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Dutch election winner Geert Wilders is an anti-Islam firebrand known as the Dutch Donald...

 He’s been called the Dutch Donald Trump. He’s been threatened with death countless times by Islamic extremists, convicted of insulting Moroccans and Britain once banned him from entering the country. Now Geert Wilders...

The US and the Philippines conduct joint air, sea patrols in South China Sea...

The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South China Sea, which come as the two countries step up cooperation in the face of growingly...

French Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peace

 Survivors of Nazi atrocities joined young Jewish activists outside the Paris Holocaust memorial Saturday to sound the alarm about resurgent antisemitic hate speech, graffiti and abuse linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

China’s Xi is courting Indo-Pacific leaders in a flurry of talks at a summit...

 Chinese President Xi Jinping, fresh off his meeting with President Joe Biden, courted Indo-Pacific leaders in a flurry of meetings Thursday at a time of intensifying competition with the United States.

Biden promises a better economic relationship with Asia, but he’s specifically avoiding a trade...

 President Joe Biden is nurturing economic ties this week with Asia, but he’s not signing any trade deals at a regional summit in San Francisco. This fact — no trade deals —...

UK leader fires interior minister and brings ex-leader Cameron back to government in surprise...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman, a divisive figure who drew anger for accusing police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protesters. The...

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the ambassadorial roundtable discussion of settlement in Ukraine,...

Thank you for accepting our invitation to hold a second meeting with the same participants on the developments unfolding in Ukraine and the numerous allegations that we are opposing with facts. I...

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he...

Vladimir Putin isn’t quite the man he used to be — more than a decade has passed since the Russian president engaged in public stunts to boast of his vigor by hugging...

Has Israel invaded Gaza? The military has been vague, even if its objectives are...

Over the past five days, Israeli ground troops have pushed deeper and deeper into Gaza in their war against Hamas, launched in response to a bloody Oct. 7 cross-border raid by the Islamic militant...

Israel’s great challenge: Gaza and its gigantic underground military base

 One of the biggest challenges faced by Israel's ground troops when advancing through the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, is the complicated urban development of the enclave and the labyrinthine network of...