Political instability in Germany and France, combined with the return of Donald Trump in 2025, threatens to undermine the ...

With politicians facing wars, or their own political battles at home, The Independent looks around the world at what leaders ...

France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part ...

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that the days of France's new government are already numbered, predicting an early presidential election in a few months.

Marine Le Pen on Tuesday predicted that the new French government would swiftly fall and that France would choose “a new path ...

Biden did not commute the death sentences of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Charleston church killer Dylann Roof, and Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers. They will be the only three left on ...

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More than 60 countries – home to nearly half the planet’s population – selected their leaders. In the history of democracy, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his ...

France marked a day of mourning Monday for victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated its poorest territory, Mayotte, over a week ago.