South Korea’s Yoon Says Additional Arms Deal Agreed With Poland

South Korea’s Yoon Says Additional Arms Deal Agreed With Poland

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he and his Polish counterpart had agreed at a summit in Warsaw on...

Latest in Ukraine: Russian Attacks Kill Three More Ukrainian Civilians, Wound 38

Latest in Ukraine: Russian Attacks Kill Three More Ukrainian Civilians, Wound 38

Latest developments:  Ukraine’s military cites some success in fighting along the front lines to the south of the Russian-occupied city...

Russian Lawmakers Move to Further Restrict Transgender Rights in New Legislation

Russian Lawmakers Move to Further Restrict Transgender Rights in New Legislation

Russian lawmakers on Thursday approved a toughened version of a bill that outlaws gender transitioning procedures, with added clauses that...

Swedish Court Blocks Extradition of Men Wanted by Turkey

Swedish Court Blocks Extradition of Men Wanted by Turkey

Sweden’s highest court Thursday blocked the extradition of two men wanted by Turkey for alleged involvement with a group Turkey...

China-Russia Trade at its Highest Since Start of Ukraine War

China-Russia Trade at its Highest Since Start of Ukraine War

China’s two-way trade with Russia rose in June to its highest level since the Ukraine war started, Chinese customs data...

Biden in Finland for Talks With Nordic Leaders

Biden in Finland for Talks With Nordic Leaders

U.S. President Joe Biden is in Helsinki to meet Thursday with leaders from Nordic countries and praise Finland’s NATO accession. ...

Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’  

Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’  

Hackers, possibly linked to China’s intelligence agencies, are being blamed for a monthlong campaign that breached some unclassified U.S. email...

Kurdish Journalists Released on Bail After 13 Months of Pretrial Detention

Kurdish Journalists Released on Bail After 13 Months of Pretrial Detention

A Turkish court in Diyarbakir decided on Wednesday to release 14 Kurdish journalists on bail after detaining them for 13...

Biden Hails Unity of NATO as Ukraine Conflict Deepens

Biden Hails Unity of NATO as Ukraine Conflict Deepens

Wrapping up a two-day summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, U.S. President Joe Biden delivered an address highlighting how Washington and its...

NATO Not Expanding Eastward Into Asia, Says US Ambassador

NATO Not Expanding Eastward Into Asia, Says US Ambassador

The United States is defining the limits of NATO’s outreach in the Indo-Pacific region, saying its focus on challenges posed...

Spain Sweats Out Sultry Nights as Heat Wave Bakes Southern Europe

Spain Sweats Out Sultry Nights as Heat Wave Bakes Southern Europe

Spain sweltered under an unrelenting heat wave Wednesday as temperatures started to build toward what is forecast to be a...

UN Rights Chief Condemns Russia’s ‘Costly, Senseless’ War on Ukraine

UN Rights Chief Condemns Russia’s ‘Costly, Senseless’ War on Ukraine

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a costly, senseless war...

Iran Summons Russian Ambassador Over Comments on Persian Gulf Territorial Dispute

Iran Summons Russian Ambassador Over Comments on Persian Gulf Territorial Dispute

Iran summoned Russia’s ambassador on Wednesday after Moscow released a joint statement with Arab countries earlier this week challenging Iran’s...

‘We Meet as Equals’ NATO Tells Zelenskyy 

‘We Meet as Equals’ NATO Tells Zelenskyy 

NATO leaders met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they close a summit in Lithuania’s capital, reiterating support for...

NATO Leaders Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit  

NATO Leaders Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit  

NATO leaders met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lithuania’s capital as they close a summit that has included...

NATO Leaders Set to Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit

NATO Leaders Set to Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit

NATO leaders are set to meet Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they close a summit in Lithuania’s capital...

Smuggler Sentenced to 12 Years for Deaths of 39 Migrants Who Suffocated in Truck

Smuggler Sentenced to 12 Years for Deaths of 39 Migrants Who Suffocated in Truck

A Romanian man who was part of an international human smuggling ring was sentenced Tuesday to more than 12 years...

NATO Agrees on Pathway for Ukraine as Turkey Backs Adding Sweden  

NATO Agrees on Pathway for Ukraine as Turkey Backs Adding Sweden  

From Lithuania, U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday this year’s NATO summit represents an ‘historic moment,’ as the security bloc...

VOA Interview: National Security Council’s John Kirby

VOA Interview: National Security Council’s John Kirby

As NATO leaders meet in Lithuania’s capital to hammer out key agreements amid a grinding war in Ukraine, John Kirby,...

Svitolina Thinks of Family, Ukraine as She Beats No. 1 at Wimbledon

Svitolina Thinks of Family, Ukraine as She Beats No. 1 at Wimbledon

The last time Elina Svitolina was a Grand Slam semifinalist — twice, actually, in 2019 — she was pursuing the...

Moldova Faces Big Challenges in Bid to Break From Moscow

Moldova Faces Big Challenges in Bid to Break From Moscow

Russia’s prolonged aggression in Ukraine has raised fears that Moldova could be next on the Kremlin’s list. Like Ukraine, Moldova...

At UN, Russia Vetoes Aid to Millions in Northwest Syria

At UN, Russia Vetoes Aid to Millions in Northwest Syria

Russia has vetoed the continuation of a U.N. aid operation that is a lifeline to more than four million Syrians...