Why Japan has fallen for its new prime minister
Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote...
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Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote...
President Museveni's supporters expect victory for the National Resistance Movement. Meanwhile, a youthful base frustrated by unemployment hopes whoever wins will heed their wishes for a better future...
Iran's judiciary chief on Wednesday called for fast-track trials for detained protesters, despite US President Donald Trump's threat of "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with exe...
South Korean prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December 2024 declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into ch...
Two Ukrainians have been accused of planning sabotage attacks for Russian spy services. Meanwhile, Germany's foreign minister has played down the US threat to Greenland. DW has more....
US presidents calls on demonstrators to ‘take over’ the country’s institutions...
Pakistan has signed an agreement with SC Financial Technologies, a firm linked to Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, to explore using its USD1 stablecoin for payments....
Tech giant moves to reverse concessions made to limit the shock of US President Donald Trump’s trade levies...
Demand from countries rushing to buy US aircraft to curry favour with Trump administration boosts aviation group...
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett (left) and former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh are leading prediction market odds for the likehood of becoming President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Rese...
Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas...
A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his imposition of martial law in Decembe...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas held talks in Berlin with German defence minister Boris Pistorius as challenges to the future of European and global security continue to mount....
A court in South Korea confirms that an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his martial law imposition in Decem...
War-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 last year, a 31% rise in the number of victims from 2024, a UN monitor said....
The Bavarian state is to give over €1 million to a man who spent 13 years in jail on murder charges that were overturned. Prosecutors had previously called for him to pay for board and lodgings in jai...
Thailand’s election season has triggered a dizzying array of cash giveaway offers from parties vying for votes, from a US$2,000 payment for newborns to debt write-offs and US$100 monthly top-ups for t...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...
Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...