Western Democracy Under Threat, Security Conference Warns
NATO says it will draw down troop levels in Afghanistan if the Taliban show they are willing and able to end violence...
Facebook to Allow Paid Political Messages That Aren’t Ads
Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules...
Bulgarian Journalists Facing ‘Disgraceful Attacks’ By Top Officials
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on the Bulgarian authorities to stop trying to intimidate journalists, who the watchdog says...
Turkish Leader Criticizes Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a visit to Pakistan Friday, reiterated strong opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently...
Esper Defends Shifting Defense Funds for Trump’s Border Wall
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday defended his decision to divert billions of dollars in funding for Navy and...
Jewish Leaders Seek Better Policing of Online Hate Speech
Jewish leaders called Friday for better policing of hate speech on social media platforms over concerns prompted by recent attacks...
Zuckerberg Accepts That Facebook May Have to Pay More Taxes
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to throw his support behind international reforms that would require Silicon Valley tech giants to...
Macron Announces Measures to Protect Ice, Biodiversity of French Mountains
French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a plan to protect glaciers and biodiversity in the French mountains. During a visit...
In Africa, US Sees Trainers as ‘Better Fit’ Than Combat Troops
The United States is trying to ease concerns about its decision to withdraw conventional troops from Africa and replace them...
US Court Halts Pentagon Work with Microsoft on Cloud Contract
A federal judge in Washington has halted, for now, a major U.S. Defense Department cyber contract, blocking Microsoft Corp. from...
Airport Encounter With Venezuelan Vice President Roils Spanish Politics
Spanish opposition parties are calling for an investigation of a mysterious midnight meeting between Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and...
Spain Disputes Tech Show Canceled for Health Motives
Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair insisted Thursday that they canceled the annual Mobile World Congress due to...
Italian Far-Right Leader Matteo Salvini Could Face Trial for Detained Migrants
Italy’s far-right leader, Matteo Salvini, Thursday defended his position not to allow more than 100 migrants, who had been rescued...
Ex-Ukraine Ambassador: State Department Leaders Lack Vision
The career U.S. diplomat who was ousted from her post in Ukraine by President Donald Trump, then was criticized by...
Amid Soaring Tensions, Leaders Prepare for Key Global Security Summit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pentagon chief Mark Esper will join hundreds of global leaders in Germany Friday...
British Finance Minister Unexpectedly Resigns
British Finance Minister Sajid Javid announced his resignation Thursday, a development that came unexpectedly as Prime Minister Boris Johnson reorganizes...
Spanish Tech Show Assessing Cost of Cancellation Over Virus
Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair say the cost of cancelling the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) is...
Questions, Scars Remain as France Marks 60 Years Since Nuclear Tests
France marks the 60th anniversary of nuclear weapons tests that turned it into one of the world’s first nuclear powers. That...
Tensions Soar as Leaders Prepare for Key Global Security Summit
Political and military leaders from across the world head to Germany for the three-day Munich Security Conference that opens Friday....
Pompeo Heads to Europe, Africa, Middle East
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to the Munich Security Conference, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Oman, with...
NATO Agrees to Expand Anti-IS Training Mission in Iraq
NATO has agreed “in principle” to take over some of the training activities carried out by the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic...
Ukrainian Police Major, Ex-Convict Wanted in Arson of RFE/RL’s Reporter’s Car
Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office in Lviv suspects an underworld criminal and a police major of collusion in the arson of a...
