Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s new chancellor after his centre-right CDU-CSU alliance won a majority.

The leader of Germany’s CDU said the far-right AfD’s growing support is the “last warning” for mainstream parties.

Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years.

The AfD doubles its vote share to 20.8 percent in weekend elections and becomes Germany’s second-largest party.

European leaders are in Kyiv for the anniversary of the Ukraine war while Starmer and Macron prepare to visit the US.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasises alarming human rights abuses in Ukraine, Palestine, and DRC.

An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome after unspecified security concerns.

Brussels says it seeks to encourage democracy as restrictions dealing with energy, transport and banking lifted.

Tanks are advancing in Jenin, and Palestinian infrastructure and livelihoods are being destroyed in the West Bank.

The pope is currently fighting pneumonia in his lungs and is also experiencing some signs of kidney failure.

Ukrainian survivors remember their many tragedies three years after Russia's invasion began.

Christian Democrats came first. But the far right and the left were the biggest gainers.

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats will enter coalition talks to form a government after winning the most votes.

Western policymakers should consider what happened with the Minsk agreements when talking peace in Ukraine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back in court to continue testifying in his corruption trial.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from their homes in the West Bank over the past month.

More than 1,520 start-ups and 600 investors gather in Doha for an expanded edition of the annual Web Summit.

Global leaders congratulate conservative leader Friedrich Merz, but others focus on the success of the AfD.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was heckled during a speech as he held up a picture of the Bibas family members.

EU leaders in Kyiv, Moscow rejects Trump's push for swift ceasefire, competing UN votes scheduled.