While Khamenei’s death does not automatically mean the collapse of the regime, it is nevertheless a severe blow to the Islamic Revolution.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that an American submarine has sunk an Iranian warship near Sri Lanka, marking the first time since World War II that an enemy vessel has been destroyed by torpedo.

MCC Brussels warns the EU faces a decades-long productivity collapse, not a temporary competitiveness gap. Its new report argues Brussels is misdiagnosing the crisis, relying on subsidies and central planning while ignoring structural issues like low investment, overregulation, and high energy costs—thus risking long-term economic decline.

Keir Starmer is facing growing criticism after praising Muslims as ‘the face of modern Britain’ and stressing that the UK was not involved in the US–Israeli strikes on Iran. His remarks at a Ramadan iftar ceremony quickly triggered accusations that the prime minister was ‘bending over’ to court Muslim voters.

The number of registered jobseekers in Hungary fell to 225,994 in February 2026, more than 6,000 fewer than a year earlier, as the government highlighted low unemployment and expanded employment support programmes.

A new poll by US-based McLaughlin & Associates suggests Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz–KDNP alliance would win Hungary’s parliamentary election if it were held this Sunday, contradicting several opposition-leaning surveys and highlighting energy security as a decisive issue in the final weeks of the campaign.