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
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
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
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
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
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
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of...
Germany holds commemoration for 2 people killed in knife attack
Berlin — Government officials and residents attended a solemn Mass Sunday to honor a child and a man killed in a...
Ukrainian soldier gets bionic arm made using Swedish technology
Ukrainian Sergeant Serhiy Danilets was struck by enemy tank fire and lost his right arm fighting Russian troops in 2022....
Kenyan tech firm turns plastic waste into 3D images; boosts learning, cuts emissions
Plastic waste accounts for 10 to 12 percent of all solid waste in Kenya, according to the United Nations Environmental...
Thousands in Ireland still without power as officials say Storm Eowyn cleanup will take time
London — Ireland called in help from England and France on Sunday as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds...
Belarusians vote in election to extend Lukashenko’s 30-year rule
MINSK — Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade...
Pope Francis warns of ‘scourge of antisemitism’ ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis warned of the “scourge of antisemitism” in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the...
Facebook scammers use fake VOA article to push Russian cryptocurrency scheme
When American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian IT entrepreneur Pavel Durov in April, he had an additional unexpected audience:...
Indonesia showcases returned artifacts it had sought for decades from Netherlands
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelry repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on...
Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule
MINSK, BELARUS — Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term,...
Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people; decision in 30 days
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was in talks with multiple people over buying...
Italy’s Meloni defends repatriation of Libyan warlord wanted by ICC
ROME — Italy’s prime minister addressed growing criticism Saturday of the repatriation of a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal...
Big Tech wants data centers plugged into power plants; utilities balk
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals...
Tens of thousands protest Germany’s far right as Musk endorses AfD
HALLE, GERMANY — Tens of thousands of Germans rallied Saturday against the far right ahead of next month’s legislative elections, as...
VOA Russian: Exiled Russian artists raise funds to help Ukraine
More than 50 exiled Russian artists who left the country for Europe to escape the war have raised more than...
VOA Russian: War plunges Russia deeper into demographic crisis
President Vladimir Putin openly admits that demographics present Russia with one of its most serious challenges. U.S. experts believe that...
