Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow Extended for 1 Month

Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow Extended for 1 Month

The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month....

US, China Vie for Africa Mobile Phone Sector

US, China Vie for Africa Mobile Phone Sector

Africa, in recent years, has become the new frontier where China and the United States, the world’s two biggest economic...

Musk Says $44-billion Twitter Deal Temporarily On Hold

Musk Says $44-billion Twitter Deal Temporarily On Hold

Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam...

US Senator Delays $40 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine

US Senator Delays $40 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Thursday blocked a vote on a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine, slowing U.S. efforts to...

Death Toll in Slovenia Factory Blast Rises to 6

Death Toll in Slovenia Factory Blast Rises to 6

A worker hurt in an explosion at a chemical factory in Slovenia has died from his injuries, bringing the total...

Hermit, Martyr and Journalist Among New Catholic Saints

Hermit, Martyr and Journalist Among New Catholic Saints

A Frenchman murdered in the desert, a Dutch priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp and an Indian lay convert are...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 13

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 13

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Europe Aims to Reverse Dependence on China for Electric Battery Mineral

Europe Aims to Reverse Dependence on China for Electric Battery Mineral

An obscure mountain in the remote far west of Spain could prove to be a game changer in the race...

Will Finland’s 1,300-Kilometer Border Become NATO-Russia Frontier? 

Will Finland’s 1,300-Kilometer Border Become NATO-Russia Frontier? 

Colored marker stones placed on either side of a small river – blue and white for Finland, red and green...

Finland’s Border Set to Become NATO-Russia Frontier

Finland’s Border Set to Become NATO-Russia Frontier

Finland’s government says the country should immediately apply to join NATO in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As Henry...

Ukraine War Presents French Farmers with Opportunity – and Risk

Ukraine War Presents French Farmers with Opportunity – and Risk

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is disrupting crop exports and driving up global food prices. Both countries are major exporters of...

Letter Z Becomes Russian Propaganda Tool

Letter Z Becomes Russian Propaganda Tool

Since the invasion of Ukraine began, the letter Z was used by Russia as a way to identify its military...

Finland’s Leaders Support Joining NATO

Finland’s Leaders Support Joining NATO

Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin Thursday expressed their approval for joining NATO, a move that would...

Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers to Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis

Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers to Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis

Calling US farms the ‘breadbasket of democracy,’ president vows to do more to offset food supply issues amid Russian invasion...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 12

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 12

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

‘This Tears My Soul Apart’: A Ukrainian Boy and a Killing

‘This Tears My Soul Apart’: A Ukrainian Boy and a Killing

As he listened to his father die, the boy lay still on the asphalt. His elbow burned where a bullet...

Finland Veterans Who Fought 1939 Russian Invasion Support NATO Membership   

Finland Veterans Who Fought 1939 Russian Invasion Support NATO Membership   

Finland and Sweden are expected to apply for NATO membership in the coming days, in response to Russia’s invasion of...

Iran Detains Two Europeans for Fomenting ‘Social Disorder, State TV Says

Iran Detains Two Europeans for Fomenting ‘Social Disorder, State TV Says

Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Wednesday it arrested two European nationals for allegedly fomenting “insecurity” in the country, state media...

Pushing Ahead With Invasion, Russia Keeps Up Artillery Attacks

Pushing Ahead With Invasion, Russia Keeps Up Artillery Attacks

Russian forces have been launching continuous artillery attacks on targets in southeastern Ukraine, continuing their push toward Odesa and other...

Finnish Veterans Who Fought Russian Invasion Support NATO Membership

Finnish Veterans Who Fought Russian Invasion Support NATO Membership

Ninety-nine-year-old Unto Hakuli and his fellow veteran and friend Tapio Niemi, 94, still live among the forests and frozen lakes...

Ukraine Cuts Off Russian Natural Gas Pipeline Supplying Europe

Ukraine Cuts Off Russian Natural Gas Pipeline Supplying Europe

The fight for Ukraine played out beyond the battlefields on Wednesday, with Kyiv cutting off one Russian natural gas pipeline...

For Macron’s Second Term — a Lower Profile in Africa?

For Macron’s Second Term — a Lower Profile in Africa?

Five years ago, France’s Emmanuel Macron saw big when it came to Africa. Days after his presidential inauguration, he flew...