The timing may signal an effort by Xi to consolidate control ahead of a year expected to focus heavily on economic management and internal stability. Since taking office in 2013, Xi has overseen a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting thousands of senior and junior officials,

Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer wins the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election, taking what was considered a safe seat from the governing Labour party in a fresh blow to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The Swedish military has intercepted a suspected Russian drone off the south of the country as a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö, officials say. The armed forces said

The European Commission has asked its anti-fraud watchdog to examine Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein during his time as the EU’s trade chief. A commission spokesperson confirmed

The imprisoned leader of a militant Kurdish group in Turkey is urging the government in Ankara to adopt new legislation that would advance peace effort to end their decades-long conflict.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday called for snap parliamentary elections to take place in March.

U.N. officials urged Afghan authorities to rescind the decree, which also criminalizes criticism of the de facto leadership and their policies.

Ukraine’s defence against Shahed drones is a key front line of the war. Originally Iranian, the modernised drones offer Russia a cheap, accurate substitute for missiles. Together with the lighter Gerbera,