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French President Emmanuel Macron, welcomed by French Minister of Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, walks on the tarmac after disembarking from an Airbus A400M military plane for a visit at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool/File Photo

France's Macron names loyalist Lecornu as new prime minister

The choice of Lecornu, 39, indicates Macron's determination to press on with a minority government that will not rip up his pro-business reform agenda, under which taxes on business and the...

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi is pictured next to India's new parliament building a day before the inauguration of the building in New Delhi, India, September 18, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo

Indian lawmakers vote to elect new vice president

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky following the Coalition of the Willing Summit, at the Elysee presidential Palace, in Paris, France on September 4, 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

Stalemate or surrender: France's Macron is left with no good options

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed-LFI) attends a demonstration at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, June 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

France faces more turmoil with government on brink ahead of confidence vote

A general view shows the lower house of the parliament as Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech in Tokyo, Japan, November 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File photo

Who could replace Ishiba as Japan's prime minister

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks toward the upper house hall to attend an opening ceremony of parliament in Tokyo, Japan August 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo/File Photo

Japan Prime Minister Ishiba to resign: NHK

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Trump says India and Russia appear 'lost' to 'deepest, darkest China'

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks at a rally in support of her, after calls for a peaceful mobilisation following Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement of EU funds, resulting in her being barred from running for office for five years, in Paris, France, April 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

French far-right accelerates recruitment drive with Macron government on brink

Francois Bayrou, leader of French centrist party MoDem (Mouvement Democrate - Democratic Movement ) walks outside the Elysee Palace on the day President Emmanuel Macron met party leaders for talks with a view to discuss appointing a new prime minister, in Paris, France, August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/ File Photo

Explainer: Why France’s government faces another collapse

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Tianjin, China on Monday. Photo: PIB

Modi says Russia and India stand together even in difficult times

Suspended Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra leaves the Constitutional Court after testifying in a high-profile ethics case, following a leaked phone conversation between her and Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen, in Bangkok, Thailand, 21 August, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thai court sacks PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethics violation

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks to visitors at the chancellery during the government's "Open House Day" in Berlin, Germany, August 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen

Germany should look for new trade partners: Chancellor Merz

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, prepares for the second televised debate for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

South Korea's Lee faces pivotal test at first summit with Trump