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Latest Terror Attack in France Sparks Anger, Fear 

Latest Terror Attack in France Sparks Anger, Fear 

France saw countrywide rallies defending free speech and secularism Sunday, while the government discussed a stronger response to Islamist extremism...

UK Says Door Remains ‘Ajar’ for Post-Brexit Trade Deal 

UK Says Door Remains ‘Ajar’ for Post-Brexit Trade Deal 

The UK had imposed a deadline of last week’s EU summit for a deal  and Prime Minister Boris Johnson said...

Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchanging Accusations of Violating Humanitarian Truce

Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchanging Accusations of Violating Humanitarian Truce

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other Sunday of violating a new humanitarian cease-fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, just hours after...

Turkish Cypriots Pick Leader as Stakes Soar in Mediterranean

Turkish Cypriots Pick Leader as Stakes Soar in Mediterranean

Turkish Cypriots began voting Sunday in a leadership runoff between an incumbent who pledges a course less bound by Turkey’s...

Armenia Accuses Azerbaijan of Violating Humanitarian Truce

Armenia Accuses Azerbaijan of Violating Humanitarian Truce

In a Twitter message early Sunday, Armenia’s Defense Ministry accused Azerbaijan of violating a new cease-fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region...

Finger Pointed at Swiss Yodeling Concert as COVID Superspreader Event

Finger Pointed at Swiss Yodeling Concert as COVID Superspreader Event

The coronavirus pandemic has not deterred the Swiss from sending yodels echoing across their mountain valleys, but a concert attended...

France Reels From Latest Terror Attack

France Reels From Latest Terror Attack

France is reeling from its latest terrorist attack — the gruesome beheading of a Paris-area teacher days after he showed...

US Condemns Turkey for Testing Russian-Made S-400 Missile

US Condemns Turkey for Testing Russian-Made S-400 Missile

The United States has condemned Turkey for testing a highly advanced Russian air defense system on Friday, disregarding U.S. warnings.A...

Azerbaijan says 12 Killed, 40 Wounded in Missile Attack on Ganja

Azerbaijan says 12 Killed, 40 Wounded in Missile Attack on Ganja

Authorities in Azerbaijan say a missile attack on the city of Ganja killed at least 12 people and wounded 40...

Turkey, Ukraine Sign Military Cooperation Agreements

Turkey, Ukraine Sign Military Cooperation Agreements

Turkey and Ukraine signed military cooperation agreements in Istanbul on Friday, deepening a defense partnership seen as an effort to...

French Teacher Decapitated, Suspect Shot Dead by Police

French Teacher Decapitated, Suspect Shot Dead by Police

A history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was decapitated Friday in a...

YouTube Follows Twitter And Facebook With QAnon Crackdown

YouTube Follows Twitter And Facebook With QAnon Crackdown

YouTube is following the lead of Twitter and Facebook, saying that it is taking more steps to limit QAnon and...

Overshadowed by COVID, EU Summit Ends in Brussels

Overshadowed by COVID, EU Summit Ends in Brussels

Finland’s prime minister, Sanna Marin, was the latest official to prematurely leave the EU summit in Brussels due to coronavirus...

Pompeo Criticizes Turkey’s Involvement in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Pompeo Criticizes Turkey’s Involvement in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday Turkey’s involvement in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has increased the...

Britain Accuses Russia of Vaccine Disinformation Campaign

Britain Accuses Russia of Vaccine Disinformation Campaign

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Friday accused Russia of mounting a worldwide disinformation campaign aimed at eroding public confidence...

Finland’s Prime Minister Leaves EU Summit After COVID-19 Exposure

Finland’s Prime Minister Leaves EU Summit After COVID-19 Exposure

Finland’s prime minister Friday became the second European Union leader to leave a two-day summit as a precautionary measure, after...

Czech Health Minister Warns of ‘Huge’ Spike in COVID-19 Patients

Czech Health Minister Warns of ‘Huge’ Spike in COVID-19 Patients

The Czech Republic’s health minister said Friday the country’s health system needs be ready for a “huge influx,” of COVID-19...

In Blocking Tweets, Is Twitter Protecting the Election or Interfering?

In Blocking Tweets, Is Twitter Protecting the Election or Interfering?

The decision by Twitter to block the dissemination of a story on its site about Hunter Biden, the son of...

Republicans to Subpoena Twitter CEO Over Blocking Article Attacking Biden 

Republicans to Subpoena Twitter CEO Over Blocking Article Attacking Biden 

Senate Republicans said Thursday they will subpoena Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey over the decision to block a news report...

EU Leaders Meet for So-called Summit of Gloom

EU Leaders Meet for So-called Summit of Gloom

It has been dubbed the summit of gloom.For the next two days, the European Union’s 27 national leaders will meet...

European Cities Locked Down Amid Coronavirus Surge

European Cities Locked Down Amid Coronavirus Surge

Dozens of European cities have been forced into lockdown amid a surge in coronavirus infections. Hospital intensive care units in...

WHO Europe Director Urges Tighter Controls as COVID Cases Surge

WHO Europe Director Urges Tighter Controls as COVID Cases Surge

The World Health Organization’s Europe director is encouraging European nations to tighten controls as the continent struggles to contain what...