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When Viktor Orban was narrowly voted out of office for the first time in 2002, he went through a deep personal crisis. "The homeland cannot be in the opposition!" he said at the time. In other words, according to his image of himself, only he and his Fidesz party could truly represent the interests of

Skip next section Iran war hampers delivery of aid to refugees in Africa: UN May 1, 2026 Iran war hampers delivery of aid to refugees in Africa: UN The UN refugee agency has warned that the cost of delivering aid to humanitarian crises in Sudan and Chad has more than doubled as a result of

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was lifting tariffs on whisky from the United Kingdom, in a gesture to King Charles III and Queen Camilla after their royal state visit. The royal duo left the US on Thursday after a four-day state visit meant to celebrate the former British colony's 250th anniversary of

"The catalyst was about mid-2024," says Stephanie Wilks-Wiffen from eToro, an online broker. That was when she read the annual Boring Money report. It showed that the gender investment gap had widened in the UK, with men making up almost 60% of investors.  eToro then started developing its "Loud Investing" campaign, which aims to educate

The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela landed in Caracas on Thursday, seven years after the US Homeland Security Department indefinitely suspended operations, citing security risks. Operated by American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air, the flight took off at 10.26 a.m. (14:26 GMT) from Miami and landed in Venezuela's capital city some

Federal prosecutors released a video on Thursday showing the moment an armed man tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to allegedly attempt to kill US President Donald Trump. The US attorney for Washington, Jeanine Pirro, posted the video on social media amid speculation that a Secret Service officer was struck by friendly

US President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies on Thursday, bringing an end to a partial department shutdown which has been hindering operations for over two months. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives cleared the bipartisan legislation by voice vote, just hours before a critical deadline. Shortly after, it was

Kosovo's political crisis shows no signs of ending: The country's parliament failed to elect a new president on Tuesday after a ruling by the Constitutional Court set that date as the final deadline. If a new president had not been elected by April 28, parliament had to be dissolved — and that is exactly what

"Backsliding ," "pressure ," "political influence over editorial policy" — this is how numerous international reports describe the state of the media in Serbia. Year after year, the international diagnosis of the health of Serbia’s media landscape remains the same: While the space for professional independent media is shrinking, the government's propaganda tools are becoming

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), confirmed on Thursday that it will be cutting funding for its breakaway LIV Golf tour at the end of the current golf season, citing a change in investment strategy and "current macro dynamics" amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The PIF launched LIV Golf