Portugal opens probe into far-right leader Ventura over anti-Roma remarks
Portuguese prosecutors have opened an investigation into far-right politician Andre Ventura after he made controversial pre-election remarks targeting the Roma community.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Russian forces pushed Ukrainian troops out last month.
Putin met with volunteer organizations and local officials, including acting governor Alexander Khinshtein, during his visit to the Kursk-II nuclear power plant in the Kursk region. He was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, the Kremlin's first deputy chief of staff.
Russia announced in late April that it had regained control of the Kursk region after repelling the largest Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory since World War Two. This followed Ukraine’s August 6 offensive, which temporarily captured nearly 1,400 square kilometers of the area, supported by drones and Western weapons.
Tensions flare in the India-France Rafale deal as France refuses to share the fighter jet’s source code, limiting India’s ability to integrate indigenous weapons and reducing its combat autonomy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on May 15, with discussions reportedly focusing on upcoming peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegates in Istanbul.
France has rejected India’s request to share source codes needed to integrate indigenous weapons into Rafale fighter jets. Despite repeated appeals, French manufacturer Dassault Aviation has refused to compromise on the issue
Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet behind closed doors at Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace at 10:00 local time today to explore security guarantees, territorial integrity and a possible ceasefire.
The Tehran Dialogue Forum 2025, scheduled for May 18–19, will host 200 international guests, including 40 current and former European officials.
Portuguese prosecutors have opened an investigation into far-right politician Andre Ventura after he made controversial pre-election remarks targeting the Roma community.
European Union ambassadors have agreed on a major new defence initiative- an arms fund worth €150 billion to strengthen Europe’s military capabilities.
The World Health Organization has sounded the alarm over a deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, as Pakistan’s mass deportation of Afghan migrants overwhelms the country's already crippled health system and pushes it closer to total collapse.
Ukraine will urge the EU next week to take stronger independent steps to isolate Moscow, including seizing Russian assets and imposing sanctions on some buyers of Russian oil, amid uncertainty over Washington’s support.
Anton Kobyakov, adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum that the USSR’s dissolution was legally invalid and that the Soviet Union still exists under constitutional law, framing the Ukraine war as an “internal process.”
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