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The surprise victory is widely seen as a protest vote against Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government and some of his policies, including a goal to slash…

The military is using thousands of artillery shells a day as it tries to hold the eastern city, which could jeopardize a planned springtime campaign. …

Lacking parliamentary support, the French president used a special measure to circumvent a vote, a step likely to further enrage opponents. …

Poland’s president said his country would send Soviet-designed MIGs to Ukraine, in what would be the first delivery of fighter jets from a NATO country. …

President Emmanuel Macron, shy of support in Parliament for his contentious proposal to raise the retirement age, used a constitutional measure to enact the bill without…

Mediators say the government and its opponents agree on some changes to a judiciary overhaul plan that has divided the country. But the process of appointing…

As bodies continue washing up in a poverty-stricken part of Calabria, some local residents wonder whether a hard-line government understands what drives migration. …

A New York Times investigation found that the country’s police and military fired lethal ammunition at unarmed civilians during protests in December and January. …

The visit, the first of its kind in 12 years, is the latest sign of a diplomatic thaw. North Korea launched a missile hours before the…

President Isaac Herzog presented an outline he had hoped would calm the country and avert a constitutional crisis, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately rejected the…

Ukraine and Russia are both running low on ammunition, and both are scrambling to replenish their stocks and gain a competitive edge. …

Many believe the legislation to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 will pass Parliament, and they are looking beyond the vote to fight on….

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken walked a careful line during a visit to Ethiopia as the Biden administration reassesses relations with the prime minister, Abiy…

It has long been a theater of competition between Russia and the West, a dynamic supercharged by the Ukraine war. …