A long-standing critic of the Islamic Republic, in April he chose to return to his country despite the risk of ending up in prison. All his assets were seized and his bank accounts frozen. His film *A Simple Incident* was an Oscar nominee

El País reporter Antonio Jiménez Barca was on board one of the two trains involved in the rail accident near Toledo

The theory is that the collision was caused by human error at the control centre following a technical fault. The Transport Minister: “The wrong order was given to set off despite a train being stationary on the tracks”. Several carriages derailed on impact: around a hundred people were injured. Ro…

To avoid a return to the polls, there are three options: President Herzog and the United States are pressing for a pact between the major political forces

In the tight race between Eisenkot’s bloc and Netanyahu’s majority, the two Arab leaders are gaining influence like never before: Ra’am and the Joint List could secure up to 19 seats, compared with ten in 2022

As the first election results were being released in Israel, a young Islamic extremist armed with knives attacked an officer on duty outside the diplomatic mission. For the Serbian police, this was no coincidence but a planned provocation

On 3 November, Americans will elect a new House of Representatives and a portion of the Senate, in an election that serves as a verdict on the first two years of the President’s second term. Marco Contini and Anna Chiara Mottola di Amato explain how the vote works and why the result could reshape t…

Some of the best-known post-war Germans had held membership cards of the NSDAP, the Nazi Party: among them Sepp Herberger, the manager who led the German national team to victory in 1954, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, the legendary Foreign Minister

The setback for the justice system regarding *Dark Horse*, the film that was supposed to relaunch the clan’s patriarch, Jair

Likud loses seats and fails to secure a majority, but remains the largest party. Bibi reaps the rewards of a campaign built entirely on fear

In Arrabe, large numbers turned out at the polling stations to oust “a government allied with racist ministers”. “There has been too much violence against us”

Many residents of Gaza believe that the outcome of the Israeli elections could offer a solution to the tragic reality of the Gaza Strip

The opposition led by the general does not have the numbers to govern. The crux of the matter is external support from the Palestinian parties

Atina Stanković and her boyfriend Ognjen Petrović, the young people in the iconic photo of the celebrations following the victory of the Students’ List in Serbia, said: “We will not allow anyone after Vucic to impose a new era of authoritarianism”

Pollster Scheindlin points to a new trend: the disillusionment of those who have always believed in him

Record turnout of 77 per cent and a breakthrough for Palestinian lists, which have become the deciding factor. Forming a government will be a challenge

The leader of the Brazilian right feared the trials and fled via Ecuador after his electoral defeat. He has been granted a visa and will seek asylum. Lula: “A disgrace. But the United States is their homeland”