Apple Must Loosen App Store Grip, Judge Says; What’s the Impact? 

Apple Must Loosen App Store Grip, Judge Says; What’s the Impact? 

Apple will be forced to loosen the grip it holds on its App Store payment system, a U.S. federal judge...

Prince Andrew Receives Lawsuit Accusing Him of Sexual Abuse 

Prince Andrew Receives Lawsuit Accusing Him of Sexual Abuse 

Britain’s Prince Andrew has been served with a lawsuit by a woman accusing him of sexually assaulting and battering her...

Russia Completes Nord Stream 2 Construction, Gas Not Yet Flowing

Russia Completes Nord Stream 2 Construction, Gas Not Yet Flowing

Gazprom said Friday it had finished construction of the Nord Stream 2 subsea pipeline to Germany, completing Moscow’s project to...

Ukrainian President Says War With Russia Is Worst-case Possibility

Ukrainian President Says War With Russia Is Worst-case Possibility

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Friday that all-out war with neighboring Russia was a possibility, and that he wanted to...

With NATO Forces Gone, Russia Looks South to Afghanistan, Warily

With NATO Forces Gone, Russia Looks South to Afghanistan, Warily

Russia has been treading carefully in its dealings with the Taliban, engaging with them but so far withholding formal recognition...

Russia Says Divisive Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Complete

Russia Says Divisive Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Complete

Moscow announced Friday the completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which critics say will increase Europe’s dependence...

Afghan Withdrawal Raises Questions, But Saving Lives Comes First, Says Albanian Prime Minister

Afghan Withdrawal Raises Questions, But Saving Lives Comes First, Says Albanian Prime Minister

In an interview Thursday, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said there are questions about how the U.S. troop withdrawal from...

Denmark Lifts All COVID Curbs

Denmark Lifts All COVID Curbs

With no masks in sight, buzzing offices and concerts drawing tens of thousands, Denmark on Friday ditches vaccine passports in...

BRICS Nations Say Afghan Territory Should Not Be Used by Terror Groups 

BRICS Nations Say Afghan Territory Should Not Be Used by Terror Groups 

Leaders of the BRICS nations discussed Afghanistan at a virtual summit Thursday, with participants underscoring the importance of preventing terrorists...

Advances in Magnets Move Distant Nuclear Fusion Dream Closer

Advances in Magnets Move Distant Nuclear Fusion Dream Closer

Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to...

Britain Threatens to Send Migrant Boats Back to France 

Britain Threatens to Send Migrant Boats Back to France 

Britain has approved plans to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to its shores, deepening a rift with France over...

Costs, Opportunity Prompt More Honduran Migrants to Choose Spain Over US

Costs, Opportunity Prompt More Honduran Migrants to Choose Spain Over US

Organized crime, a struggling economy, and repression continue to drive many Central Americans from their homelands with increasing numbers opting to head for Spain,...

Europe Medicines Agency Considering 4 Additional COVID Vaccines

Europe Medicines Agency Considering 4 Additional COVID Vaccines

Europe’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, said Thursday it is reviewing four additional COVID-19 vaccines and could issue new...

14 Dead in North Macedonia After Fire Rips Through COVID Field Hospital

14 Dead in North Macedonia After Fire Rips Through COVID Field Hospital

Fourteen people are dead and several more were injured after a fire ripped through a North Macedonia COVID-19 field hospital...

2015 Paris Terror Attack Trial Expected to Last Nine Months

2015 Paris Terror Attack Trial Expected to Last Nine Months

The next nine months will determine the fate of 20 people on trial for the 2015 terror attacks in Paris....

Russia Heading for ‘Least Free Elections’ in 20 Years, Say Opposition Leaders  

Russia Heading for ‘Least Free Elections’ in 20 Years, Say Opposition Leaders  

Russia’s parliamentary elections in less than two weeks’ time are shaping up to be the least free since Vladimir Putin...

Paris Begins Trial of 2015 Terror Attackers

Paris Begins Trial of 2015 Terror Attackers

Twenty people linked to the November 2015 terrorist attacks in France went on trial in Paris Wednesday in proceedings expected...

Turkey’s Erdogan Voices Caution Over New Afghan Government

Turkey’s Erdogan Voices Caution Over New Afghan Government

Turkey is voicing caution over Afghanistan’s interim government as it continues talks with the Taliban on restarting air traffic at...

RIA:  Russia’s Emergencies Minister Dies During Arctic Training Exercise

RIA: Russia’s Emergencies Minister Dies During Arctic Training Exercise

Russian Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died during a training exercise in the Arctic on Wednesday, RIA news agency cited the...

US, Germany Hosting Talks on Afghanistan 

US, Germany Hosting Talks on Afghanistan 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas are hosting talks Wednesday with a group of partners and allies to...

Qatar Awards Scholarship to Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team

Qatar Awards Scholarship to Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team

Qatar has granted academic scholarships to members of a girls’ robotics team from Afghanistan dubbed the “Afghan Dreamers,” the Persian...

Paris Braces for Trial of 2015 Terror Attackers

Paris Braces for Trial of 2015 Terror Attackers

Twenty people linked to the November 2015 terrorist attacks in France are going on trial in Paris Wednesday in proceedings...