German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives face their second electoral test this month on Sunday when they hope to unseat the center-left Social Democrats, their coalition partner at the national level, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.[#item_full_content]

Israeli president taps Netanyahu rival to form government as coalition battle looms
Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced Saturday that he has chosen opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form the country’s next government, handing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
