German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by German parliament, Reuters writes. Merz won 325 votes, nine more than needed for an absolute majority, in the secret ballot. Merz h...
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Israeli soldiers have blown up a building in Gaza as part of a gender reveal party, Al Jazeera writes. In footage circulating online, a powerful explosion and blue smoke can be seen. This seemingly in...
Hamas has announced that the expansion of Israel’s military operation in Gaza signifies a decision by the Jewish state’s authorities to sacrifice the lives of hostages, the movement said in a Telegram...
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz did not receive enough parliamentary votes in a first round vote to be elected chancellor in a major shock on Tuesday, Politico writes. “Member of Parliament Friedri...
EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas’s recent visit to Baku reveals that the EU continues to struggle in challenging the cynical approaches of the US, Russia, and China with a principled, value-based foreign...
Azerbaijani officials claimed that the Russian state-sponsored hacker group APT29 was behind a cyberattack on several local media outlets earlier this year, The Record writes. The likely motive, accor...
According to a World Bank study of developing countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), having too many small businesses is not necessarily a good thing. The bank’s survey, titled Accelerating Growt...
Azer Badamov, an Azerbaijani parliament member, was refused entry to Russia because of multiple anti-Russian and Russophobic statements, TASS reports. According to the outlet’s source, on May 4, Badam...
Following the decision by the Trump administration to sharply cut U.S. foreign aid, programs run by USAID worldwide, including in Armenia, have begun to diminish. This has dealt a blow to independent ...
Israeli officials confirm that the Israeli Air Force is carrying out strikes in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, The Times of Israel writes. The strikes come as a response to a Houthi ballistic missile ...
All 133 cardinals with voting rights, expected to participate in the upcoming conclave, have arrived in Rome to take part in the election of the new Pope, the Holy See Press Office reports. Out of the...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to dictate to U.S. President Donald Trump what policy he should pursue toward Tehran. “Netan...
