Poland to close Belarus border amid Russian Zapad military exercises

Poland has announced that it will close its border crossings with Belarus due to Minsk hosting large-scale joint military exercises with Russia. “For national security reasons, we will close border crossings with Belarus at midnight on Thursday night,” said Prime … Read More

Qatar ‘strongly condemns’ Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, calling it ‘cowardly’

Qatar “strongly condemns” the Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, calling it “cowardly.” Saying that the strike “targeted residential buildings housing several members of the Political Bureau of Hamas,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari says that the “criminal … Read More

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to step down after clinching U.S. tariff deal

The move is seen as an attempt to avoid a split within his governing Liberal Democratic Party, which lost its upper house majority in an election in July. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday, plunging the world’s … Read More

French government toppled in confidence vote, Macron to appoint new PM ‘in next few days’

France’s parliament voted to topple the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday after the PM surprised even his own allies by calling a confidence vote to resolve a months-long deadlock over his austerity budget. Bayrou will tender his … Read More

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