Russia’s Prigozhin Talks Up Wagner Role Amid Rivalry With Defense Ministry

Russia’s Prigozhin Talks Up Wagner Role Amid Rivalry With Defense Ministry

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, boasted of his forces’ prowess on Saturday amid a simmering rivalry with...

Violence Soars in Mali in The Year After Russians Arrive

Violence Soars in Mali in The Year After Russians Arrive

Alou Diallo says he was drinking tea with his family one morning last month when groups of “white soldiers” invaded...

Retired General, Former Premier to Square Off in Czech Presidential Runoff

Retired General, Former Premier to Square Off in Czech Presidential Runoff

Retired general Petr Pavel scored a narrow win over billionaire former premier Andrej Babis in the first round of the...

North of Soledar, Ukrainians Yearn for Peace

North of Soledar, Ukrainians Yearn for Peace

In Siversk, a town north of Soledar that could be next in line for the Russian advance, Oleksandr Kuzenko and...

Polish Scientist Released From Prison in Iran, Foreign Ministry Says

Polish Scientist Released From Prison in Iran, Foreign Ministry Says

Polish scientist Maciej Walczak has been released from prison in Iran and has returned to Poland, the Polish foreign ministry...

Ukraine Capital Hit with Explosions, Infrastructure Damaged, Officials Say

Ukraine Capital Hit with Explosions, Infrastructure Damaged, Officials Say

Ukraine’s capital was hit with a series of explosions Saturday. Officials said critical infrastructure was hit in Kyiv but did...

Fight Over Big Tech Looms in US Supreme Court

Fight Over Big Tech Looms in US Supreme Court

An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case that asks whether tech firms can be held liable for damages related to algorithmically...

Swiss Firm Says It Permanently Removed CO2 from Air for Clients

Swiss Firm Says It Permanently Removed CO2 from Air for Clients

A Swiss company says it has certifiably extracted CO2 from the air and permanently stored it in the ground —...

Czechs Go to Polls in First Round of Presidential Vote

Czechs Go to Polls in First Round of Presidential Vote

Czech voters went to the polls Friday in the first round of voting to elect a new president, with billionaire...

Fight for Soledar Rages as Russia, Ukraine Dispute Its Control

Fight for Soledar Rages as Russia, Ukraine Dispute Its Control

The fate of Soledar in Ukraine’s Donbas region was hanging in the balance Friday, with Russia claiming that its forces...

German, French Ministers Call for African Permanent Seats on UNSC

German, French Ministers Call for African Permanent Seats on UNSC

The foreign ministers of France and Germany have voiced support for Africa to receive two permanent seats on the powerful...

Budapest Police Officer Killed, Two Others Injured in Knife Attack

Budapest Police Officer Killed, Two Others Injured in Knife Attack

Police in Hungary said Friday one police officer was killed and two others injured when they were stabbed while responding...

American Released From Russian Custody

American Released From Russian Custody

An American citizen who had been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released Thursday.     Taylor Dudley,...

Report:  Iran May Be Using Facial Recognition Technology to Police Hijab Law

Report: Iran May Be Using Facial Recognition Technology to Police Hijab Law

A recently published report in a U.S.-based magazine says Iran is likely using facial recognition technology to monitor women’s compliance...

3 Frontrunners as Czechs Vote for New President

3 Frontrunners as Czechs Vote for New President

The Czech presidential election is to kick off Friday with a billionaire, a general and an academic leading a likely...

Russia Likely Using Convict Labor for Manufacturing Demands, UK Says

Russia Likely Using Convict Labor for Manufacturing Demands, UK Says

Britain’s defense ministry said Russia’s defense manufacturing sector is likely resorting to convict labor to meet wartime production demands, in...

US Envoy Says Russian Wagner Group’s Activities Must End

US Envoy Says Russian Wagner Group’s Activities Must End

A senior U.S. envoy expressed strong concern Thursday about the activities of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group and...

Iran Media Say British Iranian Facing Execution Had Ties to Scientist’s Killing 

Iran Media Say British Iranian Facing Execution Had Ties to Scientist’s Killing 

Iranian state media published a video on Thursday that they said showed British Iranian national Alireza Akbari, who is facing...

Ukraine Will Seek International Backing for Its Peace Formula at UN 

Ukraine Will Seek International Backing for Its Peace Formula at UN 

Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister said Thursday that Kyiv will pursue adoption of a resolution in the U.N. General Assembly that...

China Criticizes Britain-Japan Defense Pact

China Criticizes Britain-Japan Defense Pact

China criticized a defense pact signed Wednesday between Britain and Japan that could see troops deployed on each other’s territory....

Turkey’s Chief Doctor Convicted as Rights Groups Warn of Growing Pressure on Civil Society

Turkey’s Chief Doctor Convicted as Rights Groups Warn of Growing Pressure on Civil Society

A Turkish court has convicted the head of Turkey’s Medical Association of terrorism propaganda, as rights groups warn of an...

German, French Foreign Ministers in Ethiopia to Support Tigray Peace

German, French Foreign Ministers in Ethiopia to Support Tigray Peace

The foreign ministers of Germany and France have arrived in Ethiopia to support a November peace deal between federal and...