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Biden Confident of Transatlantic Unity on Ukraine, Aide Says

Biden Confident of Transatlantic Unity on Ukraine, Aide Says

U.S. President Joe Biden is focused on shoring up NATO unity in supporting Ukraine in his meeting Friday with German...

Thousands March in Greece as Anger Builds Over Train Deaths

Thousands March in Greece as Anger Builds Over Train Deaths

Protests have intensified in Greece days after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, as thousands of students took to the streets...

Top Belgian Court Upholds Prisoner Exchange Treaty with Iran

Top Belgian Court Upholds Prisoner Exchange Treaty with Iran

Belgium’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a prisoner exchange treaty with Iran that could lead to the swap of a...

US Sanctions 6 Russians Over Arrest of Opposition Politician Kara-Murza

US Sanctions 6 Russians Over Arrest of Opposition Politician Kara-Murza

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on six Russians it said were involved in the arrest, prosecution or abuse...

TV Slovenia Waits as Court Puts New Legislation on Hold

TV Slovenia Waits as Court Puts New Legislation on Hold

Many journalists, academics and analysts expressed regret after the Slovenian Constitutional Court late last month put on hold parts of...

Greece Ends Search for Train Crash Survivors

Greece Ends Search for Train Crash Survivors

Officials say the search for survivors at the site of Greece’s deadliest train crash has ended. At least 57 bodies...

US President Biden Hosts German Chancellor Scholz

US President Biden Hosts German Chancellor Scholz

U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the White House Friday for discussions on continued support...

Nobel Peace Prize Activist Sentenced to 10 in Prison in Belarus

Nobel Peace Prize Activist Sentenced to 10 in Prison in Belarus

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison by a Belarus court. Bialiatski is...

Blinken: Russia Cannot Wage War with Impunity

Blinken: Russia Cannot Wage War with Impunity

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday, after meeting with his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia, that Russia...

More Protests Expected in Greece as Train Collision Death Toll Mounts

More Protests Expected in Greece as Train Collision Death Toll Mounts

Anger is mounting in Greece over lax railway safety with the search for survivors in the nation’s deadliest train crash...

France’s Macron Promises $53M to New Forest Protection Plan

France’s Macron Promises $53M to New Forest Protection Plan

French President Emmanuel Macron promised $52.9 million (50 million euros) to a new global scheme to reward countries for protecting...

US Attorney General Says He Would Not Object to Designating Wagner a Foreign Terrorist Organization

US Attorney General Says He Would Not Object to Designating Wagner a Foreign Terrorist Organization

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he would not “object” to designating Russia’s Wagner mercenary group as a Foreign Terrorist...

American Cindy McCain to Head UN World Food Program

American Cindy McCain to Head UN World Food Program

American Cindy McCain will take over as executive director of the United Nations World Food Program when current director David...

Earthquake Deals Another Blow to Turkey’s Struggling Local Media

Earthquake Deals Another Blow to Turkey’s Struggling Local Media

Local journalists in southern Turkey have been torn between mourning their loved ones and reporting the scope of destruction in...

Turkey’s Erdogan Faces Polls Amid Rising Quake Anger

Turkey’s Erdogan Faces Polls Amid Rising Quake Anger

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces reelection amid growing anger over his government’s response to the massive earthquakes that have...

After a Year of Nonstop Bombardment, Ukraine’s Capital Braces for More

After a Year of Nonstop Bombardment, Ukraine’s Capital Braces for More

One year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv has survived Russian assault and shelling....

US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy

US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy

The Biden administration is pushing for more comprehensive federal regulations to keep the online realm safer against hackers, including by...

Blinken, Lavrov Meet Briefly as US-Russia Tensions Soar

Blinken, Lavrov Meet Briefly as US-Russia Tensions Soar

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked briefly Thursday at a meeting of top...

Ukraine Reports Russian Missile Strikes Residential Building

Ukraine Reports Russian Missile Strikes Residential Building

Authorities in Ukraine said Thursday a Russian missile struck an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing...

Britain Intercepts Iranian Arms in Gulf of Oman

Britain Intercepts Iranian Arms in Gulf of Oman

The British navy said Thursday its forces seized Iranian anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missiles from a small boat...

A Inside Look at US–NATO Interoperability Lab

A Inside Look at US–NATO Interoperability Lab

NATO is made up of 30 members and each country’s military has its own technical systems on the battlefield. Some...

Greek Stationmaster to Appear Before Prosecutor After Collision Kills 43  

Greek Stationmaster to Appear Before Prosecutor After Collision Kills 43  

A Greek stationmaster is set to appear Thursday before a prosecutor as the country mourns following the collision between a...