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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party achieved its strongest-ever electoral result in a Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 7, 2026, securing a landslide victory but falling short of an absolute majority, DW News reports. According to DW News, the result still leaves open the...

At a campaign event in Burton, Ohio, Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated that data center companies have failed to earn public trust and called for 'common sense' approaches to their development. According to Ramaswamy, companies should prioritize building on abandoned industrial sites rather than...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the most votes in Saxony-Anhalt state elections, though it fell short of the 50% threshold needed for an absolute majority, TRT World reports. According to TRT World, mainstream parties across Germany's left and center-right have maintained a broad consensus...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated his opposition to Russia will not change following the far-right AfD party's strong performance in Saxony-Anhalt regional elections. The AfD, which is Moscow-friendly and skeptical of continued Ukrainian aid, gained support while parties opposing Russia lost ground in the vote....

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt but fell short of a majority, according to TRT World. With other parties refusing to form a coalition with the AfD, the election winner could still be shut out of government.

Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 39 of 83 seats in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, marking its strongest regional performance to date but falling three seats short of the 42-seat majority needed to govern alone. All rival parties have ruled out coalitions with the AfD,...

Nigel Farage and Reform UK are confronting multiple controversies at the party's annual conference in September 2026, including allegations that top party members plotted to circumvent electoral law on foreign donations, according to Guardian politics correspondent Ben Quinn. The revelations follow what Quinn characterizes as...

DW News examines the term 'hybrid war,' increasingly used by European and global politicians to describe non-traditional military and political threats. The analysis argues that hybrid warfare encompasses disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, economic coercion, and proxy conflicts—tactics short of conventional warfare that nations employ against adversaries....

Reform UK held its party conference in Birmingham on September 4, 2026, after the party slipped from a commanding polling position to third place during the summer following scrutiny over Nigel Farage's finances and party funding practices. Inside the conference, party support remained strong, but...

Retired Major John Spencer, executive director of the Urban Warfare Institute, appeared on Fox News' 'Jesse Watters Primetime' on September 4, 2026, to evaluate the state of U.S. military operations against Iran and assess strategy in the Middle East, according to Fox News.

Ghana's Ga communities, particularly around the capital Accra, maintain the tradition of "figurative" or "fantasy" coffins—custom-designed caskets shaped like objects representing the deceased's profession or identity. Fishermen are buried in massive fish or canoe-shaped coffins, farmers in cocoa pods, drivers in automobiles, and religious figures...

During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) spoke in support of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and called on Congress to protect federal welfare funding. According to Forbes Breaking News, DelBene presented data on the...

DW News released a 100th-episode special of its Berlin Briefing podcast addressing audience questions about Germany's readiness for emerging global challenges. The episode examines NATO expansion, Germany's energy security without cheap Russian gas, Europe's defense burden-sharing, and why German politics remains focused on Washington. The...