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Serbia’s Populist Leader Denounces Planned Belgrade Bridge Blockade After Shootings

Serbia’s Populist Leader Denounces Planned Belgrade Bridge Blockade After Shootings

Serbia’s populist leader has sharply denounced opposition plans to block a key bridge and motorway in Belgrade on Friday to...

Apple to Launch First Online Store in Vietnam

Apple to Launch First Online Store in Vietnam

Apple will launch its first online store in Vietnam next week, the company said Friday, hoping to cash in on...

South Africa Summons US Ambassador Over Russia Weapons Row

South Africa Summons US Ambassador Over Russia Weapons Row

A war of words is brewing between the U.S. and South Africa after the U.S. ambassador to the country said...

For Turning ‘Mines to Vines,’ Founder of Roots of Peace Wins World Food Prize

For Turning ‘Mines to Vines,’ Founder of Roots of Peace Wins World Food Prize

A California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace them with grape vines,...

Serbians Hand Over Thousands of Weapons After Mass Shootings

Serbians Hand Over Thousands of Weapons After Mass Shootings

Serbian citizens have handed over nearly 6,000 unregistered weapons in the first three days of a monthlong amnesty period that...

Italy Reconsidering Investment Pact With China  

Italy Reconsidering Investment Pact With China  

Italy is having second thoughts on renewing a controversial investment pact with China. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal...

Stunning Mosaic of Baby Star Clusters Created From 1 Million Telescope Shots

Stunning Mosaic of Baby Star Clusters Created From 1 Million Telescope Shots

Astronomers have created a stunning mosaic of baby star clusters hiding in our galactic backyard. The montage, published Thursday, reveals...

German Iranian Charged With Tehran-Guided Arson Attempt

German Iranian Charged With Tehran-Guided Arson Attempt

German prosecutors on Thursday charged a German Iranian dual national in an attempted arson attack near a synagogue on the...

US Accuses South Africa of Shipping Arms to Russia

US Accuses South Africa of Shipping Arms to Russia

The U.S. on Thursday accused South Africa of supplying arms to Russia for its war in Ukraine in a three-day...

Turkey’s Voters Face Stark Choice in Closest Polls in Decades

Turkey’s Voters Face Stark Choice in Closest Polls in Decades

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his biggest electoral challenge Sunday with a country recovering from deadly earthquakes, an economic...

West Mulls Designating Russia’s Wagner Group as Terrorists

West Mulls Designating Russia’s Wagner Group as Terrorists

Britain is preparing to designate the Wagner Group — a Russian private army that is deeply involved in the invasion...

Migration, Defense Issues Unite Political Forces Ahead of Greek Elections

Migration, Defense Issues Unite Political Forces Ahead of Greek Elections

Like Turkey, Greece faces key national elections this month, and topping the foreign policy agenda are Athens’ tense relations with...

Vienna Sets Trend in Gender-Friendly City Planning

Vienna Sets Trend in Gender-Friendly City Planning

Austria, has been ranked by The Economist as the most livable city in the world and it is also the...

Number of Internally Displaced People Hits Record High

Number of Internally Displaced People Hits Record High

The number of people internally displaced globally hit a record 71.1 million at the end of last year, according to...

Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy Says Not Yet Time for Counteroffensive

Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy Says Not Yet Time for Counteroffensive

New developments: Support for Ukraine on agenda as G-7 finance ministers meet in Japan. British Defense Ministry says Russia likely...

Ahead of Turkey’s Election, Erdogan Turns to Radical Islamist Party

Ahead of Turkey’s Election, Erdogan Turns to Radical Islamist Party

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned to Huda Par, a radical Islamist party, to consolidate his Kurdish base. But...

Former US Diplomats Confident in Turkish People’s Commitment to Democracy 

Former US Diplomats Confident in Turkish People’s Commitment to Democracy 

As Turkey heads to the polls for its momentous elections Sunday, former U.S. ambassadors to Ankara will be monitoring from...

Kremlin Calls Polish Decision to Rename Kaliningrad ‘Hostile Act’

Kremlin Calls Polish Decision to Rename Kaliningrad ‘Hostile Act’

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Poland’s decision to rename the Russian city of Kaliningrad in its official documents was...

Spain Welcomes Immigrants in Battle Against Depopulation

Spain Welcomes Immigrants in Battle Against Depopulation

Much of western Europe is dealing with dwindling populations, and the problem is especially severe in Spain, where the government...

Refugees Fear Opposition Win in Turkish Elections

Refugees Fear Opposition Win in Turkish Elections

Ahead of what may be the most important elections in recent Turkish history, activists say the country’s refugee population is...

US Cyber Command ‘Hunts Forward’ in Latvia

US Cyber Command ‘Hunts Forward’ in Latvia

Repeated attempts by hackers, including some linked to Russia, to damage or take down critical infrastructure in Latvia have been...

Ukrainian Nuclear Operator Warns of Worker Shortage at Russia-Occupied Plant

Ukrainian Nuclear Operator Warns of Worker Shortage at Russia-Occupied Plant

United States to provide $1.2 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, including air defenses and ammunition. Ukrainian President Volodymyr...