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UN Aid Operation to NW Syria Gets 6-Month Extension

UN Aid Operation to NW Syria Gets 6-Month Extension

A U.N. aid operation from Turkey into opposition-held areas of northwest Syria may now resume for six months — with...

Russian Anti-War Journalist Fined Under ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law

Russian Anti-War Journalist Fined Under ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law

Russian journalist Yury Dud was fined 120,000 rubles ($2,024) by a Moscow court Tuesday under a law that bans “propaganda”...

Ukrainian Rockets Strike Russian-Held Area in Southern Ukraine

Ukrainian Rockets Strike Russian-Held Area in Southern Ukraine

Ukrainian and Russian officials gave differing accounts Tuesday of a Ukrainian attack in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine. According...

NASA to Release Images from Most Powerful Space Telescope

NASA to Release Images from Most Powerful Space Telescope

The U.S. space agency is set to release the full set of the first full-color images from the James Webb...

British Olympic Champion Farah Reveals He Was Trafficked to UK as a Child

British Olympic Champion Farah Reveals He Was Trafficked to UK as a Child

Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed in an article published Monday that he was brought to Britain illegally under the name...

Heat Wave Grips Spain as UK Readies for Soaring Temperatures

Heat Wave Grips Spain as UK Readies for Soaring Temperatures

Spain and Portugal were sweltering in their second heat wave in a month Monday, with scorching temperatures also expected in...

New UK Prime Minister to Be Announced September 5

New UK Prime Minister to Be Announced September 5

Britain’s new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a...

In Spain, Culture Battle Rages over Store Signs

In Spain, Culture Battle Rages over Store Signs

The red on beige sign outside La Torre shop advertises the kind of underwear earlier generations might have worn, mostly...

Putin Signs Decree Offering Russian Citizenship to All Ukrainians

Putin Signs Decree Offering Russian Citizenship to All Ukrainians

All Ukrainians can now apply for fast-track Russian citizenship, according to a decree signed Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin....

UN: Thousands of Children Suffer Grave Abuses in War Zones

UN: Thousands of Children Suffer Grave Abuses in War Zones

The United Nations said Monday that thousands of children in war zones suffered grave abuses including rape, maiming and death...

Frustrated by Gun Deaths, Entrepreneurs Turn to Technology

Frustrated by Gun Deaths, Entrepreneurs Turn to Technology

As the U.S. reels from a surge of recent mass shootings, some technologists are focusing on how to prevent casualties....

Looming Musk-Twitter Legal Battle Hammers Company Shares

Looming Musk-Twitter Legal Battle Hammers Company Shares

Shares of Twitter slid more than 6% in the first day of trading after billionaire Elon Musk said that he...

Madrid March Commemorates Anniversary of Cuban Protests

Madrid March Commemorates Anniversary of Cuban Protests

Hundreds of people marched in Spain’s capital Madrid Sunday to demand “human rights for Cubans” during a demonstration marking the...

Thousands Mark 27th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre

Thousands Mark 27th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre

Thousands of people from Bosnia-Herzegovina and around the world have descended on Srebrenica for the 27th anniversary of Serbian massacre ...

Russia Closing Nord Stream One for Annual Maintenance   

Russia Closing Nord Stream One for Annual Maintenance   

Russia is shutting down the Nord Stream One pipeline for annual maintenance beginning Monday morning. The pipeline from Russia, which...

Ukraine: Russian Strikes Hit School, Residential Building in Kharkiv

Ukraine: Russian Strikes Hit School, Residential Building in Kharkiv

Ukrainian officials said Russian airstrikes on the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, early Monday destroyed a school and a residential building,...

Activist Removed From Wimbledon for Peng Shuai Protest

Activist Removed From Wimbledon for Peng Shuai Protest

An activist who shouted “Where is Peng Shuai?” and held up a sign with the same message was removed from...

Report: Uber Lobbied, Used ‘Stealth’ Tech to Block Scrutiny

Report: Uber Lobbied, Used ‘Stealth’ Tech to Block Scrutiny

As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi...

Ukraine ‘Disappointed’ by Canada’s Decision to Return Repaired Turbine for Russian Gas Pipeline

Ukraine ‘Disappointed’ by Canada’s Decision to Return Repaired Turbine for Russian Gas Pipeline

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is “deeply disappointed” by a Canadian government decision to return a repaired Nord Stream 1 gas...

Kyiv Volunteers Organize Food Kitchens for Residents of Bombed Village

Kyiv Volunteers Organize Food Kitchens for Residents of Bombed Village

Volunteers from Kyiv are providing hundreds of meals each day for the beleaguered residents of the nearly destroyed village of...

Portugal Battles Wildfires Amid Drought, Heat; 29 Injured

Portugal Battles Wildfires Amid Drought, Heat; 29 Injured

More than 3,000 firefighters and 30 aircraft battled wildfires Sunday in Portugal that authorities say have injured 29 people. Authorities...

Ukraine Muslims Pray for Victory, End of Occupation

Ukraine Muslims Pray for Victory, End of Occupation

By the time the Russians invaded, 43-year-old Mufti Said Ismahilov — one of the Muslim spiritual leaders of Ukraine —...