Powerful Slovakian Businessman Acquitted in Journalist’s Murder

Powerful Slovakian Businessman Acquitted in Journalist’s Murder

A Slovakian businessman with political connections was acquitted Thursday of ordering the murder of Jan Kuciak, a journalist who was...

Twitter Confirms Indian PM Modi’s Personal Website Account Hacked

Twitter Confirms Indian PM Modi’s Personal Website Account Hacked

Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked with a series...

Facebook to Halt New Political Ads Week Before US Election

Facebook to Halt New Political Ads Week Before US Election

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would stop accepting new political ads in the week before the U.S. presidential election...

Verdict Expected in Case of Journalist Murder That Rocked Slovakia

Verdict Expected in Case of Journalist Murder That Rocked Slovakia

A Slovak court is expected to rule Thursday on whether an influential businessman ordered the murder of an investigative journalist,...

France’s Macron Stresses Support for Iraqi Sovereignty in Baghdad Visit

France’s Macron Stresses Support for Iraqi Sovereignty in Baghdad Visit

French President Emmanuel Macron voiced support on Wednesday for a sovereign Iraq and said its main challenges are Islamic State...

Refugees Abandoned at Sea Between Turkey and Greece

Refugees Abandoned at Sea Between Turkey and Greece

Refugees in Turkey seeking new lives by crossing the eastern Mediterranean to Greece are increasingly subject to being robbed, beaten...

Putin Critic Poisoned by Soviet-Era Nerve Agent, Germany Says

Putin Critic Poisoned by Soviet-Era Nerve Agent, Germany Says

Germany said Wednesday that tests performed on specimens taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed the presence of the...

British PM Clashes With Opposition in First Parliament Debate Since Recess

British PM Clashes With Opposition in First Parliament Debate Since Recess

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson clashed with main opposition leader Keir Starmer in Parliament Wednesday during a heated debate that...

Pakistan Blocks 5 Dating Apps Over ‘Immoral Content’

Pakistan Blocks 5 Dating Apps Over ‘Immoral Content’

Pakistan has blocked access to five dating apps for their delivery of “immoral/indecent content” in the majority-Muslim nation. The state regulator,...

14 Terror Attack Suspects on Trial in Paris

14 Terror Attack Suspects on Trial in Paris

Fourteen alleged associates of two jihadist terrorists went on trial Wednesday in Paris for allegedly helping them carry out deadly...

US Vows Continued Support for Freedom in Belarus

US Vows Continued Support for Freedom in Belarus

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun says Washington and its European partners will continue to press Belarusian authorities to...

In COVID-19 Migration Surge, Africans Take a More Dangerous Route

In COVID-19 Migration Surge, Africans Take a More Dangerous Route

The shaky video taken with a mobile phone shows sunbathers on a beach in Gran Canaria gazing out to sea at the...

Facebook, Twitter Suspend Russian Network Ahead of Election

Facebook, Twitter Suspend Russian Network Ahead of Election

Facebook said Tuesday that it removed a small network of accounts and pages linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency, the...

Under Police Gaze, Climate Protesters Return to Britain’s Streets

Under Police Gaze, Climate Protesters Return to Britain’s Streets

After a pandemic hiatus, more than a thousand mask-wearing Extinction Rebellion climate activists marched back onto London’s streets Tuesday, calling...

Budapest Touts Swimming in Fast-Flowing Danube River

Budapest Touts Swimming in Fast-Flowing Danube River

Thrill-seeking swimmers in Hungary recently challenged the fast-flowing waters of the Danube at an event aimed at encouraging Hungarians to...

Macron to Lebanon’s Leaders: Make Changes in 3 Months or Face Sanctions

Macron to Lebanon’s Leaders: Make Changes in 3 Months or Face Sanctions

French President Emmanuel Macron has given Lebanese politicians three months to take concrete steps to rebuild the country, or face...

Amazon Wins FAA Approval to Deliver Packages by Drone

Amazon Wins FAA Approval to Deliver Packages by Drone

Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality.The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it...

Belarusian Opposition Leader Rejects Western Help

Belarusian Opposition Leader Rejects Western Help

The Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has told VOA the country’s political crisis is an “internal affair,” appearing to reject...

Belarusian Police Detain Demonstrators

Belarusian Police Detain Demonstrators

Belarusian authorities detained scores of demonstrators Tuesday as university students protested in Minsk to demand the resignation of authoritarian President...

How China Dominates Global Battery Supply Chain

How China Dominates Global Battery Supply Chain

After years of planning, China now dominates the world’s production of new generation batteries that are key to transitioning away...

Facebook Says Will Stop News Sharing in Australia if New Regulations Become Law

Facebook Says Will Stop News Sharing in Australia if New Regulations Become Law

Facebook Inc said it would block news publishers and people in Australia from sharing news on Facebook and Instagram if...