About 250 lawmakers sworn in, while the opposition calls for a strike to protest against disputed election results.
The far-right party’s candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel, tries to woo voters with her extreme views.
Electoral body says President Deby’s party secured 124 of 188 National Assembly seats in vote boycotted by opposition.
Zoran Milanovic, a NATO critic, comfortably wins re-election, securing 74 percent of the vote.
Thousands attempt to block delegates from attending meeting where Alice Weidel chosen as AfD’s candidate for chancellor.
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term as president.
![Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures next to his wife Cilia Flores as they leave the Capitolio -home of the National Assembly- after taking the oath during the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025. Maduro, in power since 2013, took the oath of office for a third term despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve. [Juan Barreto/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AFP__20250110__36TD2JX__v1__HighRes__VenezuelaInaugurationMaduro_cropped-1736540032.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Venezuelan president promises period of peace and prosperity as the opposition and US continue to reject his rule.
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested after appearing in public for the first time in months.
Former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and former central banker Mark Carney poised to seek party leadership.
Mark Zuckerberg’s invocation of ‘cultural tipping point’ comes as number of fact-checking initiatives has plateaued.
Billionaire’s interest in Europe divides opinion – while some leaders raise alarm, Italy’s Meloni insists ‘no danger’.
Machado has since been freed after a brief detention following an appearance at an anti-Maduro protest on Thursday.
Mozambique’s main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane returned to the country on Thursday from self-imposed exile.
One man reportedly killed in deadly clashes with police as Mondlane lands in Maputo months after disputed vote.