The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took first place in state elections in northeastern Germany on Sunday, voting ​projections showed, delivering the worst result for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s mainstream conservative party since 1949.

Russia’s ruling United Russia party was on track to easily win a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of ​support for the war in Ukraine, partial official results showed on Sunday, after Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on the Russian capital.

Iran and the United States exchanged new threats on Sunday, with President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail ‌economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it didn’t make a deal, and the Iranian military saying it would retaliate harshly to any fresh attack.

Denmark said on Saturday that ​its sovereignty over Greenland would not be compromised by a deal taking shape with the Trump administration that would ‌allow a significant expansion of the US military presence on the Arctic island.

Canadian Prime ​Minister Mark Carney ‌on Sunday called for stronger ​ties with France ​in the face ⁠of new global ​threats.

Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia ​Meloni said on Sunday as she played up her right-wing ‌credentials at a youth event organised by her party.

President ‌Donald Trump’s administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would step up its attack on the global tribunal that prosecutes war crimes and genocide worldwide.

World leaders gather in New York this week for the UN General Assembly, bracing for President Donald Trump’s return to the rostrum for a second year running, with talks centering on the widening conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine ​and the risks of artificial intelligence.

Denmark and Greenland on Saturday said any ​agreement with the United States would not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty, after President Donald Trump said the deal would give Washington “permanent control” ‌over the Arctic island’s security, leaving its precise scope unclear.

The risks posed by the growing use of AI need to be mitigated, the prime minister has warned, as he spruiks Australia’s world-leading social media ban with tech titans.

Three women have died just hours apart in separate incidents in one state, including an elderly woman who was fatally stabbed in an alleged domestic violence attack.

Australia needs to slow down its artificial intelligence use and create better security laws, the companies creating the technology have told the federal government.