Politics
Flávio Bolsonaro led President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with 47% to 45% in Brazil’s first-round presidential election, setting up a runoff between them.
Turkey and Pakistan agreed under a defense pact to send troops to Saudi Arabia after renewed Houthi attacks on the kingdom. The Houthis claimed strikes on Riyadh’s airport and an oil refinery, while Saudi Arabia said Houthi strikes on airports had wounded three people.
U.S. officials said the United States withdrew 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in England over concerns about a potential Iranian-directed drone attack, though explanations conflicted.
Quebec’s separatist Parti Québécois won Monday’s provincial election, returning to power without a majority and pledging to delay another independence referendum until Donald Trump leaves office.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron urged stronger EU powers to respond swiftly to unfair trade practices by China and the United States.
Romanian President Nicușor Dan nominated diplomat Luca Niculescu as prime minister-designate, the fourth candidate in five months since the government fell, tasking him with forming a parliamentary majority and seeking to avert snap elections. Dan said a Niculescu government would maintain Romania’s pro-Western course and meet fiscal targets, while Liberal…
President Donald Trump approved a plan for the U.S. military to execute former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan by firing squad for killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.
Saxony-Anhalt’s state parliament elected AfD lawmaker Tobias Rausch as its president in Magdeburg on Tuesday, making him the party’s first regional parliamentary speaker.
German intelligence chiefs warned parliament that Russia was intensifying a shadow war against Germany, raising the risk of direct confrontation as Berlin continued supporting Ukraine.
