Firefighters Battling Major Wildfire on Outskirts of Athens 

Firefighters Battling Major Wildfire on Outskirts of Athens 

Nearly 500 firefighters and over 100 fire engines have been deployed to fight a massive wildfire threatening several mountainside suburbs...

Putin Open to Ukraine Grain Deal, Wants Russian Sanctions Dropped

Putin Open to Ukraine Grain Deal, Wants Russian Sanctions Dropped

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia was ready to facilitate Ukrainian grain shipments from ports along the Black...

Ukrainian First Lady to Address US Lawmakers

Ukrainian First Lady to Address US Lawmakers

U.S. lawmakers are set to hear Wednesday from Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska as she delivers remarks on Capitol Hill. ...

US Places Russia on Human Trafficking, Child Soldier Lists

US Places Russia on Human Trafficking, Child Soldier Lists

The United States on Tuesday placed Russia on lists of countries engaged in a “policy or pattern” of human trafficking...

Azerbaijan Starts Return of People to Recaptured Areas

Azerbaijan Starts Return of People to Recaptured Areas

Azerbaijan on Tuesday began the process of returning its people to land recaptured from Armenian separatists in what Baku calls...

Britain Feels the Heat Amid Record High Temperatures

Britain Feels the Heat Amid Record High Temperatures

Britain is under a heat warning – reportedly stretching from London in the south to Leeds and Manchester in the...

Heatwaves Becoming Normal Amid Climate Change as Europe Continues Sweltering

Heatwaves Becoming Normal Amid Climate Change as Europe Continues Sweltering

The World Meteorological Organization, WMO, warns heatwaves, raging wildfires and record-breaking temperatures are becoming normal because of climate change. Meteorologists...

Inflation, Threat of Food Shortages, Push Putin to the Table

Inflation, Threat of Food Shortages, Push Putin to the Table

With a worldwide food crisis looming as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting...

Blistering Drought Hits Europe’s Food Production  

Blistering Drought Hits Europe’s Food Production  

A swath of Europe is battling soaring temperatures, wildfires and a severe drought, with a new report predicting the parched...

Dutch Court Jails 2 Men for 5 Years for Attack on Reporter 

Dutch Court Jails 2 Men for 5 Years for Attack on Reporter 

A Dutch court sentenced two men to five years in prison Monday after convicting them of attempted murder and arson...

Putin, Erdogan to Discuss Ukrainian Grain Export Deal

Putin, Erdogan to Discuss Ukrainian Grain Export Deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, where he was due to meet with Turkish President...

US, Ukrainian First Ladies to Meet in Washington

US, Ukrainian First Ladies to Meet in Washington

Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska is set to meet with U.S. first lady Jill Biden at the White House on...

Putin Visits Iran for First Trip Outside Russia Since Ukraine War

Putin Visits Iran for First Trip Outside Russia Since Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran on Tuesday for a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the first trip...

Brussels Warns Against EU Fatigue Over Ukraine War

Brussels Warns Against EU Fatigue Over Ukraine War

EU officials warned against shrinking European Union support for Ukraine, as the bloc’s foreign ministers agreed Monday to earmark half-a-billion...

Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s First Lady, on High-Profile US Trip

Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s First Lady, on High-Profile US Trip

Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday as she began a series of...

At Tehran Summit, Erdogan Looks for Support on Syria Operations

At Tehran Summit, Erdogan Looks for Support on Syria Operations

At the Tehran summit Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wanted to overcome Iranian and Russian objections to Turkey’s military...

Millions Swelter as UK Endures Its First Extreme Heat Warning

Millions Swelter as UK Endures Its First Extreme Heat Warning

Millions of people in Britain stayed home or sought shade Monday during the country’s first-ever extreme heat warning, as hot,...

Zaporizhzhia Volunteers Send Cars to Front Lines in Ukraine’s East

Zaporizhzhia Volunteers Send Cars to Front Lines in Ukraine’s East

When Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, many ordinary Ukrainians started helping their military, even if they did not join...

Russian Journalist Released After Brief Detention

Russian Journalist Released After Brief Detention

Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who shot to prominence for interrupting a live TV broadcast to denounce Russia’s military action in...

Berlin Hosts Envoys for Heart-to-Heart Talks on Climate 

Berlin Hosts Envoys for Heart-to-Heart Talks on Climate 

With the world reeling from the economic fallout of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, senior officials from 40...

Cargo Plane Carrying Munitions Crashes in Northern Greece

Cargo Plane Carrying Munitions Crashes in Northern Greece

A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying 11 tons of munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed in northern Greece late Saturday. The...

France on Alert as Forest Fires Rage in Scorching Southwest Europe 

France on Alert as Forest Fires Rage in Scorching Southwest Europe 

France was on high alert on Monday as the peak of a punishing heatwave gripped the country, while wildfires raging...