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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Raf Casert

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen (L) speaks as party President Jordan Bardella listens after French President Emmanuel Macron announced his call for new general elections, during an evening gathering on the final day of the European Parliament election, at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy in Paris, June 9, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)
June 10, 2024, 12:50 pm
Despite major gains by far-right in EU elections, mainstream groups remain dominant
Christian Democrats, Socialists ahead in 27-country vote; Macron trounced by Le Pen; Italian PM almost doubles seats; German extreme right defeats chancellor’s Social Democrats
By Raf Casert, LORNE COOK and Samuel Petrequin
Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party react at the party's election night headquarters in Paris on June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
June 9, 2024, 11:02 pm
EU projection shows far-right parties making big gains in European elections
Centrist groups expected to keep majority in European Parliament as results trickle in, with Greens predicted to lose around 20 seats and fall to sixth position in legislature
By LORNE COOK, Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin
Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media, two days after winning the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, November 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
May 15, 2024, 8:16 pm
Geert Wilders’ right-wing party reaches provisional deal for hard-right Dutch coalition
Anti-Islam firebrand took the most votes in recent election but had difficulty forming a government; a technocratic prime minister is expected to be brought in
By Raf Casert
Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, answers questions to media after announcement of the first preliminary results of general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, November 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
November 23, 2023, 8:22 pm
Europe’s hard right hopes best is yet to come after Wilders’ win in Netherlands
Anti-Islam firebrand’s Party for Freedom doubles in size, giving hope to national conservative populists ahead of European Parliament elections in June
By Raf Casert
VVD party members watch on a screen Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders addressing a speech after the announcement of the first exit polls of the general election, at the VVD party headquarters in The Hague, on November 22, 2023 (JOHN THYS / AFP)
November 23, 2023, 12:27 pm
Far-right anti-Islamist Wilders wins Dutch election, sending shockwaves through Europe
Wilders will begin talks with right and center parties in order to form a coalition, which, if successful, will make him the Netherlands’ most right-wing prime minister ever
By Mike Corder and Raf Casert
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the social and economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol via a videoconference at the Moscow's Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 17, 2023. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 17, 2023, 5:52 pm
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin on suspected war crimes
Court cites Russian leader’s alleged involvement in abduction of Ukrainian children from occupied Ukrainian lands to Russian Federation; Kyiv welcomes action, Moscow dismisses it
By Mike Corder and Raf Casert
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, gestures as European Parliament's President Roberta Metsola, right, applauds during an EU summit at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, February 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
February 9, 2023, 4:27 pm
Zelensky cheered at EU summit, says war against Russia is fight for European freedom
Ukrainian president wrapping up overseas tour in shadow of expected new assault by Moscow; European Parliament declares: ‘We will be with you for as long as it takes’
By Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin
Belgian police officers stand in a cordoned-off area where two police colleagues were stabbed on Thursday, in Brussels, November 11, 2022. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
November 11, 2022, 3:43 pm
Belgium terror stabbing suspect was on list as potential Islamic extremist
Alleged attacker spent six years in prison, threatened police at station earlier in day before attack but avoided arrest after asking for psychological help
By Raf Casert
Police attend the scene of an incident in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 10, 2022. One police officer is dead and another injured in a stabbing attack in Brussels, which a Belgian judicial official says is suspected to be terrorism-linked. (AP Photo/Sylvain Plazy)
November 10, 2022, 11:26 pm
Belgian police officer killed in suspected terror stabbing
Second cop injured in Brussels attack before officers manage to shoot the assailant; local media says he shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ while carrying out assault
By Samuel Petrequin and Raf Casert
Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
July 5, 2022, 4:38 pm
NATO states sign entry protocols for Sweden and Finland, further isolating Russia
Securing Turkish parliamentary approval for new members could still pose problem, as Erdogan warns he’ll block process if Helsinki and Stockholm don’t extradite ‘terror suspects’
By Raf Casert
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen deliver a press statement on Ukraine, at EU headquarters in Brussels, Feb 24, 2022. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)
February 24, 2022, 11:04 am
Lamenting ‘dark hours,’ EU promises harshest sanctions ever against Moscow
European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says Russia is in ‘violation of the basic principles of human coexistence’; Brussels will seek to block Russian access to markets
By Raf Casert and Foster Klug
A woman walks by a large print at a photographic memorial for those killed in the confrontation between Ukraine's military and the pro-Russia separatist forces in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 23, 2022. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)
February 24, 2022, 7:49 am
Russia-Ukraine: What to know as Moscow launches major attack
As Putin begins invasion with assault on Ukrainian cities, he warns world to not interfere; US, NATO vow response, expected to come in form of sanctions
By Jim Heintz, Raf Casert and Ellen Knickmeyer
In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, tanks and armored vehicles move during the Belarusian and Russian joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
February 12, 2022, 6:03 am
Days to war? What we know about the unfolding Russia-Ukraine crisis
With US predicting hostilities could break out on Wednesday, diplomatic efforts to prevent war intensify, but several nations pull their people out of Ukraine
By Raf Casert
Passengers check in at the Lufthansa counter at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, on November 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
November 30, 2021, 7:07 pm
New info shows Omicron spread broader, earlier than previously thought
Dutch health institute announces that it detected mutated coronavirus strain in samples taken before South Africa alerted WHO about new variant; cases also found in Japan, France
By Raf Casert and ANDREW MELDRUM
People pass through Waterloo train station, in London, during the morning rush hour, November 29, 2021. (AP Photo/ Matt Dunham)
November 29, 2021, 11:39 pm
WHO warns of ‘very high’ risk from new COVID variant Omicron
Citing preliminary info, UN health agency says heavily mutated virus could fuel outbreaks with ‘severe consequences,’ stresses ‘considerable uncertainties’ about the strain
By Jamey Keaten, Raf Casert and Mari Yamaguchi
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