Britain Calls Ship Seizure ‘Hostile Act’ As Iran Releases Video of Capture

Britain Calls Ship Seizure ‘Hostile Act’ As Iran Releases Video of Capture

Britain on Saturday denounced Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a “hostile act” and rejected...

British Airways Suspends Flights to Cairo

British Airways Suspends Flights to Cairo

CAIRO — British Airways abruptly suspended flights to Cairo for a week from Saturday over security concerns, giving no details...

Greek PM Says 2020 Budget Will Respect Fiscal Targets 

Greek PM Says 2020 Budget Will Respect Fiscal Targets 

ATHENS — Greece will submit a 2020 budget later this year that will fully respect the fiscal targets agreed upon with its...

Pompeo Tells Turkey of Disappointment About Missile Purchase

Pompeo Tells Turkey of Disappointment About Missile Purchase

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Turkey’s foreign minister on Saturday and expressed disappointment over the country’s acquisition...

Vatican Begins Examining Bones From to Identify Them

Vatican Begins Examining Bones From to Identify Them

Two ossuaries found under the Pontifical Teutonic College in the Vatican were opened Saturday and forensic experts began to analyze...

Global Tensions Mount Over Iran’s Seizure of British Oil Tanker

Global Tensions Mount Over Iran’s Seizure of British Oil Tanker

VOA National Security Correspondent Jeff Seldin contributed to this report.WHITE HOUSE – Global tensions continue to mount over Iran’s seizure...

Italy’s Etna Volcano Erupts on Sicily, Closing 2 Airports

Italy’s Etna Volcano Erupts on Sicily, Closing 2 Airports

Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s biggest live volcano, erupted overnight with lava flows and explosive burps, vulcanologists said Saturday.A heavy emission...

Spain’s Socialists, Far-left Party Move Closer to Government Deal

Spain’s Socialists, Far-left Party Move Closer to Government Deal

Spain’s center-left Socialist party and the United We Can party edged closer to a deal on forming a coalition government...

Russia’s Putin Says He ‘Sympathized’ With Trump Before US Election 

Russia’s Putin Says He ‘Sympathized’ With Trump Before US Election 

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had “sympathized” with Donald Trump before the 2016 presidential election that swept Trump to power...

Kosovo PM Resigns Following Summons From Hague War Court 

Kosovo PM Resigns Following Summons From Hague War Court 

Updated at 5:54 p.m. July 19.This story originated in VOA’s Albanian and Serbian services. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj abruptly resigned Friday after being...

Trump Administration Trying to Bring A$AP Rocky Home

Trump Administration Trying to Bring A$AP Rocky Home

First lady Melania Trump says her husband’s administration is working with the State Department to try to bring rapper A$AP...

Spain’s Socialists, Far-Left Party Move Closer to Govt Deal

Spain’s Socialists, Far-Left Party Move Closer to Govt Deal

Spain’s center-left Socialist party and the United We Can party edged closer to a deal on forming a coalition government...

Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Rebels after Diplomat’s Death

Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Rebels after Diplomat’s Death

Turkey launched airstrikes against Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, after the killing of a Turkish diplomat there,...

Germany: Facebook to Appeal Fine Under Hate Speech Law

Germany: Facebook to Appeal Fine Under Hate Speech Law

Facebook says it plans to appeal German authorities’ decision to fine it 2 million euros ($2.3 million) under a law...

German Rescue Ship Captain Questioned in Italy on Unauthorized Docking

German Rescue Ship Captain Questioned in Italy on Unauthorized Docking

The German rescue ship captain who allegedly disobeyed Italy’s ban on migrant ships, voiced hope Thursday that EU countries would...

Germany’s Merkel Fends Off Worries about Her Health

Germany’s Merkel Fends Off Worries about Her Health

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is fending off worries about her health, saying that she has a personal interest in staying...

Turkey Dismisses EU Sanctions, as Tensions Escalate over Cyprus

Turkey Dismisses EU Sanctions, as Tensions Escalate over Cyprus

Turkey’s dismissal of recently imposed European Union sanctions as “valueless” puts the country on a collision course with the EU....

Trump Says He’s Not Weighing Sanctions Against Turkey for Missile Purchase

Trump Says He’s Not Weighing Sanctions Against Turkey for Missile Purchase

VOA’s Jeff Seldin contributed to this report.U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was not considering sanctions against Turkey...

3 Charged in Killing of Maltese Journalist

3 Charged in Killing of Maltese Journalist

VALLETTA, MALTA — Three suspects were formally charged this week in the 2017 slaying of Maltese anti-corruption journalist and blogger Daphne...

Russia Summons US Diplomat in Moscow in Protest Over Visa Row

Russia Summons US Diplomat in Moscow in Protest Over Visa Row

Russia summoned a representative of the U.S. embassy in Moscow on Thursday to issue a protest after U.S. officials alleged...

US Senator Schumer Asks FBI, FTC to Probe Russia’s FaceApp Over Security Concerns

US Senator Schumer Asks FBI, FTC to Probe Russia’s FaceApp Over Security Concerns

U.S. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called on the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a national security...

Budget Watchdog Says No-Deal Brexit Will Spur UK Recession

Budget Watchdog Says No-Deal Brexit Will Spur UK Recession

The U.K. will plunge into recession if it leaves the European Union without a divorce deal, with the pound plunging...