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Sweden’s prime minister says his center-right party will allow a rival with far-right roots to enter the government if the country’s election this year produces a right-wing majority, taking a further decisive step to bring it into the political mainstream

7:09 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Democrats in North Carolina are scrambling to turn out rural Black voters and say the party cannot win the state without them

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Dozens of Serbian journalists have blocked traffic outside the offices of populist President Aleksandar Vucic to protest what they say are mounting attacks and pressure on the media in the Balkan country

6:37 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Experts have slashed their 2026 and 2027 growth forecasts for the German economy, Europe’s biggest, while governments across the continent are introducing measures to help soften the price impact of the Iran war

5:22 AM on Wednesday, April 1

South Korea and Indonesia are expanding their cooperation on defense projects, technology, and supply chains as their leaders upgrade their strategic partnership

4:17 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Chile’s new president is a devout Catholic in a country that has grown increasingly secular but retains conservative traits in various areas

1:01 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Amsterdam is marking 25 years since the world's first gay marriages were celebrated in the Netherlands

12:19 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Democrats have run California for years

11:18 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed

9:53 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem

8:21 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been hospitalized after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung

5:48 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to tighten voting rules by creating a national list of eligible voters and limiting mail ballots

8:03 AM on Tuesday, March 31

King Charles III is going ahead with a state visit to the United States in April, despite calls for the ceremonial event to be called off due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of the British government for failing to support the war in Iran

1:44 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump lashed out at allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort against Iran

12:05 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Bruce Springsteen was in a defiant but upbeat mood in Minneapolis as he launched his latest U.S. tour

12:07 PM on Monday, March 16