US House Members Warn of Growing Russian Threat Against Radio Free Europe

US House Members Warn of Growing Russian Threat Against Radio Free Europe

Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives Friday urged President Joe Biden’s administration to confront what they said is...

Pro-Navalny Rallies in More Than 60 Russian Cities

Pro-Navalny Rallies in More Than 60 Russian Cities

Russian police are arresting supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as they take to the streets of more...

Pro-Navalny Rallies Planned in More Than 60 Russian Cities

Pro-Navalny Rallies Planned in More Than 60 Russian Cities

Supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are taking to the streets of more than 60 Russian cities on...

Role Reversal for US and Post-Brexit Britain

Role Reversal for US and Post-Brexit Britain

Well-placed geographically and politically between America and Europe, Britain has long marketed itself as the diplomatic bridge linking the two...

Twitter Bans Suspect Iran Account After Post Threatens Trump

Twitter Bans Suspect Iran Account After Post Threatens Trump

Twitter said Friday it has permanently banned an account that some in Iran believe is linked to the office of...

Britain Jails Smugglers in Deaths of 39 Vietnamese Migrants in Container

Britain Jails Smugglers in Deaths of 39 Vietnamese Migrants in Container

Four people-smugglers convicted of killing 39 people from Vietnam who died in the back of a container truck as it...

UK Chief Scientist: Virus Variant May Be More Deadly, Vaccines Effective Against It

UK Chief Scientist: Virus Variant May Be More Deadly, Vaccines Effective Against It

There is some evidence that a new coronavirus variant first identified in southeast England carries a higher risk of death...

Turkish-Greek Talks Resume to Defuse High Tensions Between NATO Members

Turkish-Greek Talks Resume to Defuse High Tensions Between NATO Members

After months of high seas tensions with Turkish and Greek warships facing off against one another over territorial disputes, the...

Scottish Butcher Sends Haggis to Edge of Space

Scottish Butcher Sends Haggis to Edge of Space

A Scottish butcher company Friday released video of a bag of Haggis – a traditional Scottish food – taking a...

German Health Officials Note Optimistic Signs Despite Climbing COVID-19 Death Toll

German Health Officials Note Optimistic Signs Despite Climbing COVID-19 Death Toll

As Germany on Friday surpassed 50,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, public health officials there expressed...

Moscow Welcomes US Plan to Extend Nuclear Arms Treaty

Moscow Welcomes US Plan to Extend Nuclear Arms Treaty

 Russia welcomed Friday the Biden administration’s announcement Thursday it is seeking a five-year extension of the New START arms control treaty, set to expire...

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Enters into Force

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Enters into Force

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement welcomed the entry into force Friday...

Judge Says Amazon Won’t Have to Restore Parler Web Service

Judge Says Amazon Won’t Have to Restore Parler Web Service

Amazon won’t be forced to immediately restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea...

Google Seals Content Payment Deal with French News Publishers

Google Seals Content Payment Deal with French News Publishers

Google and a French publishers lobby said Thursday that they had agreed to a copyright framework for the U.S. tech...

Facebook Oversight Panel to Review Suspension of Trump’s Accounts 

Facebook Oversight Panel to Review Suspension of Trump’s Accounts 

Facebook’s independent oversight board said Thursday that it had accepted the company’s request to review its decision to suspend the...

US to Offer Russia 5-year Extension on Nuclear Treaty

US to Offer Russia 5-year Extension on Nuclear Treaty

The new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is planning to offer Russia a five-year extension of a nuclear arms...

European Central Bank Says COVID Stimulus Policies to Stay in Place

European Central Bank Says COVID Stimulus Policies to Stay in Place

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday the bank will keep its COVID-19-related economic stimulus package in place as...

Stakes High as Kremlin Critic Navalny Returns to Russia

Stakes High as Kremlin Critic Navalny Returns to Russia

The arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has triggered international outrage and growing calls for his release. Navalny was...

Italian Coast Guard Recovers Carcass of Huge Whale in Mediterranean Sea

Italian Coast Guard Recovers Carcass of Huge Whale in Mediterranean Sea

The Italian Coast Guard said Thursday a young whale led them to recover the carcass of a huge fin whale,...

Romania Activist Urges People to Do Something Good Every Day

Romania Activist Urges People to Do Something Good Every Day

A gentle hero to many in Romania, Valeriu Nicolae says that, at heart, he is more like former NBA star...

Merkel Sees Broader Scope for Agreement with Biden

Merkel Sees Broader Scope for Agreement with Biden

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she sees more opportunity for agreement with new U.S. President Joe Biden than the...

Twitter Says It Locked Account of China’s US Embassy Over Xinjiang-Related Tweet

Twitter Says It Locked Account of China’s US Embassy Over Xinjiang-Related Tweet

Twitter has locked the account of China’s U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policies in the Xinjiang region,...