She also predicted that Vladimir Putin will become 'lord of the world', with Europe turning into a 'wasteland'.

While these prophecies are up for debate and lack scientific backing, their alignment has sparked speculation about the world's direction in 2025.

The brutal tumult of the 20th century turned Eastern Europe, once a melting pot, into a bloc of relatively homogeneous nation ...

The division between Germany’s East and West did not disappear with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. An invisible “wall” still runs across the country when key demographic indicators are mapped.

US allies across Europe and the Middle East have condemned Donald Trump’s plans for Washington to “take over” Gaza and any attempt to expel Palestinians from the devastated territory.