In Germany’s national election last year, AfD achieved the best showing by a far-right party since World War II and became the strongest political force in parts of the country.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, winning 44% of the vote. But the anti-immigrant, pro-Russian party fell three seats short of an absolute majority,

Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, and the party's top candidate Ulrich Siegmund, attend AfD's final rally before the upcoming Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was facing pressure Monday after the far-right Alternative Germany (AfD) party swept to a landslide victory in a regional election, possibly paving the way for the first right-wing populist state government since the Nazi era.

China finds itself fighting an information war over its strategic interests in the Himalayas after last month’s devastating flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border put a spotligh

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Two more survivors were rescued in Nepal, offering a glimmer of hope 10 days after catastrophic flash floods and landslides devastated riverside communities.

About 20 Chinese rescue workers in bright orange worked excavators, shovels and radar detectors on Sunday in an effort to find

Stranded passengers at terminal as Soekarno Hatta International Airport closed its operations due to the eruption of the Mount Anak Krakatau volcano, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6,

Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, forcing the temporary suspension of flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

Some 270,000 passengers have been left stranded across Indonesia after a volcanic eruption grounded more than 2,000 flights and forced airports to suspend operations for a second day. Anak Krakatau, located 150km (90mi) from Jakarta,

A volcano eruption in Indonesia on Sunday has forced the cancellation of all flights at the capital city's airport as volcanic ash drifted across the western parts of the country. No casualties were reported and no evacuation orders were issued as the nearest settlement is more than 10 miles away,

The purported attack came a day after the U.S. military said forces struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to Navy warships being targeted with ballistic missiles.

American forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships on Sept. 5.

Iran says it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, the latest salvo in a new flare-up of fighting between the two countries

The U.S. military said it struck three Iranian crude oil carriers Saturday after the Iranian military sent ballistic missiles toward U.S. Navy ships.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has commissioned his second naval destroyer and called for building a more reliable nuclear deterrent

This image, captured from the website of North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 7, 2026, shows the North holding a ceremony to commission the new naval destroyer Kang Kon at the eastern port city of Wonsan the previous day,

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has commissioned his second naval destroyer and called for building a more reliable nuclear deterrent

North Korean ​leader Kim ‌Jong Un attended ​the commissioning ​of a new ⁠destroyer ​on the country's ​east coast, state media KCNA ​reported ​on Monday, saying ‌the ⁠vessel would be part of ​Pyongyang's ​nuclear ⁠response system and ​could ​deliver "annihilating ⁠retaliatory strikes" if ⁠ordered.

The body of Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb commander who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, lay in state on Monday as Serbia defied European Union warnings against allowing public homage to the man found guilty of the continent’s first case of genocide since World War II.

Serbia has been accused of the “glorification” of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who was convicted of genocide by a UN court, by giving him an elaborate military funeral in Belgrade.

Ratko Mladic, the military leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the war of 1992-95, will be buried in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, on Monday. Known as the “butcher of Bosnia”, he was jailed for life in 2017 after the United Nations’ Yugoslav war-crimes tribunal found him guilty of genocide,

The body of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, lay in state on Monday