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Poland's President Vetoes Civil Partnership Bill, Blocking LGBTQ Rights

New Delhi, July 19 -- WARSAW - Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed legislation on Friday that would have created legal recognition for unmarried partners, including same-sex couples, rejecting a bi... Read More


Jens Spahn Quits as CDU Parliamentary Chief After Surrogacy Revelation

New Delhi, July 19 -- BERLIN - Jens Spahn, leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, resigned his position on Friday after he and his husband announced two days earlier that they had... Read More


Spain Wildfires Torch 28,000 Hectares as 2026 Fire Season Triples Last Year's Pace

New Delhi, July 19 -- MADRID - Two major wildfires were advancing simultaneously across central and northeastern Spain on Sunday, with the combined burned area approaching 28,400 hectares and Spain's ... Read More


Thousands of Italian Military and Police March in Rome Over Pay and Pension Demands

New Delhi, July 19 -- ROME - Carabinieri officers in formal uniforms stood alongside Navy sailors and Army infantry troops Saturday as roughly 6,000 Italian military and law enforcement personnel marc... Read More


AfD Leads Merz's CDU by 8 Points in Germany as Coalition Approval Collapses

New Delhi, July 19 -- BERLIN - Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany now leads Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU bloc by eight percentage points nationally, according to a fresh Insa poll for ... Read More


Jack Lang's 673 Mentions in Epstein Files Led to a French Probe and a Police Raid

New Delhi, July 19 -- PARIS - On the morning of February 7, 2026, Jack Lang walked away from the Arab World Institute, the cultural institution in Paris that he had helped build into a pillar of Frenc... Read More


Hungary's President Signs His Own Early Removal Into Law as Magyar Presses On

BUDAPEST, July 19 -- Tamas Sulyok, Hungary's head of state, on Saturday signed a constitutional amendment that will end his own presidency before it was due to expire, completing a parliamentary push ... Read More


Germany Raises Terror Threat to 'High' as Dobrindt Warns Attacks Could Come at Any Time

New Delhi, July 18 -- BERLIN - The threat level had been called "abstract" for years, a bureaucratic designation that acknowledged danger without demanding urgency. On Friday, Alexander Dobrindt used ... Read More


Turkey Moves to Shed S-400 as Washington Signals Path Back to F-35 Program

New Delhi, July 18 -- ANKARA - For nearly seven years, Turkey has occupied an uncomfortable position within NATO, formally a member of an alliance that collectively operates the most advanced western ... Read More


Andy Burnham Becomes Britain's Prime Minister, First Catholic at Number 10 in 500 Years

New Delhi, July 17 -- Burnham, who was born and raised in the Roman Catholic faith and sends his three children to Catholic schools, becomes the first practicing Catholic to hold the office of prime m... Read More