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French far-right leader and member of parliament Marine Le Pen attends a gathering in support of detained Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Paris, France, March 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Europe

French Constitutional Council ruling deals blow to Le Pen

The council issued its ruling in a case that did not involve Le Pen, but its decision means she will face the prospect of being unable to run for president in 2027 if she is convicted in an...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaks to the media on the day of the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in La Malbaie, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada March 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger/File Photo

Europe

Italy curbs citizenship rules to end tenuous descendant claims

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C) poses with members of the governement after surviving a no-confidence vote at the Thai Parliament in Bangkok on March 26, 2025. Photo: Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP

Politics

Thai PM survives no-confidence vote

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends an inauguration ceremony for new judges of Brazil's Superior Court of Justice in Brasilia, Brazil December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Politics

Brazil's Bolsonaro awaits ruling over alleged coup bid

People seen crossing the border with Russia with EU, Estonia and Ukraine flags flying in Narva, Estonia on 24 July, 2024. Photo: Collected

Europe

Estonian MPs could ban voting rights for Russian residents

Max Lesser, a senior analyst on emerging threats at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies poses for a portrait at an office in Washington, DC, US, March 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

USA

Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers: research

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks to members of media ahead of a no-confidence debate at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Politics

Thai PM faces censure motion as opposition takes aim at father's influence

Printed Chinese and Japanese flags are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo/File Photo

Politics

Japan protests Chinese government statement it says misquoted PM Ishiba

South Korean prime minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, 24 March 2025. Photo: JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS

Politics

South Korean court reinstates impeached PM Han Duck-soo as acting president

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. File Photo: Reuters

Politics

India was aware of anti-Hasina wave but could not interfere: Jaishankar

(L to R) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul pose for the cameras during the 11th Trilateral Foreign Minister’s Meeting (Japan-China-ROK) in Tokyo on March 22, 2025, Japan. Photo: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS

Asia

Japan, China, South Korea meet at geopolitical 'turning point in history'

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), addresses his supporters from the top of a bus after giving testimony to judicial authorities at the Justice Palace, known as Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File photo

Europe

Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival on array of charges

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Front (FN) political party leader, attends a news conference at the National Assembly in Paris, France January 10, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

Europe

Proposed political ban for France's Le Pen increasingly prevalent, despite her outrage