Talks to form a new Dutch government with Geert Wilders, known for anti-Islam views, faced a setback on Wednesday. A key political party, People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, supported legislation to house asylum-seekers, opposed by Wilders. Senators backed the plan despite
Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China on Monday, just days after it elected a new president, and accused China of attempting to pressure it while it affirmed the will of Taiwanese to go out into the
A political prisoner, Vadzim Khrasko, has died in a Belarusian prison due to inadequate medical care, according to the Viasna human rights center. Khrasko was serving a three-year sentence for supporting opposition groups labeled as “extremist” by authorities. Belarusian authorities have cracked
Nigel Farage has dropped his strongest hint yet that he could make a fresh bid to become an MP after a bombshell poll. The survey suggested the former Ukip and Brexit Party leader would win 37 per cent of the vote in
Admiral Mark Montgomery however noted that Lai’s DPP has grown closer to the Kuomintang Party headed by Hon Yu-ih – a proponent of closer Taiwan-China relations and a “peaceful open dialogue” with Beijing. He argued Taiwanese parties could leave the door open
Nigel Farage may have given away where he is planning to run if he makes a run for Parliament at the next election as leader of Reform UK. A poll has been taken in Clacton-on-Sea, a seat which used to be held
John Bercow introduced himself to American viewers of The Traitors US by boasting about his familiarity with “backstabbing” and “deception”. The 60-year-old is taking part in the US edition of the immensely popular show. The TV series pits together a group of
Former Suriname dictator Desi Bouterse, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month for the killings of 15 political opponents, has vanished after not turning himself in to authorities on Friday as planned. His wife, Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring, told reporters that
Mateusz Morawiecki likens Polish regime to communist era Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has warned that his EU-backed successor Donald Tusk is taking his country back to the Communist era. It follows the dramatic arrests of two MPs from Mr Morawiecki’s Law
People from all over the country are gathering in Mao Zedong Square (Image: Getty) Few examples illustrate this better than the leadership of the Communist Party in China. Indeed, the leaders of the Middle Kingdom implemented its one child policy in 1979