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EU Mulls Adding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorists – German Official

EU Mulls Adding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorists – German Official

Germany and the European Union are considering adding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to the list of terrorist organizations, German Foreign Minister...

Three Hurt in Attack on Vigil at Iranian Embassy in Berlin

Three Hurt in Attack on Vigil at Iranian Embassy in Berlin

Three men were injured early Sunday when a pro-democracy vigil outside the Iranian Embassy in Berlin was attacked, German police...

Tens of Thousands of Czechs Show Their Support for Ukraine 

Tens of Thousands of Czechs Show Their Support for Ukraine 

     For web: PRAGUE (AP) — Tens of thousands of Czechs gathered in the capital on Sunday to demonstrate...

Thousands Commemorate Italy’s Fascist Dictator Mussolini 

Thousands Commemorate Italy’s Fascist Dictator Mussolini 

Several thousand black-clad fascist sympathizers chanted and sang in praise of the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on Sunday as...

King Charles III to Hold Climate Event on Eve of COP27

King Charles III to Hold Climate Event on Eve of COP27

King Charles III announced Sunday he would hold a reception ahead of next month’s COP27 climate summit after being advised...

Clashes as Thousands Protest French Agro-industry Water ‘Grab’

Clashes as Thousands Protest French Agro-industry Water ‘Grab’

Thousands of demonstrators defied an official ban to march Saturday against the deployment of new water storage infrastructure for agricultural...

Swedes Find 17th Century Sister Vessel to Famed Vasa Warship

Swedes Find 17th Century Sister Vessel to Famed Vasa Warship

Marine archaeologists in Sweden say they have found the sister vessel of a famed 17th century warship that sank on...

Analyst: Europe Should Rethink China Policy After Party Congress, Ukraine Stance

Analyst: Europe Should Rethink China Policy After Party Congress, Ukraine Stance

China has emerged as an even more prominent player in world affairs as a result of the crisis in Ukraine...

Poland Picks US Offer for Its First Nuclear Power Plant –PM

Poland Picks US Offer for Its First Nuclear Power Plant –PM

U.S. firm Westinghouse Electric Co will build Poland’s first nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, confirming...

UN Weekly Roundup: October 22-28, 2022   

UN Weekly Roundup: October 22-28, 2022   

Editor’s note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as...

Russian Refugee Exodus Poses Dilemma for Its Neighbors 

Russian Refugee Exodus Poses Dilemma for Its Neighbors 

The wave of young men fleeing Russia to avoid forced service in the Ukraine war has created a conundrum for...

China Stymies Norwegian Mountaineer’s Bid for Record

China Stymies Norwegian Mountaineer’s Bid for Record

Norwegian climber Kristin Harila on Friday abandoned for now her bid to scale the world’s 14 highest peaks in record...

Cypriot Envoy Says Any Maritime Border Dispute With Lebanon ‘Easily’ Resolved

Cypriot Envoy Says Any Maritime Border Dispute With Lebanon ‘Easily’ Resolved

A Cypriot delegation in Lebanon on Friday for talks on maritime border delineation between the two countries said any disputes...

Hundreds of Journalists Have Fled Russia Since Start of Ukraine War

Hundreds of Journalists Have Fled Russia Since Start of Ukraine War

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian journalists who continued to work independently in the country came under significant pressure — so...

Timeline of Billionaire Elon Musk’s Bid to Control Twitter

Timeline of Billionaire Elon Musk’s Bid to Control Twitter

On Oct. 4, Elon Musk reversed himself and offered to honor his original proposal to buy Twitter for $44 billion...

Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Acquisition of Twitter

Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Acquisition of Twitter

Elon Musk became Twitter Inc’s new owner on Thursday, firing top executives he had accused of misleading him and providing...

US Says Russia May Be Helping Iran Put Down Protests

US Says Russia May Be Helping Iran Put Down Protests

The White House says the Biden administration supports the people of Iran and their right to peaceful protests — and...

Another Belarusian Journalist Handed Prison Term Amid Crackdown on Civil Society 

Another Belarusian Journalist Handed Prison Term Amid Crackdown on Civil Society 

The Minsk City Court has sentenced journalist Ales Lyubyanchuk to three years in prison amid a crackdown on independent media...

Putin Says West Playing ‘Dangerous, Bloody Game’

Putin Says West Playing ‘Dangerous, Bloody Game’

In a foreign policy speech Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western nations of trying to dominate the world, saying...

New Swedish Government to Tighten Migration Policy  

New Swedish Government to Tighten Migration Policy  

Sweden has historically been viewed as Europe’s most welcoming country for refugees, but observers say that changed in 2015 when...

US Rolls Out Voluntary Cybersecurity Goals

US Rolls Out Voluntary Cybersecurity Goals

The United States is trying to make it easier for companies and organizations to bolster their cybersecurity in the face...

UN: Greenhouse Gas Cuts Needed to Prevent Climate Catastrophe

UN: Greenhouse Gas Cuts Needed to Prevent Climate Catastrophe

GENEVA – A U.N. report warns the window for preventing a climate catastrophe is fast closing. The U.N. Environment Program’s...