Serbian farmers join striking university students’ 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade

Serbian farmers join striking university students’ 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade

BELGRADE, SERBIA — Serbia’s striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital,...

Auschwitz liberation at 80: Survivors, world leaders mark milestone

Auschwitz liberation at 80: Survivors, world leaders mark milestone

LONDON — Around 50 survivors and dozens of world leaders attended memorial events at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp...

EU renews sanctions against Russia, eases them on Syria

EU renews sanctions against Russia, eases them on Syria

PARIS — European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to continue sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, but to ease...

Trump’s sanctions could force Russia’s Putin to negotiating table, some experts say

Trump’s sanctions could force Russia’s Putin to negotiating table, some experts say

WASHINGTON — On Jan. 22, Donald Trump — just two days after being inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president...

Flood victims rescued by boat as Storm Herminia hits northern France

Flood victims rescued by boat as Storm Herminia hits northern France

RENNES, FRANCE — Residents in western France used boats to escape their flooded homes Monday as rivers and waterways broke their...

Tech stocks sink as Chinese competitor threatens to topple their AI domination 

Tech stocks sink as Chinese competitor threatens to topple their AI domination 

New York — Wall Street is tumbling Monday on fears the big U.S. companies that have feasted on the artificial-intelligence frenzy...

US M113 armored personnel carriers prove crucial to Ukraine’s fighting forces

US M113 armored personnel carriers prove crucial to Ukraine’s fighting forces

Part of a U.S. military aid package to Ukraine in April 2022, the M113 armored personnel carrier has proved vital in...

Sweden intercepts Bulgarian ship over damaged Baltic cable

Sweden intercepts Bulgarian ship over damaged Baltic cable

Sofia, Bulgaria — The Swedish coast guard chased and intercepted a Bulgarian ship after a fiber-optic cable under the Baltic Sea...

Ukraine says Russian drone attacks hit infrastructure in several regions

Ukraine says Russian drone attacks hit infrastructure in several regions

Russian drone attacks damaged infrastructure sites in western, central and eastern Ukraine on Monday. Ukraine’s air force said it shot...

Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce

Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held...

China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries

China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries

BEIJING — China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to...

Italy resumes migrant transfers to processing centers in Albania

Italy resumes migrant transfers to processing centers in Albania

Rome — Italy said Sunday it was transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania,...

Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage

Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage

STOCKHOLM/VILNIUS — An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external...

Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine

Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of...