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Germany's far-right AfD becomes largest opposition party in three eastern state parliaments simultaneously
The AfD now leads opposition benches in three eastern German states at once — and cracks are appearing in the CDU's firewall against cooperation.
Bangladesh's interim government moves to try Sheikh Hasina in absentia for August crackdown killings
Dhaka moves to try its ousted prime minister in absentia — and India's refusal to extradite her is straining the already fractured bilateral relationship.
China puts a 6-metre structure inside Scarborough Shoal's lagoon. Manila has seen this before.
The Philippine National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea confirmed the presence of a floating structure measuring 6 by 6 metres with what appeared to be an
Iran's Araghchi flatly rejects Trump's offer of direct talks with Khamenei
Tehran's foreign minister called Trump's offer of direct talks "a publicity stunt dressed as diplomacy" — hours after Pakistan's envoy arrived in the Iranian capital carrying letters from Islamabad.