By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
COTABATO CITY—To help ensure free, honest, peaceful and credible parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Ahod Balawag “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim has appealed to the international community to deploy election observers.
Although the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been surging in the polls for two years, it has been kept from power by other parties’ refusal to enter governing coalitions with it. But since this “firewall” relies on the AfD never winning outright majorities, it could be fatally undermined by this weekend’…
Late last month, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from a trade deal with the United States. According to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Canada was "offered the best trade deal of any country on the globe," but Carney abandoned the deal "at the last minute."
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir criticized the High Court of Justice directive that allows Nukhba terrorists to receive visits for the first time since October 7, according to a statement released on Monday.
Israel’s Pirate Party sailed back into election season on Monday, filing its candidate list for the 26th Knesset with a familiar assortment of pirate hats and one rather unexpected recruit: Prof. Dan Ariely.
The United Kingdom’s government has reiterated that it rejects reparations for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade as Jamaica has petitioned King Charles III over the issue.
Likud’s top internal court ruled that the party must deliver the proposal for reserved slots to members of its secretariat by 9:00 p.m. Monday, but the deadline passed without Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud's chairman, publishing the list.
Yishai Fleisher, the international spokesman for the Jewish community of Hebron, was given the twelfth spot in the Otzma Yehudit party list announced on Monday.
More than 60 people have been diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer before they developed a single symptom via a new screening program, paving the way for early intervention for the world’s deadliest cancer.
One Nation publicly reported racking up $400,000 in debts to its leader and financial backer Pauline Hanson over the past decade without corresponding records to show she had lent the money in the first place.
The cost of building an underground metro station in Parramatta has surged to $880 million, an increase of nearly 50 per cent on what the government agency overseeing the mega-project had forecast in leaked documents a year ago.
Coalition MPs face fierce pushback from right-wing influencers to oppose restrictions on social media content despite Labor insisting it was not interested in curtailing speech.
El canciller Friedrich Merz participa en una reunión de la Junta Directiva Federal del partido Unión Demócrata Cristiana de Alemania, en la Casa Konrad Adenauer, en Berlín, el lunes 7 de septiembre de 2026, un día después del sorprendente éxito electoral del partido de ultraderecha Alternativa para Alemania, o AfD. …
Almost two-thirds of Israel's Jewish adults support forming a broad coalition after the next election, either without the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties or including them without accepting their demands on state policy based on religion, including policies on the draft, funding for religious institutions, public tr…
The Haredi Public party announced on Monday that it will include Dr. Nechumi Yaffe in its list, making her the first woman to run for the Knesset with a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party.
Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
MANILA, Philippines — Senator-judges Raffy and Erwin Tulfo on Monday asked the Senate Impeachment Court to summon security officers Col. Raymund Dante Lachica and Col. Dennis Nolasco as witnesses to testify on the questionable confidential fund records of Vice President Sara Duterte.
Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to attendees at the Southern Maine Labor Council breakfast, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
By Constantin von Hoffmeister, a political and cultural commentator from Germany, author of the book The Fate of White America and director of Multipolar Press
BELGRADE — Serbia’s hopes of joining the EU were further threatened Monday by the funeral of a notorious army commander convicted of war crimes and the Srebrenica genocide.
Two new petitions were filed on Monday seeking to overturn the Central Elections Committee’s decision to allow political parties to track in real time which voters have cast ballots, expanding the dispute the High Court of Justice will hear on Wednesday morning.
BAGUIO CITY — The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 35 in Bontoc, Mountain Province, has dismissed three criminal cases against the former chairman and members of the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) over an alleged illegal proclamation during the 2016 elections, citing prescription of the offenses and inordina…
SYDNEY - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale adjourned the Pacific nation’s parliament indefinitely on Monday, after staring down a no-confidence vote closely watched by China and US allies.
THE impeachment battle involving Vice President Sara Duterte is a sobering picture of our brand of politics and governance at its most fundamental — a dynastic war. At its core, a zero-sum struggle among powerful political forces, with democratic institutions serving as both the battlefield and the weapons of war.