'Our land, our Albania': young lawmaker demands new future as protests rage
Marjana Koceku's life changed last year when Prime Minister Edi Rama hand-picked her to run for Albania's parliament, one of a legion of young lawmakers he
October 17, 2026Marjana Koceku's life changed last year when Prime Minister Edi Rama hand-picked her to run for Albania's parliament, one of a legion of young lawmakers he
October 17, 2026Serbia’s populist leader Aleksandar Vucic has returned to Novi Sad, the northern city where 16 people died in a train station tragedy almost two years ago that set off a wave of anti-government protests
October 16, 2026Brazil's next Congress is spoiling for a fight with the Supreme Court, including plans for an unprecedented impeachment of one of its justices that could
October 16, 2026Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday rejected calls to resign as thousands of student-led protesters smashed windows and fought
October 15, 2026Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to
October 15, 2026A Mexican judge has closed the case against Francisco Garduño, former head of the country’s immigration agency, related to the 2023 fire at a Ciudad Juárez detention center
October 15, 2026An Austrian court on Wednesday granted former property tycoon Rene Benko's request to be released from prison to house arrest with an ankle monitor after he served two-
October 14, 2026Democrats are preparing an ambitious 100-days agenda if they win the House majority in the midterm elections
October 14, 2026A businessman wanted in the U.S. for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials has been taken into custody
October 11, 2026A former Chinese mayor of a central Chinese city plagued by the coronavirus outbreak more than six years ago has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption
October 10, 2026The United Auto Workers is working to regain political influence in closely contested Michigan
October 10, 2026A London judge says police who searched former Prince Andrew's properties in connection to Jeffrey Epstein agreed the search warrants were unlawful
October 08, 2026Thousands of Brazilian students have marched in Rio de Janeiro against the possibility of Flávio Bolsonaro winning the presidency
October 08, 2026Longtime Virginia Republican Rep. Rob Wittman is emphasizing his humble roots rather than his deep experience as he campaigns this year in what's seen as the toughest race of his career
October 07, 2026Cornell says ex-US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate school’s response to Jane Doe’s rape allegations
October 06, 2026Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty
October 07, 2026President Donald Trump has pledged to use money from his MAGA Inc. super PAC for a controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign
October 07, 2026Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86
October 06, 2026Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died
October 05, 2026Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump
October 04, 2026By Nolan D.
October 04, 2026Front-runners in Brazil’s presidential race are campaigning in the eve of Sunday’s election in the powerhouse state where a fifth of the nation’s vote is based
October 04, 2026Bosnia holds national elections on Sunday which could impact its bid to join the European Union but also the influence that the United
October 01, 2026The tweet that defined a decade of Trump
October 01, 2026Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak is a public face of the 2023 Champions League winner that is now embroiled in one of soccer’s biggest scandals
September 30, 2026Norway's parliament began public hearings on Wednesday over ties between the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Norwegian diplomats
September 30, 2026Nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine held by Fiji court replaced with flour
September 30, 2026The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog
September 30, 2026A man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to a 1985 killing
September 29, 2026The Trump administration is revoking the visas of 27 Latin American officials and their families, including Bolivia’s attorney general, over accusations of corruption
September 29, 2026A Haitian American pastor accused by US prosecutors of helping orchestrate the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise so he could take over the
September 28, 2026A deputy chair of President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party stepped down after an opposition politician accused her of making a large profit on shares just before a funds
September 27, 2026House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections
September 26, 2026Purges of military leaders may have dented China's war-fighting readiness, but are likely to have strengthened President Xi
September 23, 2026GOP senator calls for investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration funds
September 22, 2026Italian police find $3.6 million in cash hidden in apartment’s walls, floors and furniture
September 22, 2026Malta’s attorney general has filed an appeal against a jury verdict finding a businessman not guilty of charges of complicity and criminal association in the murder of
September 22, 2026A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday reduced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee's prison sentence to five years from seven for receiving bribes during her husband's
September 22, 2026New Zealand authorities have stripped the Gloriavale commune's charity arm of tax-exempt status
September 22, 2026(This Sept 20 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
September 21, 2026Lawan Mohammed is distraught over the death of his 25-year-old son Sulieman who was found dead in the custody of a Nigerian security agency
September 20, 2026Malaysia's jailed former prime minister, Najib Razak, is working to fulfil the conditions to leave jail and begin his house arrest, including paying a 50-million-ringgit
September 20, 2026The leader of Malaysia's Democratic Action Party (DAP), the largest party in the ruling coalition, said on Saturday he had offered to resign as transport minister over
September 19, 2026A federal judge who blocked the creation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” for compensating President Donald Trump’s political allies isn't swayed by a government attorney’s assurances that the concept is abandoned
September 18, 2026The Malaysian pardons board chaired by the king agreed on Friday to allow jailed former premier Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest,
September 18, 2026Malaysia’s king has granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest
September 18, 2026A former Connecticut state budget official convicted of corruption fled the U.S. by boat and plane before his sentencing and is now a fugitive in Greece
September 18, 2026Trump’s transactional presidency takes a more brazen turn
September 18, 2026Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed Anton Kovalskyi as acting prosecutor general, a presidential decree showed on Thursday.
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