Turkey’s Erdogan and Hungary’s Orban pledge to strengthen ties in Budapest | NATO News

Turkey’s Erdogan and Hungary’s Orban pledge to strengthen ties in Budapest | NATO News

The two countries are the only holdouts in NATO to not have ratified Sweden’s bid to join the transatlantic military alliance. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban have pledged to strengthen ties after talks in Budapest. The meeting on Monday marked the Turkish president’s second…

Vatican approves blessings for same-sex couples under certain conditions | LGBTQ News

Vatican approves blessings for same-sex couples under certain conditions | LGBTQ News

A landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis says priests can bless same-sex couples under some circumstances. The Vatican has approved a landmark ruling to allow Roman Catholic priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies, nor given in contexts related…

Serbia’s ruling SNS ahead in snap election, exit polls show | Elections News

Serbia’s ruling SNS ahead in snap election, exit polls show | Elections News

Ruling populists claim sweeping victory in the parliamentary election, which was marred by reports of significant irregularities. Exit polls say the ruling right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of President Aleksandar Vucic is in the lead in a snap parliamentary election widely regarded as a referendum on his government. According to…

‘Nonsense’: Putin rejects Biden claim that Russia plans to attack NATO | NATO News

‘Nonsense’: Putin rejects Biden claim that Russia plans to attack NATO | NATO News

The Russian president says Moscow has ‘no interest … to fight with NATO countries’. The Russian president has dismissed the United States’s claims that Moscow could attack a NATO country in the future as “complete nonsense”, saying such a conflict would run counter to his country’s interests. Vladimir Putin made…

France condemns killing of its worker in Israeli strike in Gaza’s Rafah | Gaza News

France condemns killing of its worker in Israeli strike in Gaza’s Rafah | Gaza News

The killing comes as French top diplomat Catherine Colonna in Israel to appeal for truce and lasting peace. The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has condemned the Israeli bombing of a residential building in Rafah that killed one of its staff in a region previously declared a safe…

Voting begins in Serbian parliamentary elections | Elections News

Voting begins in Serbian parliamentary elections | Elections News

While President Aleksandar Vucic is not on the ballot, the contest is seen as a referendum on his government. Serbians have begun voting in parliamentary and local elections that will test the strength of the country’s governing party amid unrest over high inflation, corruption, and gun violence. The snap elections,…

UK teen Alex Batty arrives home after going missing on holiday in 2017 | News

UK teen Alex Batty arrives home after going missing on holiday in 2017 | News

Teen told investigators he spent six years living a nomadic lifestyle in Spain, Morocco and France. A British teenager who went missing for six years before turning up in France has arrived back in the United Kingdom, police have said. Alex Batty never returned home after travelling to Spain in…