10+ hour, 6+ min ago   (96+ words) Al Jazeera Residents help battle forest fires threatening homes in Ecuadorian capital Residents join firefighters battling forest fires that are threatening residential areas in densely populated parts of Quito, Ecuador. More from the same show Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly…...

17+ hour, 51+ min ago   (453+ words) Western officials including ex-UK PM Boris Johnson were nearby when Russia hit a train at the Poland-Ukraine border. Poland and Ukraine have accused Russia of “escalation” following Russian strikes on a train close to the two countries’ border. Former British…...

19+ hour, 10+ min ago   (117+ words) Al Jazeera Swedes vote in election that could see far-right in government Voting is under way in Sweden in a closely fought election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats enter government for the first time, or centre-left leader Magdalena…...

19+ hour, 59+ min ago   (413+ words) Sweden’s centre-left parties led by leader Magdalena Andersson held an early ⁠lead at 51.3 percent in a parliamentary election. Sweden’s centre-left opposition was projected to win 51.3 percent of the vote, ahead of the right-wing bloc’s 46.8 percent, according to an exit poll…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (71+ words) Al Jazeera Trump says he would ‘love to see’ a united Ireland during Irish visit US President Donald Trump said he would ‘love to see’ a united Ireland, drawing criticism from the British government and Northern Ireland’s unionists. Trump is…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (471+ words) The far-right Sweden Democrats party could enter government for the first time if right-wing bloc wins. Voters in Sweden are heading to the polls in an extremely close general election that will see either the far right enter government for…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (446+ words) Protesters in about 20 cities, including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, demand the banning of the Alternative for Germany. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany to protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) after the far-right party…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1065+ words) The new citizenship bill for Sahrawis touches a sensitive fault line in Madrid’s ties with Rabat. Spain’s Congress has approved a bill that would open a special route to Spanish citizenship for Sahrawis born in Western Sahara while the disputed…...

2+ day, 22+ min ago   (562+ words) British Prime Minister Andy Burnham maintains that a poll is ‘off the table’ as there isn’t enough popular support for Northern Ireland to leave the UK. United States President Donald Trump has said that a unified Ireland would be “fantastic…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (258+ words) The ‘War on Terror’ gave far-right Islamophobia legitimacy, reach and electoral force. Before September 11, far right parties in Europe had been largely marginalised within the continent’s multi-party systems. Even where some won significant electoral support, many remained politically stigmatised or…...