Politics Nov 07 WATCH: Trump meets with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday his country has received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with President Donald Trump.
World Oct 27 Israel’s top diplomat says Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza force Israel will not allow Turkish troops to take part in an international force the United States has proposed to oversee the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Israel's top diplomat said Monday.
Politics Sep 18 Trump’s moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that he has often praised.
World Aug 01 Budapest mayor questioned by police for organizing banned LGBTQ+ Pride event The Pride march in Budapest on June 28 was the largest event of its kind in the country's history, according to organizers, despite Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government earlier passing an anti-LGBTQ+ law that banned such events.
World Jun 28 Around 100,000 march at Budapest Pride in defiance of Hungary’s ban on the event Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and heavy fines to participate in the 30th annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed in March by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing populist governing party.
World Jun 23 Russian attacks on Ukraine kill at least 14 people Russian drones and missiles killed at least 14 civilians and injured several dozen others in Ukraine in overnight attacks, local officials said Monday, with nine deaths reported in the capital, Kyiv, where an apartment building partially collapsed.
World Jun 19 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly missile strike in Kyiv A Russian missile strike on a nine-story Kyiv apartment building was a sign that more pressure must be applied on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as Moscow intensifies attacks in the war.
World Jun 18 Kyiv rescuers continue to find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian aerial attack climbs to 28 The attack overnight on Monday into Tuesday was part of a sweeping barrage as Russia once again sought to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.
World May 18 Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential runoff over hard-right nationalist Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist, nearly complete electoral data shows. A huge turnout Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice…
World Apr 14 Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events Legal scholars and critics call the move another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.