Colombia's electoral process, in a coordinated diplomatic push to defend the outcome of the…
Le Pen says she will run for France’s presidency in 2027
Marine Le Pen announced Tuesday she will run for France's presidency in 2027 after a Paris appeals court upheld her embezzlement conviction but reduced her ban from public office, clearing a path for her fourth bid at the Élysée Palace.
Trump endorses Colombia presidential candidate De La Espriella
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Abelardo De La Espriella, a right-wing lawyer seeking Colombia's presidency, inserting himself into a polarized Latin American contest ahead of a June 21 runoff election. Trump posted on Truth Social that the outcome…
Barcelona’s Laporta resigns to seek re-election March 15
FC Barcelona officially set its presidential election in motion on Monday, with current president Joan Laporta stepping down to seek re-election in what will be the club's ninth presidential vote by universal suffrage. Club members will head to the polls…