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Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and Ukraine

Economy

'US Midterm elections tend to be referendums on the unpopularity of the president'

Americas

‘Europe passed the test’ of Ceuta crisis, says EU commissioner

Europe

Education minister resigns: 'Exhilarating moment' for India's youth as they demand accountability

Asia / Pacific

'Incredibly dire': Nine months into Gaza ceasefire, conditions 'should have improved by now'

Middle East

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger: 'No single blueprint for the Democratic Party'

Americas

Indian youth 'not scared anymore': Modi and BJP party's 'architecture of fear has met its match'

Asia / Pacific

'Mykhailo Fedorov was fired for his successes in fighting corruption in the defense sector'

Europe

‘I hear you’: Burnham’s pledge to ‘knock money off bills immediately’ signals politics of deliverism

UK

Mary Honeyball praises forward-looking PM 'prepared to inject some optimism' into United Kingdom

UK

Burnham Advocates Closer EU Relationship: Big Gains Will Only Come from Rejoining the Single Market

UK

Ukraine defence minister resigns as part of Zelensky's cabinet reshuffle

Europe

'No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security'

Middle East

‘There will have to be a reckoning’: Venezuela’s natural disaster meets a collapsing infrastructure

South Africa anti-migrant wave: UN's Türk urges people 'not to dehumanise'

United Nations

'Inclusive' World Cup fell short as Trump administration shut out fans, rights groups say

Police sue to block Jan 6 rioters from payouts via Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

Americas

The industrial crisis is challenging both the EU and France's distinct social and economic models

France

US 'used to' school shootings: Gun violence 'inevitably turned to the political arena as well'

Americas

Starmer's Mandelson 'gamble': Did political firepower trump diplomacy?

UK

Relentless airstrikes on Beirut's residential areas 'remind Lebanese that Israel is enemy as well'

Middle East

US-Iran truce: ‘Sensitive behind-the-scenes conversations’ paved way for Pakistan-brokered ceasefire

Middle East

Israel's attacks on Beirut 'much bigger than anything we've seen in this war or the previous one'

Middle East

Trump's 'puppet regime': Home to world’s largest oil reserves, is Venezuela key to US economy?

Americas

Israel's Lebanon endgame: 'Dismantle Hezbollah entirely as a political and social movement'

Middle East

US war on Iran: 'Absolute disaster' for Middle Eastern airlines

Middle East

War in the Middle East: World more concerned by politics than the humanitarian fallout

'Strategy of ecological terror. Desalination as a weapon of war' in the Middle East

Middle East
Spotlight

Death penalty 'a deep stain on the law books of the state of Israel'

Middle East

Effort to create buffer zone in Lebanon positions Israel as 'aggressive force requiring resistance'

Ayman Mhanna: 'Lebanon has become the theatre for a war between Israel and Iran'

Middle East

Ghassan Salamé urges Israel and international community to let Lebanon 'do its job more efficiently'

Middle East

US, Israel 'need each other: They may not like or trust one another but relationship functional'

Middle East

Israel expanding 'de facto permanent apartheid' to carry out total Palestinian 'takeover'

Middle East

Israeli occupation 'no longer temporary, it is a permanent occupation'

Middle East

NFL's Bad Bunny gambit embraces sociopolitical artistry for high-stakes halftime show

Americas

Gaza humanitarian leader condemns Israel's 'Illegal, dangerous' demands designed to obstruct aid

Middle East

'Walking centrist line: Far right says budget too socialist, far left says budget as too right-wing'

France

'Necessary evil at key times: Most French people don't like 49.3, but France needs a budget'

France

Bougival Accord at an impasse: 'Nothing can move forward without participation of Kanak people'

France

'What will Trump and Board of Peace do to empower Palestinian technocratic committee?'

Middle East

'Cultural, political, social phenomenon': Surge in support for far right in US, UK, France, Italy

France

Justice Department of the United States now 'a political arm of the Trump administration'

Israel had opportunity to normalise with Arab world, beyond since Arab Peace Initiative 20 years ago

Middle East

'Governments abide by values we all stand for, including democracy and gender equality”

Africa

Dr Achcar: Trump's Gaza plan 'most slapdash peace plan in the history of the Arab‑Israeli conflict''

Middle East

UK's PM Keir Starmer under pressure after budget rewrite

Europe

Far left dismisses pension reform suspension, Socialists claim victory, far right embraces stability

France

'Putschist playbook': Seize power, promise elections following two-year transition, postpone polls

Macron wagers there's little to 'no appetite for an election', outside the political fringes

France

With the next election just 18 months away, many feel they're better served stepping back from power

France

France’s Fiscal Reckoning: Can Lecornu defy gravity, as he seeks compromise and coalition-building ?

France

The French Exception: Why both reform and compromise are political minefields in the Fifth Republic

France

Gen Z revolution or coup against democracy? Madagascar's political upheaval harkens back to 2009

Africa

French PM Lecornu survives no-confidence votes after pension concession

France

France's inability to form coalitions: All parties in parliament behave as if they've got a mandate

France

Biggest challenge for Lecornu govt: 'Show that democracy is still a winning formula'

France

Madagascar army says it has taken control after President Rajoelina impeached

Africa

'Symbolic power: What's the point of Macron, or the centre, if they give everything away?'

France
Talking Europe

'Something is wrong with us' in France: Ex-EU commissioner Thierry Breton

Europe

German MEP Andresen: 'Even people close to Macron don’t really understand what he is doing'

France

France's political crisis: Who will be Macron's next Prime minister?

France

France's political crisis: Macron will name a new prime minister shortly

France
The Debate

Bargaining and backstabbing: How to break France's political deadlock?

France

France’s outgoing PM is hopeful on budget, says snap election unlikely

France

France: Lecornu says snap elections are "less likely"

France

France: Finance minister warns that budget move would be costly

France

Caretaker French PM Lecornu: hopeful on budget, chance of snap election less likely

France

Hind Ziane: Solution to France’s political crisis is to call snap elections, build absolute majority

France

France's Le Pen vows to block any government, calls for polls

France

Socialist party leader Olivier Faure says his camp wants a real left-wing government

France

French Socialist Party say there are no guarantee pension reform will be suspended

France