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The recognition of Palestinian statehood by Spain, Ireland and Norway highlights the changing center of gravity, but there also are staunchly pro-Israel nations in Europe.

Belgium, a small yet politically significant country, will hold federal, regional, and E.U. elections on June 9, for control of its complex, layered governance structure.

The populist British politician, a driving force behind Brexit, said he would not run in the July general election, citing the global importance of the American campaign.

The Israeli military showed family members of the hostages the video a few weeks ago and gave them a copy on Tuesday, which they shared.

After a sobering trip to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.

China said the sea and air drills were meant as a “stern warning” to its opponents after Taiwan’s new president asserted the island’s sovereignty in defiance of Beijing.

The president, who died in a helicopter crash, will be buried at a shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad, his hometown.

For decades, international soldiers have deployed to Haiti, sometimes leaving behind a troubled legacy.

The National Institutes of Health, which owns the chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico, has no plans to move the animals to sanctuary, despite a ruling from a federal judge.

A “major non-NATO ally” is a country whose military has a strategic working relationship with the United States.