Stockholm Quran Burning Angers Turkey, Hurting Sweden’s NATO Chances
Turkey has condemned Wednesday’s public burning of a Quran in Stockholm and analysts say the incident will likely give Turkish...
Chinese, Russian Firms to Build Lithium Plants in Bolivia
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Chinese and Russian companies will invest more than $1.4 billion in the extraction of lithium in Bolivia,...
Iran Summons Sweden’s Charge D’affaires in Tehran Over Quran Burning
Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires in Tehran over the burning of a copy of the Quran outside...
Moscow Sentences Critical Publisher to 8 Years in Prison in Absentia over Military Criticism
A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced a Russian media publisher to eight years in prison in absentia for criticizing Russia’s...
Protests Grow after Police Shooting of Teen in Paris Suburb
Escalating violence following the death of a French teenager is stirring memories of 2005 riots that rocked France, amid longstanding...
Italian Researchers Reach the Edge of Space on Virgin Galactic’s Rocket-Powered Plane
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s...
Despite Uncertainty, Syrian Refugees in Turkey Remain Hopeful
More than three million Syrians have made Turkey home since the start of their country’s conflict in 2011. Despite the...
Kremlin Defers Comment on Russian General Surovikin
The Kremlin said Thursday it could not provide information about Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who has not been seen in...
Meta Oversight Board Urges Cambodia Prime Minister’s Suspension from Facebook
Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board on Thursday called for the suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for six months, saying...
UK Appeals Court Rules That Plan To Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Is Unlawful
A British court ruled Thursday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful,...
Wagner Move Rattles Baltic Nerves, Broadens NATO Summit Agenda Beyond Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The fallout from Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted mutiny and exile to Belarus is set to broaden the...
Latest in Ukraine: Death Toll in Kramatorsk Attack Rises to 12
Latest developments: European Union leaders to discuss security assistance for Ukraine at summit. U.S. State Department approves sale of up...
‘Godfather of AI’ Urges Governments to Stop Machine Takeover
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called godfathers of artificial intelligence, on Wednesday urged governments to step in and make sure...
Unrest Erupts in France Again in Response to Police Shooting of Teen
PARIS – Protesters shot fireworks at police and set cars ablaze in the working-class Paris suburb of Nanterre on Wednesday,...
US: Prigozhin’s Mutiny Shows Putin’s War in Ukraine Has Failed
US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken say Saturday’s armed rebellion in Russia shows that President Vladimir...
Ukraine Calls for Signal on NATO Membership at Alliance Summit
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged NATO on Wednesday to send Ukraine a clear signal at a summit next month that it...
Cambodia’s Hun Sen Leaves Facebook for Telegram
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook — on which...
White House Expanding Affordable High-Speed Internet Access
U.S. President Joe Biden says he wants to make sure that every American has access to high-speed internet. VOA’s Julie...
Biden: Putin ‘Absolutely’ Diminished by Wagner Group Mutiny
U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin had “absolutely” been weakened inside his country...
Ukraine, China, Migration – EU Summit Tackles a Raft of Sticky Issues
The war in Ukraine remains high on the agenda as European Union leaders meet Thursday and Friday in Brussels, just...
France Heightens Security After Unrest Over Police Shooting of Youth
France’s government on Wednesday announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and called for calm after scattered...
South Korea Sanctions Ex-Citizen for Working on Behalf of North Korea
South Korea has for the first time placed sanctions on a former South Korean national for setting up business entities...
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