Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms
The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as “acts against nature”.
Continue ReadingThe bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as “acts against nature”.
Continue ReadingPolice have said 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target of the alleged crime.
Continue Reading606 dead and missing in the Mediterranean – the highest number to start a year in a decade.Image: watson/keystone/getty The first two months of 2026 were the deadliest on refugee routes across the Mediterranean in more than a decade, the International Organization for Migration reports. There is no improvement in sight. 02/25/2026, 06:0902/25/2026, 06:09 follow […]
Continue ReadingWas steckt in Donald Trumps erster richtiger Rede zur Lage der Nation zu Iran, zu den Zöllen und Europa? Eine Einschätzung von Gordon Repinski und von Julius Brinkmann von POLITICO in Washington. Parallel dazu blickt die Bundesregierung nach Peking. Kanzler Friedrich Merz zwischen Partnerschaft, Wettbewerb und Systemrivalität. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt CDU-Staatssekretärin und Mittelstandsbeauftragte Gitta Connemann, […]
Continue ReadingEurope marked four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion with a high-profile show of solidarity in Kyiv on Tuesday. Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa stood alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy — but the absence of some key leaders raised quiet questions in Ukraine about who showed up, and who didn’t. Zoya Sheftalovich was on the ground […]
Continue ReadingVideo: Watson/Lucas Zollinger The State of the Union Address (“SOTU”) is an annual speech that the US President gives to Congress in which he presents his side of things to the nation. Tonight was Trump’s appearance – here’s what he had to say. 02/25/2026, 05:58February 25, 2026, 10:05 follow me The initial situation Trump went […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump during his almost two-hour speech – it was the longest that a president has ever given at the State of the Union.Image: keystone The State of the Union Address (“SOTU”) is an annual speech that the US President gives to Congress in which he presents his side of things to the nation. Tonight […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Andrei Lankov, a prominent Russian scholar on North Korea who teaches at a Seoul university, was detained in Latvia while delivering a lecture, Russian media reported. Mr Lankov confirmed […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump had some exceptionally kind words for Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he listed what he claimed as his foreign policy achievements. The praise for Rubio — Trump said he might go down as the “best” in his job — could boost the Florida Republican should he choose to pursue a bid […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump came to Capitol Hill to deliver his State of the Union speech needing to sell his tariff agenda to a skeptical public. He did so by touting the trade accords he reached with foreign countries, the peace deals he said tariffs helped them reach — and by saying that the money the […]
Continue Reading