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Far-left South African politician Julius Malema claimed the UK government blocked his entry to prevent him from appearing at a conference hosted by Cambridge University.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was chosen by the College of Cardinals to be the new pope of the Catholic Church, making him the first American pope in the Church’s 2,000-year history. The Chicago native chose the papal name Leo XIV. White smoke appeared above the Sistine Chapel at approximately 6:08 p.m. Rome time, followed by the chiming of the Vatican’s bells, which confirmed for the faithful that a new successor of St. Peter the Apostle was indeed chosen. 

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has signalled a willingness to partner with the far-left Die Linke despite previously vowing never to work with the descendant party of the communist government of East Germany.

Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt lost his parliamentary seat Thursday, as final counting from the recent general election concluded and voters showed the arch left-wing politician the door.

A tourist visiting Rome was impaled by a spiked fence in front of the Colosseum and left dangling from it for more than 20 minutes after climbing the structure on Friday.

Jihadist president of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Paris on Wednesday for meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Farage’s Reform UK handed fresh polling high appearing to confirm performance in last week’s England elections was anything but a fluke. 

On his first full day in office, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lashed out at the Trump administration for raising concerns about the state of democracy in the European nation following the green light to spy on the opposition AfD party.

Merz and Macron signal defiance to President Trump in saying they will never accept an “imposed” peace on the Ukraine War. 

Let the voting – and prayers – begin. One hundred and thirty-three Roman Catholic cardinals from 66 countries gathered for Mass on Wednesday morning before the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis now underway behind the Vatican’s walls.

Former President Joe Biden told the far-left BBC waiting to drop out of the 2024 presidential race until just a few months before Election Day made no difference to the outcome.

The Irish hip-hop group Kneecap has had a number of shows canceled in Germany after displaying “F**k Israel” sign during its Coachella performance last month.

Russia launched a ballistic missile and a barrage of drones at Ukraine’s capital, killing at least two, Ukrainian officials said.

Patriotism appears to be declining in the United Kingdom, with a survey finding that less than half of the nation would be willing to fight and defend their country for any reason.

Syria´s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa is visiting Paris on Wednesday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage accused the leftist Labour Party government of Sir Kier Starmer of “betraying” the British working class through a trade deal with India, which critics claim will give advantages to Indian migrants in the UK over the native population.

Meanwhile, pollster found concern about a Third World War to be widespread, with a plurality or outright majority in several nations found. 

U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton (R-AR) asked Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard to keep the American intelligence community from cooperating with Germany over its “police state” activities against the anti-mass migration party, Alternative for Germany (AfD).

New Zealand’s PM proposed banning children from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech platforms.

Centre-right leader Merz is the new Chancellor of Germany on the second time of trying, ten weeks after an inconclusive national election.

The campaign of neo-liberal Mayor of Bucharest to defeat self-styled “MAGA candidate” George Simion in the upcoming second round of the Romanian presidential election has struggled to gain the support of key establishment figures, portending difficulties in building a large enough coalition to take down the populist frontrunner.

All four international airports around Moscow temporarily suspended flights Tuesday as Russia intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones.

AfD called for fresh national elections after, for the first time in history, the would-be next chancellor failed to be elected by Parliament.

Australia still wants to make “great films” with the United States, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Tuesday, as new tariffs threaten the home of Hollywood hits like The Matrix, Elvis and Crocodile Dundee.

The leftist Labour Party government has reportedly scrapped a compensation programme for the victims of child sex abuse in Britain as part of its financial austerity measures.

U.S. President Donald Trump will sit down with newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington, DC, on Tuesday for the first meeting between the two since the Canadian’s election win.

Vice President JD Vance will participate in a Q&A at the Munich Leaders Meeting, organized by the Munich Security Conference (MSC), on Wednesday morning, Breitbart News can reveal.

The leftist-liberal coalition government of Romania appears on the precipice of collapse in the wake of the strong victory of populist George Simion in the first round of the redo presidential election on Sunday.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin expressed firm support to the government of India and accepted an invitation to visit the country in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party plans to hit the ground running after its stunning victory at the local council elections in England last week, with leadership vowing to use their newfound power to block illegal migrants from being housed in areas they control and to launch legal challenges against the leftist government’s green agenda.

Sovereigntists launch lawsuit against political police force even as some push for govt to go further and ban the opposition altogether. 

Thousands of angry Islamist men marched Saturday across the streets of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, to protest against proposals guaranteeing equal rights for women in the Muslim-majority country.

Infighting within the Labour Party has broken out into the public following its disastrous defeat to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK at last week’s local elections. While some are calling for the government to abandon its “hyper liberal” agenda, others argue for doubling down on mass migration and high taxes.

Populist-sovereigntist candidate George Simion came out on top in the first round of voting in the Romanian presidential election on Sunday. The election was held after the previous election was annulled, and the leading candidate was barred from running in the re-do contest.

Nigel Farage declared that Britain is at the dawning of a “new political age” following his Reform UK party’s blowout victory in Thursday’s local elections in England, from which the so-called Conservatives “will never recover.”

French police rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom, the latest alleged criminal effort in France to extort people involved in the management of digital assets.