Critics worry that victory will embolden Mr. Modi to assert the Hindu nationalist policies that his party campaigned on, placing India squarely within a global shift to the right.

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Coming this week: European Parliamentary elections, considered the truest barometer of public attitudes toward the bloc, will take place from Thursday through Sunday as far-right parties across the continent continue to gain strength.

Austria: The country’s president called for snap elections in September after the government collapsed over a secretly filmed video showing the far-right vice chancellor promising government contracts to a woman claiming to be the niece of a Russian oligarch.

Britain: One of the country’s most prolific extremist networks, Al Muhajiroun, which was implicated in the London bombings of 2005, appears to be regrouping as the co-founder, Anjem Choudary, and other members are being released after finishing prison terms.

Iran: The country unloaded missiles from at least two small boats in its territorial waters on Friday, a move that two American officials said was a sign of de-escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran.

U.S.: President Trump has indicated that he is considering pardons for several American military members accused or convicted of war crimes. The timing is expected to be on or around Memorial Day, the U.S. holiday next Monday that honors those who died while serving in the country’s armed forces.

Venezuela: Economists said the country, once Latin America’s richest, has suffered the worst economic collapse outside of war in at least 45 years.