politics
EU Leaders Fail to Convince Hungary's Orban to Lift Block on Ukraine Loan
Iran's Parliament Speaker Qalibaf Increasingly Central in Tehran
Analysis-Iran War Boosts Netanyahu, Bruises Trump and Gulf States
France's Macron and India's Modi Discuss Need for De-Escalation in the Middle East
Blogger Who Criticised Putin Has Been Put in Psychiatric Facility, Local Newspaper Reports
Date: March 19, 2026
By Lucy Papachristou March 19 (Reuters) - A pro-Kremlin figure who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in a social media post this week that went viral has...
Slovenia Election Pits Liberals Against Populist Right in Tight Race
Date: March 19, 2026
By Daria Sito-Sucic LJUBLJANA, March 19 (Reuters) - Slovenia holds a parliamentary election on Sunday in which liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob will face off against pro-Donald Trump populist Janez...
Thai PM Anutin Wins Landmark Reelection in Parliament Vote
Date: March 19, 2026
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK, March 19 (Reuters) - Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul sailed through a parliamentary vote on Thursday to become the first reelected prime minister in...
Trump's Envoy Coale Meets Belarus Leader Lukashenko, Seeking to Win More Prisoner Releases
Date: March 19, 2026
March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential envoy John Coale met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday, according to the Telegram channel of Lukashenko's administration, on the...
Italy's Justice Referendum Tests PM Meloni and Divided Opposition
Date: March 19, 2026
By Angelo Amante ROME, March 19 (Reuters) - A forthcoming Italian referendum on judicial reform will test right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's political strength and could give the fragmented...
Thailand's Anutin Reelected PM After Crushing Rival in Parliamentary Vote
Date: March 19, 2026
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK, March 19 (Reuters) - Anutin Charnvirakul was reelected Thailand's prime minister on Thursday after sailing through a parliamentary vote, winning a...