Russians have begun three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election. It's a heavily managed election featuring virtually no opposition in order to secure the

President Putin is expected to win Russia's first parliamentary election since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Release date: 18 September 2026

Russia began voting Friday for a new parliament, the first such election since the war in Ukraine began. No genuine opposition is permitted to run in the State Duma vote. The Kremlin's United Russia party is expected to win,

The outcome of Russia’s parliamentary election is all but assured, with the main Kremlin party poised to retain its overwhelming grip on the lower house

Sirens sounded ⁠in ⁠eastern Poland, military aircraft ⁠were scrambled and two airports temporarily suspended ​flights after Russian strikes on Ukraine came close to ‌the NATO member's border, Polish and ‌Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that Russia plans to launch “hybrid-style” drone and missile strikes against nations supporting Ukraine, including NATO-member Poland, as the war enters its most crucial phase.

Russia says it issued a 'strong protest' to the UK's deputy head of mission in Moscow over British support for Ukraine.

Poland’s prime minister says intelligence points to possible Russian drone and missile attacks designed to weaken NATO’s resolve and Article 5.

The US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to one source familiar with the matter.

The House adopted a resolution to curb the president's war powers by a vote of 220-204 on Tuesday night, the sixth time the House has passed a resolution recently.

Shortly after the United States launched into a war with Iran, White House economic adviser Peter Navarro boldly proclaimed that the conflict would "lower energy prices." More than six months later—with the war still raging on and the Trump administration ignoring congressional demands to end it—that's turned out to be as laughably false as the promise that the whole thing would be wrapped up in a few weeks.

Average prices for diesel and gas in the United States have reached record highs during the prolonged conflict with Iran. President Trump emphasizes that the economic burden should be seen in the context of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons,

Both the EU and Canada have been facing stiff rivalry and pressure from Trump's administration on trade and from an increasingly assertive China.

Canada isn’t likely to join the European Union anytime soon. But President Donald Trump’s immediate and draconian threat on Wednesday to impose “serious tariffs” or cease trading with Europe if it does underscores how seriously the administration regards efforts from other countries to band together and counter U.

"If I think it's at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many things," Trump threatened.

President Donald Trump suggested that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatened to respond to the proposed move by imposing more tariffs

A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines has left two 14-year-old students and the teenage gunman dead. Local officials say at least eight people were wounded. The shooting occurred

The suspected shooter, a student at the school, also died, officials said. It was the third high-profile school shooting in the Philippines in recent months.

Three students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the gun on himself, provincial officials said.

At least ​three people were killed and eight injured in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines, police and local officials say. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at Banga National High School in Banga,

Japan’s central bank on Friday raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25% from 1.0%, a 31-year-high. The Bank of Japan has been trying to normalize monetary policy after decades of keeping interest rates near or below zero to try to encourage more borrowing and spending to counter deflation and pull Japan’s economy out of the doldrums.

Japan’s central bank on Friday raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25% from 1.0%, a 31-year-high. View on euronews

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan lifted its benchmark interest rate to its highest level in 30 years and signaled more increases are on the way, a policy shift with the potential for big ripples far beyond Japan’s shores.

The Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25%, and markets will be watching Governor Kazuo Ueda's remarks for ​clues on the timing of further increases to counter inflation.