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Iraq is holding its first nationwide census in nearly four decades this week, a long-awaited count in a nation that has been blighted by sectarian and ethnic divisions.

Editorial: A new study is right to highlight growing threats to the EU’s core values from within. Leaders must stand up and be counted

Spin operations disguised as news outlets and right-wingers muddy the waters with Kremlin narratives, experts say.

Far-right parties are expected to do well and could gain a stronger foothold in the European Parliament.

Polls predict huge gains for the far right in the European elections. But it is too fragmented to truly capitalise on them, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

Israel has rejected a ceasefire and launched an operation in Rafah, raising fears that the war in Gaza could drag on.

The feared reprisal had been almost two weeks in the making. But when Iran finally pushed the button on its retaliatory attack against Israel late on Saturday, it appeared to amount to little more than a drawn-out light show, resulting only in minor damage to some remote Israeli military infrastructure…

Survey shows supporters of nationalist parties hold widely differing views on EU membership, migration and support for Ukraine

Resistance to further aid for Kyiv is growing ahead of meeting that comes almost two years into Russia’s war in Ukraine.