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India’s beleaguered main opposition party was on track to surpass expectations and nearly double its share of parliamentary seats from 2019.

Elections starting this week for the European Parliament could leave far-right parties with more power than ever, but also expose the fissures among them.

Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.

Egypt’s government is weighing its “cornerstone” relationship with Israel against the economic damage the war in Gaza is inflicting and against the domestic outrage over the devastation there.

The hard-line Shiite cleric was seen as a possible successor to Iran’s supreme leader. Mr. Raisi’s death comes at a moment of turbulence for a country facing a deepening conflict with Israel.

Conflicting political visions, competitive jockeying and American dominance stand in the way of a more coordinated and efficient military machine.

Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over. On Sunday, he finally made it on a Blue Origin flight.

North Macedonia tries to ensure diversity — and keep the peace — with computer-generated state hiring quotas. Fraud and bloat have tainted that effort.

Voters in all the 27 countries that make up the European Union are heading to polls in June to choose their representatives in the European Parliament.

Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state — including Argentina’s Javier Milei and India’s Narendra Modi — to push his own politics and expand his business empire.