Politics

The BSW party of Sahra Wagenknecht has agreed to hold talks with the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, three days after the AfD's historic landslide win in state elections. The move could help AfD's top candidate become minister-president.

US President Donald Trump has declared that the war with Iran will be concluded after the November 2026 midterm elections. Trump made the remark during the Republican convention in Dallas, suggesting the conflict's timeline is tied to domestic political considerations.

Political analyst Ruslan Kravchenko examines the structural tensions in Ukraine's wartime regional governance, including the balance between central coordination and local autonomy, and how these affect operational efficiency and post-war reconstruction planning.

A Russian drone came dangerously close to the aircraft carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a recent flight, according to Ukrainian officials, in what is being described as an assassination attempt.

Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov publicly mocked Russia after Moscow issued yet another in-absentia arrest warrant against him, his third such warrant, with a sardonic social media post.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sharply accused the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of promoting ethnic cleansing in a heated Bundestag address, following controversial statements by AfD politicians about mass deportations.

Ukraine's Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksiy Vdovychenko resigned following an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), raising concerns about accountability within the prosecutor's office.