Taiwan reports major Chinese aerial deployment
Taiwan says it has detected 45 Chinese aircraft flying nearby as Beijing pursues a seeming intimidation strategy. Fears of a Chinese takeover are rampant amid uncertainty over US support of the self-ruled island.Taiwan's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that...
Merz makes surprise trip to Paris for talks with Macron
After securing the largest share in the German election, Friedrich Merz has met with President Emmanuel Macron in the French capital. The pair discussed European security in the face of a shifting US policy on Ukraine.Germany's likely next chancellor...
Austria: Centrist parties form coalition without far-right
Five months after its election, Austria will finally have a government — without the party that got the most votes.Austria's center-right People's Party (ÖVP), center-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the liberal Neos party agreed to form a government on...
Actor Gene Hackman and wife found dead in home
US Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, has been found dead at his home in New Mexico together with his wife, Betsy Arakawa. Police say they do not currently suspect foul play in the deaths.Gene Hackman in a 1973 photUS...
Romania: Prosecutors probe canceled election front-runner
Far-right populist Calin Georgescu, who won the first round of the annulled presidential elections in Romania last year, is accused, among other things, of promoting antisemitism and spreading false information.Romanian prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened a criminal investigation...
Bosnian Serb leader Dodik sentenced for defying peace envoy
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik was found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison for defying the decisions of an international envoy.A court in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Wednesday sentenced Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik to...
