Italy’s Head of State Opens Formal Consultations with Political Parties
Italy’s president begins consultations on Wednesday on seeing if there is any way another working coalition government can be formed...
A Biometric ID: A Scan of the Iris or Fingerprint, to get Food, Medical Supplies
To get medical supplies or food, people in some places around the world are showing not a government ID but...
Russian Parliament Accuses US of Political Interference
Russian politicians are accusing the United States of trying to interfere in Moscow’s upcoming elections by helping to organize mass...
Conservationists Push at CITES Conference to Ban Trophy Hunting
A group of activists is trying to persuade an international conservation conference to ban trophy hunting, which outrages some animal...
Trump Delays Denmark PM Talks Over Lack of Interest in Greenland Sale
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is postponing a planned meeting with Denmark’s prime minister due to her lack...
Dropping Winds Help Crews Battle Canary Islands Wildfire
Firefighters battling Spain’s largest wildfire of the year got a break Tuesday as wind gusts abated. More than 12,000 hectares have...
Italy Seizes Migrant Ship Stranded at Sea
More than 80 migrants on board a Spanish charity rescue ship exploded with joy at the news that Italy is...
Russia to Nuclear Test Ban Monitor: Test Accident Not Your Business
Russia told an agency that verifies a ban on nuclear tests that a military test accident in the country’s north...
Twitter, Facebook Take Down Chinese Fake News Accounts
After Hong Kong saw one of its biggest protests yet over the weekend, a social media war has broken out...
Italian PM Conte to Resign After League Party Pulls Backing
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation Tuesday, blaming his decision to end his 14-month-old populist government on his rebellious...
Post-Brexit US-UK Trade Deal Under Threat
U.S. Democratic party lawmakers are threatening to kill any free trade deal Britain strikes with the Trump administration, if a...
UN: People Rescued at Sea Must Not Be Used as Political Hostages
The U.N. refugee agency is repeating its appeal to European nations to allow the immediate disembarkation of people stranded aboard...
Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Block Off-Facebook Data Gathering
Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook.Facebook is launching...
Lufthansa Boss Sees Only ‘Dozen’ Long-Haul Airlines in Future
Only a dozen airlines will eventually share the aviation market for major international routes, predicts Lufthansa’s CEO, while a possible...
Silence at Russian Nuclear-Monitoring Stations Fuel Fears Over Extent Of Deadly Blast
Days after a mysterious explosion at a Russian naval test site caused radiation detectors to briefly spike, several monitoring stations...
Constitutional Crises Are Making European Monarchs Relevant Again
Europe’s monarchs, long relegated to ceremonial duties, lavish weddings and tabloid gossip fodder, are suddenly on the verge of becoming...
Spanish Charity Ship Threatens to Defy Italian Authorities
The Open Arms charity says it is willing to defy Italian authorities and dock their migrant ship at Lampedusa.The boat...
As World Watches Hong Kong, Twitter and Facebook Take Down Accounts Associated with Chinese Government
After Hong Kong saw one of its biggest protests yet over the weekend, a social media war has broken out...
Plans Detailed for First US Mission to Land on Moon Since Apollo
The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be a robotic moon lander...
Polish Opposition Unites in Bid to Wrest Senate From Ruling Nationalists
Polish opposition parties have joined forces to try to win a majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate,...
Presidents of France, Russia Meet to Discuss World Conflicts
Updated 9 pm, Aug. 19.French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in southern France where they...
Radiation Monitoring Stations Offline After Mysterious Russian Blast
Four radiation monitoring stations in Russia have gone offline after a mysterious blast at a Russian missile testing facility on...
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