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

The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political entity that dared to criticize the Ukraine war, was removed from the ballot last month.

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

The three-day vote will fill 450 Duma seats and 11 regional governorships, with only parties backing Putin and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine on the ballot. Despite official denials of a new draft,

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.

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

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk issued a chilling warning to NATO allies Thursday: Russian President Vladimir Putin is plotting a hybrid attack on European nations backing Ukraine — with Poland and other close neighbors directly in the crosshairs.

Middle East Institute adjunct fellow Nazee Moinian assesses President Donald Trump reportedly planning a meeting with Gulf leaders and where the U.S.-Iran conflict stands on ‘The Story.’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has spoken to Tehran "directly," adding that the Iranians "want to make a deal" with the United States. He also said the war, which began on Feb. 28, is "hopefully" coming to an end in the near term.

US President Donald Trump has said he has a "big decision" to make over his stalled war with Iran - mainly whether he should "annihilate" the Islamic Republic or not. "I have a big decision coming

An Iranian delegation will be allowed to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, the State Department said on Thursday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ⁠said ⁠on Wednesday she wanted to open the door ⁠for Canada to become the European Union's first "associate member". Earlier this week, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney — who ​was in Strasbourg to listen to von der Leyen's annual State of the Union address — said Canada was seeking a "unique alliance" with the EU but not ‌membership.

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People the BBC spoke to are excited by the prospect of working and studying in the EU, a suggestion Carney made this week.

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.

The gunman, a 16-year-old student, is among the dead in what is the third school shooting in the country since June.

Malaysia’s king has granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest. This decision came after a Pardons

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak, jailed for corruption in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, attends the verdict of his house arrest bid at Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia’s jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, a central figure in the country’s biggest corruption scandal, has been granted a bid to serve the remainder of his jail term under house arrest, offering a reprieve for the ex-premier after spending the last four years in prison.

Malaysia's king agreed on Friday to allow jailed former premier Najib Razak to serve the ​remainder of his sentence under house arrest, the prime minister's legal ‌department said, four years after he was convicted for his involvement in a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal.