Thirteen runoffs, zero wins: Babiš suffers a Senate wipeout in Czechia
Andrej Babiš has spent most of the past year winning. In October 2025 his ANO movement carried him back into the prime minister’s office, and the billionaire has governed with…
France in Turmoil: Where the Unrest Is Raging, How It Began and What Could Happen Next
On Saturday evening, crowds watched flames tear through the roof of the 19th-century town hall in Limoges. The picture has become the symbol of a French autumn that is spinning…
Five days and out: Katie Zacharia leaves the White House podium
Katie Zacharia’s time behind the lectern of the White House briefing room is over almost before it began. The former conservative TV commentator is leaving the job after just five…
Cosmos 2612 closes in: Russian satellite shadows a radar spacecraft that helps Ukraine
Some 550 kilometres above the Earth, a quiet chase is reaching its climax. Russia’s Cosmos 2612 has steered itself to within a few kilometres of ICEYE-X36, a US-registered commercial radar…
Olive harvest turns violent: masked settlers target European diplomats in Taybeh
A solidarity visit to an olive grove ended with a French mayor beaten and a Belgian car damaged. On Saturday, masked Israeli settlers went after a group near Taybeh, a…
Old allies, new deal: UAE reportedly returns to Yemen’s war at Saudi Arabia’s side
Less than a year after walking out of Yemen in anger, the United Arab Emirates is preparing to step back in. According to sources in Yemen cited by the Guardian,…
Fuel, schools and fury: France’s day of protest ends with hundreds detained
Saturday was supposed to show that French anger over prices reaches far beyond the capital. By evening the interior ministry was counting 272 detentions nationwide and talking of an “escalation…
From his hospital bed, Pope Leo calls Putin to plead for besieged Oleshky
Pope Leo XIV is still recovering in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, but that has not stopped him from picking up the phone to Moscow. On Friday the pontiff spoke with Vladimir…
Trump freezes the Graham Act: Russia sanctions he signed himself are put on ice
Barely a month after putting his signature on one of the toughest Russia packages Congress has produced, Donald Trump has switched most of it off. With a decree signed late…
Five drones crash in Moldova within a day, Chisinau blames Moscow
Moldova has once again become collateral territory in Russia’s war on its neighbour. Between Thursday and Friday, in a window of barely 17 hours, five drones that Moldovan authorities identified…