25 h. ago Venezuelan Opposition Leader Named Winner of Nobel Peace Prize

A Quiet Morning, A Loud Prize: Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado Wins Nobel Peace Prize When the Norwegian Nobel Committee rose in Oslo and announced the name—Maria Corina Machado—the news did not land like a headline so much as a tremor across cities, barrios and border crossings. For many Venezuelans, it felt like a tilted beam […]

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36 h. ago Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

A Quiet Man, an Electric Prize When the news arrived by telephone on a damp morning in Frankfurt, Laszlo Krasznahorkai answered like a man who had spent his life listening closely to the world and only just now heard it speak back. “I’m very happy, I’m calm and very nervous altogether,” he told Swedish broadcaster […]

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47 h. ago Irish lawmaker among five detained after Israeli interception of Gaza flotilla

Intercepted at Sea: Irish Citizens Detained as Gaza-Bound Flotilla Is Stopped The night air over the Mediterranean was electric with purpose — and then it snapped. Boats that had sailed with banners of aid and the soft thump of diesel engines, their holds packed with medicine, food and uncomfortable conviction, were intercepted in the dark […]

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2 d. ago Somali Family Builds Memorial for Traditional Leader Killed in US Drone Strike Near Badhan

Boosaaso (PP News Desk) — The family of Omar Abdullahi Abdi, who was killed in a US drone strike on… Sii akhri The post Somali Family Builds Memorial for Traditional Leader Killed in US Drone Strike Near Badhan appeared first on Puntland Post.

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3 d. ago German mayor stabbed in small town; Merz denounces barbaric attack

In the Quiet of Herdecke: A Town Stunned by Violence On an otherwise ordinary afternoon in Herdecke — a riverside town tucked into the green edges of Germany’s Ruhr region — a small community found itself shoved into the raw, unsettling glare of violence. Iris Stalzer, 57, who had just been elected mayor of the […]

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5 d. ago Georgian prime minister pledges sweeping crackdown after allegedly foiled coup

A City on Edge: Tbilisi’s Square Became a Mirror The air in Tbilisi on election day tasted metallic — not from the coffee or the sulfur baths, but from tear gas. It clung to clothes, to the crisp autumn sky, and to the conversations that had been building for a year. For a country that […]

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5 d. ago Populist leader Andrej Babis clinches victory in Czech election

After the Cheers: What Andrej Babiš’s Win Means for the Czech Republic — and for Europe On a cool Prague evening, the crowd outside the Forum Karlín swelled like a sea of navy caps. “Strong Czechia” baseball hats bobbed in the lights, a deliberately familiar echo of international populist branding. Inside, billionaire-turned-politician Andrej Babiš stepped […]

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7 d. ago Imminent elections could decide the fate of the UK prime minister

The hall smells of coffee and caution: inside Labour’s conference crossroads Walking into the exhibition hall at the Labour conference last Sunday felt like stepping into a living, breathing organism—one that had swollen with triumph in 2024 and now breathed a little faster, unsure if it was still on the mend. There was a certain […]

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1 week ago Moldova’s decisive election: democracy under siege from disinformation

On the Eve of Decision: Moldova’s Tightrope Between Europe and Moscow There is a crispness to the air in Chisinau that feels like expectation: flags flutter, campaign posters peel at the edges, and the city’s cafés—where students sip black coffee under chestnut trees—are full of hushed debates. For a nation of roughly 2.4 million people, […]

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2 w. ago Electoral Showdown in Somalia: Averting Another Round of Turmoil

Political tensions are rising in Somalia. With elections due in 2026, politicians are arguing over the terms for the polls. The government and its opponents urgently need to compromise in order to stave off the possibility of violence and implement improvements to the voting process.

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2 w. ago Palestinian leader to address United Nations amid renewed peace efforts

When a leader speaks from afar: Mahmoud Abbas, the UN, and the precarious fate of Palestine There is an odd intimacy to virtual diplomacy. In a cavernous General Assembly hall where world leaders usually stride the carpet and journalists crowd the aisles, an 89‑year‑old statesman sat in a small room somewhere between Ramallah and the […]

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2 w. ago Tories demand probe into Labour leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

A Storm in Westminster: Why One Chief of Staff’s Past Is Rattling British Politics There are moments in politics that feel small—an old invoice dug up, a phrase taken out of context—and then there are moments that stretch outward, tugging at the threads that hold public trust together. The latest uproar centers on Morgan McSweeney, […]

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2 w. ago Zelensky: No Security Guarantees, But Weapons and Allied Backing

At the United Nations, a Wartime President Warns the World: “Weapons and Friends” On a cool autumn morning in New York, the General Assembly chamber felt oddly small for the magnitude of the conversation inside it. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, stood again before the world — his fourth address as a wartime leader — and […]

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2 w. ago Global Leaders Converge in New York for the UN General Assembly

New York in a Tangle of Flags: The UN’s 80th Session Begins The United Nations headquarters—its façade a mosaic of flags and a century of promises—has the electric hum of a city bracing for a storm. It is High-Level Week in New York, and diplomats pour into the glinting towers around the East River like […]

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3 w. ago Assassination of Peacemaker in Somalia Seen as National Security Crisis

Boosaaso (PP Editorial) — The assassination of Omar Abdillahi Abdi, a traditional leader and a well-known peacemaker near Badhan district… Sii akhri The post Assassination of Peacemaker in Somalia Seen as National Security Crisis appeared first on Puntland Post.

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4 w. ago European Union leader delivers defiant address amid intensifying political pressure

Strasbourg at a Crossroads: Von der Leyen’s Moment and Europe’s Double Bind The hemicycle in Strasbourg hummed like a pressure cooker. Lights glared, cameras circled, and the air tasted faintly of coffee and old paper as Ursula von der Leyen took her place before European Parliament. Outside, the cobbled streets shifted between tourist footsteps and […]

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