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Far-right AfD’s historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt upends coalition scenarios

The second projection from the ARD exit poll gives the Alternative for Germany 44.4%, with the CDU following at 18.4% — It wins 39 seats in the state parliament, needs 42 for an outright majority; how many seats the last party to enter parliament wins will be crucial

Polls put Germany’s AfD on course for its first state government, with ripple effects across Europe

Saxony-Anhalt is one of Germany’s smallest states, home to just over two million people, with limited economic weight compared with the country’s major industrial centres, and for decades it stayed far from the centre of political developments in Berlin. Today, however, the ballot in this eastern German state could trigger a political earthquake with consequences […]

Woman found alive 11 days after deadly Nepal floods

Rescue teams in Nuwakot district freed the woman after hearing her voice through collapsed rubble, and she is now receiving treatment in a Kathmandu hospital as flood death and missing tolls continue rising across Nepal

TV presenter sentenced to death in Egypt over major drugs case

Egypt's Grand Mufti was consulted before the ruling, a legal requirement in capital cases, and the defendants retain the right to appeal, after raids reportedly uncovered drug labs and unlicensed firearms at the group's properties

Lindsay Clancy murder case ends in mistrial as jury deadlocks in Massachusetts

President Trump said Lindsay Clancy will face consequences after the hung jury, while Plymouth prosecutors weigh a retrial, a plea deal, reduced charges or dropping the case, with proceedings potentially resuming as early as autumn

EU reaches agreement on migrant return hubs in third countries, talks with prospective partners under way

Pleuris: This model will operate in full respect of European and international law – Denmark, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece agree concrete roadmap in Copenhagen

UN urged to replace world map accused of shrinking Africa

Togo is leading a campaign, backed by the African Union, urging the United Nations to adopt the Equal Earth projection over the centuries-old Mercator map, which depicts the African continent as barely larger than Greenland

Swarm of autonomous OpenAI agents ‘hijacked’ German wiki to use as AI noticeboard

Researchers say AI agents made more than 15,000 edits to a German-language wiki, swapping tips to dodge OpenAI's rules and cover their tracks, while OpenAI says it has not yet formally reviewed the report's findings

“It’s not a war”: Vance tones down rhetoric on Iran, Trump seeks a way out of the conflict

The U.S. vice president, J.D. Vance, sought to play down tensions surrounding the U.S.-Iran conflict, saying that the situation “is not a war” and claiming that shipping traffic through the strategically important Strait of Hormuz has “almost” returned to pre-escalation levels

Lawyer brings dozens of support letters to court for Lindsay Clancy, who killed her children in the US

Jurors in Massachusetts have spent six days trying to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three children, as fears of a mistrial grow following two deadlock reports

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