Reuters to Appeal Turkey Ban on Web Article

Reuters to Appeal Turkey Ban on Web Article

Reuters this week said that it will appeal a move by Turkey to block access to more than 90 web...

France Urged to Tackle Racism in Policing

France Urged to Tackle Racism in Policing

As the weeklong unrest in France subsides, the United Nations and several other international human rights organizations have called on...

Dam Destruction Leaves Dry Wasteland in Shadow of Ukraine’s Precarious Nuclear Plant

Dam Destruction Leaves Dry Wasteland in Shadow of Ukraine’s Precarious Nuclear Plant

A month after the explosion at Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam, the upstream reservoir that has provided water, power and food to...

Environmental Activists Arrested at Wimbledon After Disrupting Match

Environmental Activists Arrested at Wimbledon After Disrupting Match

Two environmental activists were arrested at Wimbledon on Wednesday after getting on court and disrupting a match by scattering orange...

China Cancels Visit by European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief

China Cancels Visit by European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief

The European Union says China has canceled a planned visit by Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs...

Indian Court’s Dismissal of Twitter’s Petition Sparks Concerns About Free Online Speech

Indian Court’s Dismissal of Twitter’s Petition Sparks Concerns About Free Online Speech

In India, a recent court judgement that dismissed a legal petition by Twitter challenging the federal government’s orders to block...

Swedish Prime Minister to Visit White House, Meet With US President

Swedish Prime Minister to Visit White House, Meet With US President

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to host Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson for talks Wednesday at the White House...

Latest in Ukraine: Ukrainian Forces Hit Russia-Occupied Makiivka

Latest in Ukraine: Ukrainian Forces Hit Russia-Occupied Makiivka

Latest developments:     Russia reiterates demand for state agricultural bank to be reconnected to global payment system as expiration of Black...

State of Human Rights in Belarus ‘Catastrophic,’ UN Told

State of Human Rights in Belarus ‘Catastrophic,’ UN Told

The human rights situation in Belarus is catastrophic, and only getting worse, the United Nations special rapporteur on the country...

NATO Summit: Will Allies Agree to Fast-Track Ukraine’s Membership?

NATO Summit: Will Allies Agree to Fast-Track Ukraine’s Membership?

NATO allies are preparing for their annual two-day summit July 11 and 12 in Vilnius, Lithuania — as Ukraine urges...

From Iranian Jail to Wimbledon Royal Box, Thanks to Andy Murray

From Iranian Jail to Wimbledon Royal Box, Thanks to Andy Murray

Andy Murray said he had an emotional meeting with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years in an Iranian jail cell,...

Ukrainians Honor Award-winning Writer Killed in Russian Missile Attack on Restaurant

Ukrainians Honor Award-winning Writer Killed in Russian Missile Attack on Restaurant

Dozens of people with flowers, many unable to hold back tears, bid farewell Tuesday to an award-winning Ukrainian writer who...

Kremlin: US, Russia Discussing New Prisoner Swap

Kremlin: US, Russia Discussing New Prisoner Swap

The U.S. and Russia are discussing a possible new prisoner swap that could involve jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan...

LogOn: White House Expanding Affordable High-Speed Internet Access

LogOn: White House Expanding Affordable High-Speed Internet Access

U.S. President Joe Biden says he wants every American to have access to high-speed internet. VOA’s Julie Taboh has our...

Britain’s Public Health Service at 75: On Life Support?

Britain’s Public Health Service at 75: On Life Support?

Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) on Wednesday marks 75 years since it was founded...

Turkey Says Quran Burning in Sweden Raises Questions as Possible NATO Member

Turkey Says Quran Burning in Sweden Raises Questions as Possible NATO Member

Turkey’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Swedish authorities’ failure to prevent Quran-burning protests in the country is raising security concerns...

EU Asylum Applications Hit Six-Year High

EU Asylum Applications Hit Six-Year High

Asylum applications in the EU hit 996,000 in 2022, the highest level in six years, according to an annual report...

Twitter Chaos Leaves Door Open for Meta’s Rival App

Twitter Chaos Leaves Door Open for Meta’s Rival App

Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he...

London Fights Legal Challenge Over Expanding Clean-Air Zone

London Fights Legal Challenge Over Expanding Clean-Air Zone

London’s expansion of a fiercely debated scheme that charges the most polluting vehicles in the city should be blocked, local...

Stoltenberg to Lead NATO for Another Year

Stoltenberg to Lead NATO for Another Year

NATO announced Tuesday that Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will remain the alliance’s chief for another year, extending a term that was...

France Repatriates 35 People From Syria

France Repatriates 35 People From Syria

France said Tuesday it repatriated 25 children and 10 women from a camp in northeastern Syria holding people linked to...

Latest in Ukraine: Russia Says Ukraine Attacked Moscow with Drones

Latest in Ukraine: Russia Says Ukraine Attacked Moscow with Drones

Latest developments:   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for the extension of an agreement allowing for...