Month: May 2026

Turkish riot police used tear gas and forced their way into the Ankara headquarters of the main opposition CHP party after a court dismissed its leadership, as supporters blocked entrances in defiance of the ruling.

Tristan da Cunha, the UK’s most remote overseas territory, sits deep in the South Atlantic Ocean and is normally only accessible by boat.

Officers used tear gas inside the CHP building in Ankara to enforce a controversial judicial decision reinstating former leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The intrusion has sparked fierce resistance from current party officials, who accuse Kılıçdaroğlu of deploying “mafia thugs” to seize power.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday rejected a German proposal to grant Ukraine associate membership in the EU because it would leave Kyiv without a voice inside the bloc. “There can be no complete European project without Ukraine, and Ukraine’s place in the European Union must also be complete — full and equal,” Zelenskyy said…

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said he strongly condemned the “heinous bomb explosion” and sent his condolences to the victims’ families.

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France on Saturday banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering French territory following his treatment of activists detained while attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. “As of this day, Itamar Ben-Gvir is banned from accessing French territory,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced in a social media post. “This decision follows his…

Germany is well-known for its obsession with beer, with the Oktoberfest festival attracting millions of visitors each year.