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EU Seeks Special Court for Russian Crimes Against Ukraine

EU Seeks Special Court for Russian Crimes Against Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Wednesday for a special court to prosecute Russian crimes against Ukraine.  Von...

With Media Under Fire, Organizations Rally to Offer Support

With Media Under Fire, Organizations Rally to Offer Support

From the evacuation of Ukrainian journalists in occupied cities to legal support for independent reporters from Russia, a community of...

Azerbaijan Stands Up to Iran, with Turkey’s Support

Azerbaijan Stands Up to Iran, with Turkey’s Support

 As anti-government protests continue in Iran, Tehran is escalating tensions with its neighbors, accusing them of interfering in its domestic...

Russia Donates 260,000 Tons of Fertilizer to Africa

Russia Donates 260,000 Tons of Fertilizer to Africa

Russia has donated 260,000 metric tons of fertilizer it produced that was sitting in European ports and warehouses for use...

US-Backed Kurdish Commander: US Needs Stronger Position on Turkish Threat

US-Backed Kurdish Commander: US Needs Stronger Position on Turkish Threat

Turkish forces have launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected militants in northeastern Syria and Iraq in recent days, after...

Expert Predicts Shortfall of 66 Million Tons of Food Staples Due to Shortage, Unaffordability of Fertilizer

Expert Predicts Shortfall of 66 Million Tons of Food Staples Due to Shortage, Unaffordability of Fertilizer

The World Food Program’s chief economist tells VOA that developed and developing countries depend on fertilizer for half of their...

Referendum Shows Slovenian Support for RTV’s Independence, Journalists Say

Referendum Shows Slovenian Support for RTV’s Independence, Journalists Say

Journalists at Slovenia’s public broadcaster RTV have expressed relief at the results of a referendum aimed at protecting them from...

Despite Odds, Italian and Turkish Leaders Find Common Ground

Despite Odds, Italian and Turkish Leaders Find Common Ground

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italy’s newly elected far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appear to be finding unlikely common...

Six Years After Bombings, Belgium Readies for Biggest Trial

Six Years After Bombings, Belgium Readies for Biggest Trial

Belgium’s worst peacetime massacre left 32 dead and hundreds marked for life. Now, six and a half years later, Brussels...

NATO to Discuss Beefing Up Defenses Across Europe

NATO to Discuss Beefing Up Defenses Across Europe

NATO foreign ministers are to meet for two days in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, starting Tuesday to pledge their continuing support...

NATO Beefing Up Defenses Across Europe

NATO Beefing Up Defenses Across Europe

NATO foreign ministers are to meet for two days in Romania’s capital Bucharest starting Tuesday to pledge their continuing support...

UK Says 50 Recently Arrived Migrants Found with Diphtheria

UK Says 50 Recently Arrived Migrants Found with Diphtheria

British health authorities have recorded 50 cases of diphtheria this year among recently arrived asylum seekers, including one man who...

Vintage Magazines Tell Tale of Turkish City’s Literary Past

Vintage Magazines Tell Tale of Turkish City’s Literary Past

An exhibition in Turkey’s southeastern city of Diyarbakir gives viewers an in-depth look at local periodicals and other publications that...

Russia Postpones Cairo Talks With US Under New START Nuclear Treaty

Russia Postpones Cairo Talks With US Under New START Nuclear Treaty

Russia postponed nuclear weapons talks with the United States set to take place this week in Cairo, the U.S. State...

Cameroon, Serbia Draw in Goal-Filled Match

Cameroon, Serbia Draw in Goal-Filled Match

Cameroon and Serbia battled to a 3-3 draw Monday in a goal-filled match at the men’s World Cup in Qatar...

Austria’s Railway Workers Launch ‘Warning’ Strike Over Pay Dispute

Austria’s Railway Workers Launch ‘Warning’ Strike Over Pay Dispute

Austrian railway workers are staging a one-day strike Monday. All train traffic has ground to a halt in what the...

Thousands Protest Turkish Strikes on Kurdish Groups in Syria

Thousands Protest Turkish Strikes on Kurdish Groups in Syria

Thousands of Kurds protested on Sunday in the Syrian city of Qamishli against days of deadly Turkish cross-border strikes targeting...

UK to Launch New $1.2 Billion Home Insulation Program

UK to Launch New $1.2 Billion Home Insulation Program

Britain’s government intends to make $1.2 billion of public funding available for home insulation projects from early next year, widening...

Slovenians Back Bill to Depoliticize Public TV

Slovenians Back Bill to Depoliticize Public TV

Slovenians in a referendum on Sunday backed a bill to reduce political influence and restore editorial independence to the EU...

White House Seeks More Aid for Ukraine Before Republicans Take Control of House

White House Seeks More Aid for Ukraine Before Republicans Take Control of House

The Biden administration is seeking $37 billion in aid for Ukraine in the coming weeks before the new Congress convenes in...

Landslide in Italy Kills at Least 7, Including Newborn  

Landslide in Italy Kills at Least 7, Including Newborn  

Italian rescue workers have found at least seven bodies, including that of a newborn child, after a landslide on the...

Jon Batiste to Sing for Macron at Biden’s First State Dinner

Jon Batiste to Sing for Macron at Biden’s First State Dinner

Musician Jon Batiste is on tap to perform at President Joe Biden’s first White House state dinner on Thursday that...