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One month into nationwide protests, the Iranian people are still making history — at the cost of their lives. The free world can no longer credibly claim uncertainty about events on the ground, nor can they claim neutrality in the face of what has occurred. Iranians aren’t asking others to speak for them but to empower them to finish what they’ve started. And the urgency for international action has only intensified. This week, the European debate finally shifted. Italy formally joined calls to condemn the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and with that decision, the EU’s political landscape narrowed. France…
Fears about the U.S. president’s health are “rapidly becoming a more conversed topic at all levels,” said an EU official who is involved in political discussions in Brussels and between capitals. Trump, 79, has repeatedly and forcefully denied that he suffers from any condition affecting his cognition, telling New York Magazine this week that he doesn’t suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. ‘I won’t do that, OK?’ Ever since Trump returned to office a year ago, European governments have been grappling with how to deal with his positions on issues such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, his administration’s apparent backing for far-right…
AfD leaders are in particular zeroing in on the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, seeing in that largely rural part of the country their clearest path to real power, with polls showing the party at nearly 40 percent support there. It was in this state that veteran conservative premier Reiner Haseloff stepped down on Tuesday, handing the reins to party colleague Sven Schulze, the conservatives’ lead candidate in the state ahead of an election there set for Sept. 6. Schulze is set to be elected as the new premier by the state’s parliament on Wednesday. The move is intended to…
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Macinka added that the president will be “surprised by the consequences” if he “does nothing, or at least refuses to enter into negotiations over Turek,” adding that “he is ready to brutally fight with the president for Turek.” Pavel, who holds veto power over ministerial appointments, blocked Turek from becoming environment minister over his embroilment in various scandals. “I consider the foreign minister’s words in the text messages to be an attempt at blackmail. I regard that as unacceptable and, under our democratic conditions, absolutely intolerable,” Pavel said in a press conference Tuesday. Pavel, who published the text messages addressed…
U.S. ambassador Tilman Fertitta was scheduled to meet Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi later Tuesday to clarify Olympics plans, Tajani said. The controversy erupted Monday, when Attilio Fontana, president of Lombardy, one of the northern regions hosting the Games, wrongly suggested that ICE agents would merely assist with the security of U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony at Milan’s San Siro stadium on Feb. 6. ICE later sought to clarify its role, saying in a statement: “At the Olympics, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is supporting the US Department of…
Published on 27/01/2026 – 21:21 GMT+1 Rwanda is taking legal action against the British government for its refusal to disburse payments under a controversial agreement to receive deported migrants, an arrangement Westminster abandoned two years ago, a Rwandan official said on Tuesday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped the deal, brokered by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022, when he took office in July 2024, declaring it “dead and buried.” London had already paid Kigali £240 million (€276 million) before the agreement was abandoned, with a further £50 million (€57 million) due in April. “Rwanda regrets that it has…
Heritage praised Duda for strengthening Poland’s military posture and boosting its defense spending during his two terms in office between 2015 and 2025, portraying him as a model of sovereignty-focused leadership at a time of “heightened geopolitical risk.” “President Duda governed with a clear-eyed understanding of what nations owe their people: secure borders, public safety, and the courage to stand up to self-appointed global elites. We are pleased to welcome him to Heritage at a moment when the future of the West depends on nations that still remember who they serve,” Heritage’s Kevin Roberts said in a statement. Heritage is…
Published on 27/01/2026 – 21:30 GMT+1 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar visited Baku on Sunday to expand relations with Azerbaijan amid Iran’s violent suppression of protests that has killed thousands. Sa’ar condemned Iran’s crackdown during meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. “There is a massacre of unimaginable proportions taking place in Iran,” Sa’ar said at Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry. “A massacre of people by the regime that rules them. If this is how they act toward their own people — how should they be expected to act toward other countries?” Israel supports the protesters seeking to…
“All age-restricted products” will be behind that layer of age checking, Zhu said. The Commission is the primary supervisor of Shein under the Digital Services Act, the EU law designed to limit the risks of online platforms to users. Shein is classified as a Very Large Online Platform with over 45 million users and can face fines up to 6 percent of its global annual revenue for breaches of the rules. The Commission did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment. Shein is also testing the Commission’s age verification app, or “mini wallet” as it’s sometimes called, Zhu said.…