Russia’s Military Drone Makes Successful Maiden Flight

Russia’s Military Drone Makes Successful Maiden Flight

The Russian military says a heavy drone it’s developing has made a successful maiden flight.The Defense Ministry on Wednesday released...

UK Food Industry Looks To Avoid Shortages in No-Deal Brexit

UK Food Industry Looks To Avoid Shortages in No-Deal Brexit

The U.K. food industry is asking the government to set aside competition rules so companies can coordinate supply decisions to...

Zelenskiy Says Called Putin After 4 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in East

Zelenskiy Says Called Putin After 4 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in East

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he has spoken with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, after four Ukrainian soldiers were killed...

Jumping Like a Lemur, Flying Like a Dragonfly – Robots That Mimic Animal Movements May Be On Their Way

Jumping Like a Lemur, Flying Like a Dragonfly – Robots That Mimic Animal Movements May Be On Their Way

In a laboratory in California, engineers are working on pushing the boundaries of how robots move, imitating the ways some...

NBA, Twitch Announce Deal for Digital Rights to USA Basketball

NBA, Twitch Announce Deal for Digital Rights to USA Basketball

The National Basketball Association on Tuesday said that Amazon.com’s Twitch would be its exclusive digital partner for streaming USA Basketball...

Ukraine Calls for More Peace Talks After 4 Die in Eastern Donbass

Ukraine Calls for More Peace Talks After 4 Die in Eastern Donbass

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the leaders of Russia, Germany and France to resume talks on a peaceful solution to...

PM: Croatia President Will Run for Second Term

PM: Croatia President Will Run for Second Term

Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarevic will run for a second five-year term on behalf of her ruling party, Prime Minister Andrej...

China Plans to Use New Tech Like AI To ‘Win Wars’ Amid US Concerns

China Plans to Use New Tech Like AI To ‘Win Wars’ Amid US Concerns

China’s military says it is focused on harnessing new technologies to “fight and win wars” in the future and is...

Can Turkey Be a Trusted NATO Partner?

Can Turkey Be a Trusted NATO Partner?

Can Turkey be reeled back in as a trusted NATO partner? A growing chorus of policy-makers and foreign-policy analysts fear...

Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? More a Speculative Bet, Market Players Say

Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? More a Speculative Bet, Market Players Say

Bitcoin’s recent gains as stocks plummeted on U.S.-China trade tensions reflect not so much its safe-haven credentials but its potential...

UN Rights Chief Condemns Mass Shootings in US

UN Rights Chief Condemns Mass Shootings in US

The United Nations High Commissioner for human Rights, Michele Bachelet, has condemned the two mass shootings that claimed the lives...

Norway Worried by Russian Sea, Air Maneuvers

Norway Worried by Russian Sea, Air Maneuvers

Russia has told Norway its navy and air force will hold exercises near the Nordic nation’s Arctic waters later this...

EU Open to Brexit Talks But Refuses to Modify Divorce Deal

EU Open to Brexit Talks But Refuses to Modify Divorce Deal

The European Union says its door remains open should British Prime Minister Boris Johnson want to discuss his country’s departure...

Hajj Trip May Help Christchurch Mosque Victims Heal

Hajj Trip May Help Christchurch Mosque Victims Heal

The scars from the nine bullets the gunman fired into Temel Atacocugu run down his left side like knotty rope....

After Mass Shootings, Tech Industry Shuns 8chan

After Mass Shootings, Tech Industry Shuns 8chan

First, it lost its internet security provider. Then, another company cut off its new internet host. In less than 24 hours, 8chan,...

Video Games Not Contributors to Violence, Studies Show

Video Games Not Contributors to Violence, Studies Show

Emily Seymour contributed to this report. Many young people reacting to the most recent mass shootings in the U.S. are rejecting...

AP Explains: What Is the Online Forum 8chan?

AP Explains: What Is the Online Forum 8chan?

An anonymous online forum called 8chan has drawn attention in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio because...

Titanic Shipyard to File for Bankruptcy

Titanic Shipyard to File for Bankruptcy

The iconic Northern Ireland shipyard, known for building the Titanic, is about to go into bankruptcy. British authorities have named an...

One Dead, 8 Injured in Explosions at Russian Arms Depot

One Dead, 8 Injured in Explosions at Russian Arms Depot

Thousands of people have been evacuated from a Siberian town after an ammunition storage site on a military base caught...

Filing Details Services for Ukrainian President in Runup to Election

Filing Details Services for Ukrainian President in Runup to Election

This story originated in VOA’s Ukrainian Service. WASHINGTON — Washington-based lobbying firm Signal Group Consulting has filed documentation of services it...

Russia’s Putin Slams US Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal

Russia’s Putin Slams US Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will not deploy short- or medium-range nuclear weapons unless in response to U.S....

Syrian Troops Resume Offensive on Rebel Stronghold in Idlib

Syrian Troops Resume Offensive on Rebel Stronghold in Idlib

The Syrian army said Monday it will resume its offensive against the northwestern Idlib province, the last opposition-held stronghold, accusing...