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A spokesperson for France's outgoing government says President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a political deal that would allow him to both name a new prime minister and “guarantee the stability of the country.”

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has formally set Germany on course for an early election by requesting a confidence vote in parliament next week

Thousands of members of youth and student bodies belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have held a road march procession from Bangladesh’s capital toward its eastern border with India to protest against an attack on a diplomatic mission and alleged desecration of Bangladeshi flags in India

A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital has killed the Taliban refugee minister

A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital has killed the Taliban refugee minister and some other people

A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital has killed the Taliban refugee minister and two others in the most brazen attack on a member of the Taliban inner circle since they returned to power three years ago

Romania’s pro-European parties agreed to form a majority government made up of groupings that were traditionally on opposite sides and shutting out far-right nationalists who made significant gains in the election on Dec. 1

Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence

Saudi Arabia will be confirmed by FIFA as host of the men’s soccer 2034 World Cup on Wednesday, giving the oil-rich kingdom its biggest prize yet for massive spending on global sports driven by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia has been officially confirmed by FIFA as host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer