Author: Prima News

As Hungary heads towards a pivotal election, voters who came of age under Prime Minister Viktor ​Orban have emerged as a key group driving support for the opposition, with some saying they will leave the country if the veteran leader is ‌re-elected. Orban, 62, a eurosceptic nationalist, is facing the biggest threat to his 16-year grip on power, with most opinion polls showing centre-right rival Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party on course to defeat him in Sunday’s election. The media-savvy Magyar, 45, is proving an attractive alternative for many younger voters disenchanted with Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party, sociologists and pollsters say. “Fidesz’s thinking no longer…

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission entered the moon’s gravitational sphere of influence early Monday morning as they cruised along a path that will soon ​take them over the shadowed, lunar far side to become the farthest-flying humans in history. The ‌Artemis II crew, flying in their Orion capsule since launching from Florida last week, are due to awake around 10:50 a.m. ET Monday for their sixth flight day. By 7:05 p.m., they will reach the mission’s maximum distance from ​Earth of roughly 252,757 miles, 4,102 miles beyond the record held by the Apollo 13 ​crew for 56…

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun leaves on Tuesday for China and a potential meeting with President Xi Jinping ​on what she says is a peace mission as Beijing makes a renewed push to convince Taiwanese to support “reunification”. Cheng, ‌chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, is travelling at a time of increased Chinese military pressure on Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, and as the opposition-dominated parliament stalls a government plan for $40 billion in extra defence spending. The KMT and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have released duelling social media messages ​ahead of the trip, using…

Iran’s parliament speaker warned US President Donald Trump Sunday against further escalation, saying Washington’s actions risk dragging the US into a “living hell.” “Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s commands,” Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said on US social media company X. “You won’t gain anything through war crimes,” the speaker said. “The only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.” Trump threatened early Sunday to…

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Sunday that Kyiv’s forces have regained control of 12 settlements since the end of January. Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces retook 480 square kilometers (185 square miles) of territory, including eight settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region and four in the Zaporizhzhia region. He accused Russia of continuing attacks in the Oleksandrivka direction, including in the areas of Ternove, Oleksandrivka, Ivanivka, Zeleny Hai, Andriivka-Klevtsove, Sichneve, as well as toward Sosnivka, Verbovye and Zlagoda. Syrskyi said Russia carried out 64 attacks in that direction over the past week, alleging that Moscow aims to seize more Ukrainian territory and…

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in a rare move expressed regret to North Korea on Monday over drone flights by people that he said has triggered unnecessary military tensions with Pyongyang, local media reports said. Lee made the remarks during a cabinet meeting following last month’s indictment of three individuals accused of flying drones into North Korea between September and January, Yonhap News Agency reported. “Although this was not an act by our government, I express regret to the North Korean side over the unnecessary military tension caused by such reckless behavior,” he said. Lee has repeatedly criticized the…

Syria on Sunday condemned an attack on the United Arab Emirates’ Embassy in Damascus, saying “such actions will be met with firm legal measures.” Peaceful demonstrations are a legitimate right guaranteed by law as a form of expressing opinions, Syria’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. The ministry affirmed, however, that the attack during recent protests is a “reprehensible and unacceptable act, constituting a clear violation of national laws.” Dozens of protesters gathered Friday in front of the embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Damascus. Some attempted to storm the building, and videos posted online showed demonstrators tearing down…

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the US, called on Congress on Sunday to reconvene and vote to end the war on Iran, condemning the US president’s “mocking” of Islam and threats to target civilian infrastructure. The call came after Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that Tuesday “will be power plant day, and bridge day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” calling on Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz. “Or you’ll be living in hell — just watch! Praise be to Allah,” he wrote. CAIR said…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, stated on Sunday that Israel is obstructing the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. After Israeli attempts to evade its obligations, Washington announced in mid-January the start of the second phase of the agreement, which has been in effect since Oct. 10, 2025, under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan. In a video statement, Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Ubaida said: “What is required is to put pressure on Israel to fulfill its obligations in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement before discussing the second phase,…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, agreed in a phone call on Sunday to “uphold fairness on matters of principle and adopt an objective and balanced approach” as permanent members of the UN Security Council while discussing the impending vote on a draft resolution on the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Wang said Moscow and Beijing should also “strive to gain greater understanding and support from the international community,” according to a statement from China’s Foreign Ministry. Earlier this week, Bahrain submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council over Iran’s effective closure…