Merz claims win for German conservatives as far right surges to strongest postwar election result

Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return

After three years of war in Ukraine, Europe’s security guarantees face the abyss

In a war dominated by the unexpected, few imagined Ukraine’s

Children of UK couple detained in Afghanistan appeal to Taliban for their release

A British couple in their 70s who run education programs

Live-fire drills by ‘extremely capable’ Chinese warships rattle New Zealand and Australia

New Zealand raised fresh concerns Monday over nearby live-fire drills

Zelensky hails Ukraine’s ‘absolute heroism’ on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday hailed Ukraine’s “absolute heroism”

7,000 killed since January in fighting in DRC, prime minister says

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in

Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force

Russia is ‘recycling’ wounded troops, sending some to the frontline on crutches

Frontline footage posted by Ukrainian drone operators and Russian troops

Draft US-Ukraine rare earth minerals deal not one President Zelensky would accept, source says

A draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over

Pope is in ‘critical’ condition after suffering ‘asthmatic respiratory crisis,’ Vatican says

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a