Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s clash with Bank of France governor Emmanuel Moulin is becoming a defining argument of France’s 2027 campaign: whether elected governments should accept financial-market limits—or challenge them.

From demanding an immediate ceasefire days into the Gaza war to opposing U.S. weapons and military aid for Israel, Cori Bush made Palestinian rights a defining political commitment — and paid a political price for it.

Four Mexico City landmarks glowed in Iran’s colors for Tehran Day, answering Tehran’s September tribute to Mexican independence.

Chinese authorities have repeatedly detained leaders of Chengdu’s Early Rain Covenant Church, an unregistered Protestant congregation outlawed as an illegal social organization, as the state continues enforcing registration rules on unauthorized religious activity.

Flávio Bolsonaro wants Brazil to postpone the Senate fight over ending the 6×1 workweek until after the election, while defending a labor model built around flexibility, hourly pay and employer-worker negotiation.

North Korea says it admires Ibrahim Traoré’s reforms as Ouagadougou and Pyongyang move to deepen ties first restored in 2023 — reviving a relationship with roots in the Sankara era.

The JCP opposes Japanese militarism and a U.S.-Japan war over Taiwan, yet still judges China through a decades-old feud and an unusually thin test of what counts as socialism.

Four women were killed and civilian sites were damaged in drone strikes on Ed Damazin in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, with local officials and civil society groups blaming the RSF.

Pyongyang has attacked Washington’s military support for Taiwan while Kim Jong Un separately reaffirmed support for Russia, underscoring North Korea’s alignment with Beijing and Moscow.