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This image provided Feb. 19, 2026, by the Iranian military and dated Feb. 17, 2025, shows navy ships conducting operations during a joint drill by Iranian and Russian forces in the Indian Ocean. (Masoud Nazari Mehrabi/Iranian Army via AP)
February 19, 2026, 4:51 pm
Iran insists on ‘right’ to enrichment as US builds biggest Mideast force since 2003
Wall Street Journal says accumulation of US air power is largest in region since invasion of Iraq, but is ‘fraction’ of 2003 force; Poland tells citizens to ‘immediately’ leave Iran
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Two Polish Air Force Russian-made Mig-29s fly above and below two Polish Air Force US-made F-16 fighter jets during an air show in Radom, Poland, August 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)
September 10, 2025, 10:32 am
Poland says it downed Russian drones that violated its airspace during attack on Ukraine
In first, NATO country scrambles jets alongside unnamed allies to shoot down UAVs; Kyiv warns Putin is trying to test the West
By Agencies
Poland's new President Karol Nawrocki, with his wife Marta Nawrocka, shows a V-sign during the inauguration ceremony in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
August 6, 2025, 3:05 pm
Conservative Holocaust revisionist Karol Nawrocki inaugurated as Poland’s president
In inaugural address, Nawrocki lashes out at ‘lies’; he previously promised to fight ‘all the disgusting attacks’ on Poland by Holocaust scholars
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends solemn ceremonies at the monument to the 1939 heroic defense of the Westerplatte peninsula to mark the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, at Westerplatte, on the Baltic Sea, Poland, September 1, 2024. (Wojciech Strozyk/AP)
August 6, 2025, 10:26 am
Foreign Ministry summons Polish envoy after Tusk slams Israel with Holocaust allusion
Dressing down comes in response to Polish premier referencing ‘the hell of World War II’ when condemning ‘politicians whose actions lead to hunger and the death of mothers and children’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Karol Nawrocki, candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election supported by Poland's right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, flashes the victory sign in front of supporters as exit polls were announced on tv during their election night event at the Mala Warszawa Theatre in Warsaw, Poland, during the second round of the presidential elections on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
June 2, 2025, 10:19 am
Conservative Holocaust revisionist Karol Nawrocki wins Polish presidential election
Nawrocki, who was backed by Trump, narrowly defeats liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski in second round runoff in major blow to PM Donald Tusk’s reform agenda
By Agencies
Rafal Trzaskowski, Warsaw's Mayor and member of ruling centrist Civic Coalition party, flashes a V for victory sign as he greets supporters as exit polls were announced on tv during their election night event at the the National Museum of Ethnography in Warsaw, Poland, during the second round of the presidential elections on June 1, 2025. (Sergei GAPON / AFP)
June 1, 2025, 11:56 pm
Liberal mayor, anti-EU Holocaust revisionist both claim victory in Poland election
Exit poll shows government-favored centrist Rafal Trzaskowski just ahead of right-wing historian Karol Nawrocki, who is backed by populist Law and Justice, but results could change
By Agencies
Poland's President Andrzej Duda (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are seen during the conference on Peace and Security in the Middle east in Warsaw, on February 13, 2019 (Janek SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
January 9, 2025, 5:39 pm
Poland says it will not arrest Netanyahu for ICC should he attend Auschwitz memorial
Polish government promises free and safe participation for Israelis after PM’s aide says no plans to attend events marking 80 years since liberation, citing war crimes warrant
By ToI Staff and Agencies
People lay a wreath at the monument to the 1939 heroic defense of the Westerplatte peninsula outpost during solemn observances of the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, at Westerplatte, on the Baltic Sea, Poland, September 1, 2024. (Wojciech Strozyk/AP)
September 1, 2024, 1:33 pm
Now fearing Russia, Poland marks 85 years since German invasion of World War II
Prime Minister Tusk says best lesson to learn from WWII is for West to unite against ‘aggression’ on battlefields of Ukraine, not just speak of ‘reconciliation’
By AP
Railway tracks lead to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90)
January 5, 2024, 4:22 pm
Poland probes TV commentators’ call to send migrants to Auschwitz, tattoo their arms
Several companies pull advertising from right-wing private channel TV Republika after guest says immigrants can be housed in the barracks of former death and concentration camps
By Vanessa Gera
Screen capture from video of Polish ultra far-right lawmaker Grzegorz Braun from Confederation (Konfederacja) using a fire extinguisher to put out a Hanukkah menorah placed in the parliament lobby, Warsaw, Poland, on December 12, 2023. (TVN24/AFP)
December 12, 2023, 10:59 pm
Far-right Polish lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candles in parliament
Grzegorz Braun, who claims there’s a plot to turn Poland into a ‘Jewish state,’ calls candle lighting ‘satanic worship’; parliament cuts his salary as penalty
By AP and ToI Staff
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addresses supporters at his party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, October 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
October 16, 2023, 11:55 pm
Polish opposition parties hold clear lead, as over two-thirds of votes reported
Centrist parties set to win majority of seats in Poland’s parliament, but weeks of uncertainty remain, as ruling party aims to form government after getting most votes
Poland's main opposition leader, former premier and head of the centrist Civic Coalition bloc Donald Tusk addresses supporters at the party's headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, after the presentation of the first exit poll results of the country's parliamentary elections, on October 15, 2023,. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
October 16, 2023, 10:18 am
Polish liberal opposition declares ‘victory for democracy’ after election exit poll
Jubilant Donald Tusk, leader of Civic Coalition, expected to have majority, ousting populist Law and Justice (PiS)
By Dario Thuburn
Demonstrators react as Polish opposition leader, former premier and head of the centrist Civic Coalition bloc, Donald Tusk (not pictured) addresses participants of a rally in Warsaw on October 1, 2023. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)
October 2, 2023, 7:44 pm
Ahead of elections, a record one million Poles hold anti-government protest in Warsaw
Right-wing Law and Justice party holds eight-point lead over Civic Coalition bloc, but opposition leaders say gap is shrinking
By Magdalena Paciorek
Donald Tusk speaks during an anti-government demonstration organized by the Polish opposition, in Warsaw on June 4, 2023. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)
August 3, 2023, 5:47 pm
EU cites ‘serious concerns’ over Poland’s amended Russian influence law
Bloc stresses its misgivings about newly adopted legislation that critics say targets the Polish opposition months before parliamentary elections
By AFP
People attend an anti-government demonstration organized by the opposition in Warsaw on June 4, 2023. (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
June 4, 2023, 6:20 pm
Half a million march in Polish anti-government protest, say opposition leaders
Former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa attends, urges defeat of ruling nationalist PiS party led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski in autumn election
By AFP
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