Skip next section Surveys show rising AfD support ahead of Bavarian local elections March 7, 2026 Surveys show rising AfD support ahead of Bavarian local elections Voters in the southern German state of Bavaria will be choosing mayors and city and district councillors in an election on Sunday, with more than 10 million people eligible
As the US-Israeli war with Iran expands with retaliatory Iranian strikes across the Middle East, secondary instability in the region is also rising. Countries across the Middle East are dealing with increasing violence within their own borders as community loyalties and political systems are tested.
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Since 2016, the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany has been governed by the environmentalist Greens and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU). A few days before the election, polls show those two parties running neck and neck.
The United States and Ecuador carried out joint strikes inside Ecuador as part of an ongoing operation targeting drug trafficking, US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a statement on Friday.
Skip next section New explosions reported across Tehran March 7, 2026 New explosions reported across Tehran Explosions have been heard in several areas of Tehran, Iranian news agency ISNA has reported. Earlier, Iranian state media said air attacks caused heavy damage nationwide, including at two hospitals in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
Early election returns in the Himalayan nation of Nepal point to a potential landslide victory for the newcomer Rastriya Swatantra Party (National Independence Party, or RSP) in general elections, with establishment parties, so far, trailing far behind.
The European Union (EU), key powers of the bloc and the United Kingdom (UK), have called for international law to be followed, and condemned Iran's regime.
US President Donald Trump was forthright when he said it would be "wonderful" if Iranian Kurdish forces based across the border in Iraq launched attacks against the Islamic clerical regime in Tehran. "I think it's wonderful that they want to do that, I'd be all for it," Trump told the Reuters news agency on Thursday.
The goal of many young parents in Germany is for both partners to be able to work, spend time with their children and share household responsibilities. In practice, however, patterns often persist that favor men in mixed-gender couples. Women are still significantly more likely to work part time; men are more frequently the primary earners.
Berlin-based media group Axel Springer on Friday said it had agreed to buy Britain's historic Telegraph newspaper outfit for 575 million pounds (roughly €665 million, $770 million), the company said.
Since the United States and Israel began launching airstrikes against Iran on February 28, social media has been flooded with content that claims to show scenes from Tehran and other Iranian cities. Though some footage is real — especially images published by reputable, professional media organizations — some is misleading, recycled, taken out of context or artificially generated and simply fake.