Posts by Newsmaker

30 Migrants Missing, 17 Rescued After Boat Capsizes in Mediterranean

30 Migrants Missing, 17 Rescued After Boat Capsizes in Mediterranean

Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued Sunday in the central Mediterranean after the boat they were fleeing Libya...

Thousands Rally in New Greece Protest Over Train Crash

Thousands Rally in New Greece Protest Over Train Crash

Thousands of people protested Sunday against safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway network nearly two weeks after dozens were killed in...

Italy Estimates 680K Migrants May Cross Sea From Libya

Italy Estimates 680K Migrants May Cross Sea From Libya

Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a...

 Religious Minorities in Turkey Also Severely Affected by Earthquake

 Religious Minorities in Turkey Also Severely Affected by Earthquake

Among the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the early February quake in Turkey are religious minorities that call...

 Zelenskyy: Russia Has Become a Synonym for Terror 

 Zelenskyy: Russia Has Become a Synonym for Terror 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily address Saturday that Russia “has become a synonym for terror and will...

Ukraine’s Kuleba Urges Germany to Send More Ammunition and Train Up Pilots

Ukraine’s Kuleba Urges Germany to Send More Ammunition and Train Up Pilots

Ukraine’s foreign minister urged Germany in an interview published on Sunday to speed up supplies of ammunition and to start...

Pope Francis at 10 Years: A Reformer’s Learning Curve, Plans

Pope Francis at 10 Years: A Reformer’s Learning Curve, Plans

Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned...

Farmers, Environmental Activists Hold Demos in The Hague

Farmers, Environmental Activists Hold Demos in The Hague

Thousands of farmers and anti-establishment demonstrators protested Saturday in a park in The Hague against Dutch government plans to reduce...

Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?

Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?

Russia is trying to buy “anything, anywhere”—including from Southeast Asian countries like Myanmar to get weapons for its invasion of...

Iran to Buy Su-35 Fighter Jets From Russia: Iranian Broadcaster

Iran to Buy Su-35 Fighter Jets From Russia: Iranian Broadcaster

Iran has reached a deal to buy advanced Su-35 fighter planes from Russia, Iranian state media said on Saturday, expanding...

More Than 1,000 Migrants Brought Ashore in Italy After Multiple Rescues

More Than 1,000 Migrants Brought Ashore in Italy After Multiple Rescues

More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore to southern Italy on Saturday after coastguards launched major rescue operations for three...

BBC Crisis Escalates as Players, Stars Rally Behind Lineker

BBC Crisis Escalates as Players, Stars Rally Behind Lineker

The BBC faced an escalating crisis Saturday over its suspension of former soccer star and program host Gary Lineker for...

In Bakhmut, Russia Controls East, Ukraine Controls West

In Bakhmut, Russia Controls East, Ukraine Controls West

Russia’s Wagner Group is in control of the eastern portion of the Ukranian Donbas town of Bakhmut, while Ukranian forces...

Anti-Russia Guerrillas in Belarus Take on ‘Two-Headed Enemy’

Anti-Russia Guerrillas in Belarus Take on ‘Two-Headed Enemy’

After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways, including blowing up...

Biden, EU Chief Downplay Differences Over US Climate Subsidies

Biden, EU Chief Downplay Differences Over US Climate Subsidies

U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday sought to minimize differences over a...

US Defense Officials: China Is Leading in Hypersonic Weapons

US Defense Officials: China Is Leading in Hypersonic Weapons

Russia’s repeated use of advanced hypersonic missiles as part of its bombardment of Ukraine may be getting the bulk of...

Young Georgians Shun Moscow, Push for EU Dream

Young Georgians Shun Moscow, Push for EU Dream

Georgia’s young protesters, having forced parliament into a U-turn on controversial new legislation, are determined to maintain the pressure on...

BBC Pulls Soccer Host After Migration Comments

BBC Pulls Soccer Host After Migration Comments

Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off the air by the BBC after his comments on Britain’s...

France, Britain Strike Migration Deal

France, Britain Strike Migration Deal

Britain will pay France around 480 million pounds ($577 million) over three years to try to stop migrants traveling in...

Ukraine Restores Power Supply Following Russian Missile Strikes

Ukraine Restores Power Supply Following Russian Missile Strikes

Ukraine’s capital had largely restored power Friday, a day after Russia fired a barrage of missiles across the country, which...

Georgian Parliament Revokes Controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill That Sparked Protests

Georgian Parliament Revokes Controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill That Sparked Protests

In a dramatic turn of events, Georgian lawmakers have voted to drop a controversial “foreign agents” bill just days after...

EU Wants Joint Naval Exercises Amid Growing Maritime Security Threats

EU Wants Joint Naval Exercises Amid Growing Maritime Security Threats

The European Union wants to hold joint naval exercises as part of plans published Friday to step up its efforts...