Russia to Upgrade Homegrown Encyclopedia After Putin Pans Wikipedia

Russia to Upgrade Homegrown Encyclopedia After Putin Pans Wikipedia

Russia is to set up a new online site for its national encyclopedia after President Vladimir Putin said Wikipedia was...

Twitter Makes Global Changes to Comply with Privacy Laws

Twitter Makes Global Changes to Comply with Privacy Laws

Twitter is updating its global privacy policy to give users more information about what data advertisers might receive and is...

Malta PM Defends Actions as Opposition Quits Parliament

Malta PM Defends Actions as Opposition Quits Parliament

VALLETTA – Prime Minister Joseph Muscat defended on Monday his government’s handling of the murder in 2017 of journalist Daphne...

Don’t Fiddle While the Planet Burns, UN Chief Warns Climate Summit

Don’t Fiddle While the Planet Burns, UN Chief Warns Climate Summit

The world must choose hope over surrender in the fight against climate change, U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Monday,...

Trump Heads to Summit Under Cloud of Impeachment

Trump Heads to Summit Under Cloud of Impeachment

 U.S. President Donald Trump is in London this week to attend the NATO summit as his impeachment fight back home...

Zelenskiy: Allies ‘Can’t Go Blocking’ Aid at Time of War

Zelenskiy: Allies ‘Can’t Go Blocking’ Aid at Time of War

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview Monday that he didn’t speak with President Donald Trump “from the position...

Prince Andrew’s Accuser Asks UK Public for Support

Prince Andrew’s Accuser Asks UK Public for Support

The woman who says she was a trafficking victim made to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17...

Putin Signs Law Making Russian Apps Mandatory on Smartphones, Computers

Putin Signs Law Making Russian Apps Mandatory on Smartphones, Computers

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation requiring all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in the country...

Jailed Kurdish Leader in Turkey Sent to Hospital for Tests

Jailed Kurdish Leader in Turkey Sent to Hospital for Tests

The jailed ex-leader of a Kurdish party in Turkey has been sent to hospital for examinations, authorities said Monday, shortly...

Terror Attack Has Britons Questioning De-Radicalization Effort

Terror Attack Has Britons Questioning De-Radicalization Effort

When Usman Khan left prison last December after serving half of a 16-year sentence for his part in a plot...

Putin and Xi Oversee Launch of Landmark Russian Gas Pipeline to China

Putin and Xi Oversee Launch of Landmark Russian Gas Pipeline to China

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday oversaw the launch of a landmark pipeline that...

France Pays Homage to 13 Soldiers Killed in Mali Air Crash

France Pays Homage to 13 Soldiers Killed in Mali Air Crash

In its biggest military funeral in decades, France is honoring 13 soldiers killed when their helicopters collided over Mali while...

Guterres: Climate Crisis Is ‘In Sight And Hurtling Towards Us’

Guterres: Climate Crisis Is ‘In Sight And Hurtling Towards Us’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a “point of no return” in climate change as a result of...

How Can Brexit Affect Vietnam? Let Us Count the Ways

How Can Brexit Affect Vietnam? Let Us Count the Ways

What does Brexit have to do with Vietnam? It seems a strange question, but there are several ways that Britain’s...

Former Irish Soldier Who Joined IS Arrested in Ireland

Former Irish Soldier Who Joined IS Arrested in Ireland

An Irish citizen, who converted to Islam, traveled to Syria to join Islamic State and ended up marrying a British...

Malta Leader to Resign Amid Protests Over Reporter’s Death

Malta Leader to Resign Amid Protests Over Reporter’s Death

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told the nation Sunday night that he would resign in January, following pressure from angry...

Uzbekistan Faces Choice Between Closer Ties to US, Russia

Uzbekistan Faces Choice Between Closer Ties to US, Russia

After two decades of disengagement from international entanglements, a newly confident Uzbekistan is seeking a larger role in its Central...

19 Killed as Bus Plunges Onto Frozen River in Siberia

19 Killed as Bus Plunges Onto Frozen River in Siberia

A passenger bus plunged off a bridge onto a frozen river in Siberia on Sunday, killing 19 of the more...

Ahead of NATO Summit, European Leaders Brace for Trump

Ahead of NATO Summit, European Leaders Brace for Trump

President Donald Trump is heading to London this week to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Leaders Meeting. Forged at...

Greece to Ask for NATO’s Support in Dispute with Turkey

Greece to Ask for NATO’s Support in Dispute with Turkey

Greece’s prime minister says he will ask other NATO members at the alliance’s London summit to support Greece in the...

UN Chief: Humanity’s ‘War against Nature’ Must Stop

UN Chief: Humanity’s ‘War against Nature’ Must Stop

The devastating impact of global warming that threatens humanity is a pushback from Nature under assault, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres...

Joyous Congolese Dances, Songs Enliven St. Peter’s Basilica

Joyous Congolese Dances, Songs Enliven St. Peter’s Basilica

Congolese dancing and singing enlivened St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, as Pope Francis celebrated a special mass for Catholics from...