Posts by Newsmaker

West Must Arm Ukraine to Stop Future Russian Threats, Latvian President Says

West Must Arm Ukraine to Stop Future Russian Threats, Latvian President Says

Latvia’s president says Russia is planning for a long war in Ukraine and he has a message for countries wavering...

Thousands Expected to March in France Against Antisemitism

Thousands Expected to March in France Against Antisemitism

Tens of thousands are expected to march Sunday in Paris against antisemitism amid bickering by political parties over who should...

US Military Plane Crashes in Mediterranean Training ‘Mishap’

US Military Plane Crashes in Mediterranean Training ‘Mishap’

An American military aircraft crashed after suffering a “mishap” during training in the eastern Mediterranean, the U.S. European Command (EUCOM)...

Hundreds of Thousands March in London for Palestinians

Hundreds of Thousands March in London for Palestinians

More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, with police arresting more than 120 people as they...

EU Expresses Doubts on Long-Term Funding for Ukraine

EU Expresses Doubts on Long-Term Funding for Ukraine

European Union countries are having reservations about committing a long-term fund of $21.4 billion of military aid for Ukraine as...

Iceland Evacuates Town, Raises Aviation Alert Amid Fears of Volcanic Eruption

Iceland Evacuates Town, Raises Aviation Alert Amid Fears of Volcanic Eruption

Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption...

Zelenskyy Addresses Paris Peace Forum

Zelenskyy Addresses Paris Peace Forum

Despite a Russian invasion of his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an optimistic address Friday before the Paris Peace...

North Korea Slams Blinken’s Comments on Ties with Moscow

North Korea Slams Blinken’s Comments on Ties with Moscow

North Korea’s foreign ministry on Saturday slammed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on Pyongyang’s relations with Moscow, saying...

Constitutional Crisis Roils Turkey’s Legal System, Parliament

Constitutional Crisis Roils Turkey’s Legal System, Parliament

Bar associations across Turkey reacted with demonstrations, marches and legal actions Friday to a constitutional crisis in which a lower-ranking...

Huge Crowds Expected for London Pro-Palestinian Rally 

Huge Crowds Expected for London Pro-Palestinian Rally 

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to join a pro-Palestinian march in London on Saturday, a rally Prime Minister...

Quakes Rock Southwestern Iceland as Volcanic Eruption Looms

Quakes Rock Southwestern Iceland as Volcanic Eruption Looms

Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula...

Belgium Arrests Suspect, Raids Continue in Far-Right Terror Inquiry

Belgium Arrests Suspect, Raids Continue in Far-Right Terror Inquiry

Belgian anti-terrorism investigators on Friday were holding one alleged member of an extreme right group suspected of preparing bomb attacks...

Internet Collapses in Yemen Over ‘Maintenance’ After Houthi Attacks Targeting Israel, US

Internet Collapses in Yemen Over ‘Maintenance’ After Houthi Attacks Targeting Israel, US

Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed Friday and stayed down for hours, with officials later blaming unannounced...

Dnipro River, a ‘Rampart’ Winding Through Ukraine War

Dnipro River, a ‘Rampart’ Winding Through Ukraine War

A sweeping plain dotted with ruined houses stretched into the horizon and toward the blue expanse of the Dnipro River,...

More Grain Reaching Ukraine Black Sea Ports, Rail Official Says

More Grain Reaching Ukraine Black Sea Ports, Rail Official Says

The number of rail freight cars heading to the ports of Ukraine’s Odesa region continued to rise over the past...

British Ministry: War Has Russia ‘Overextended’

British Ministry: War Has Russia ‘Overextended’

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is overextending Russia’s domestic military resources and is straining “its ability to retain baseline defenses across...

Countries in Crisis Top Recipients of Chinese Aid

Countries in Crisis Top Recipients of Chinese Aid

Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan are the top three recipients of Chinese development funding in the past two decades, but the...

Paris Conference Mobilizes Aid for Gaza

Paris Conference Mobilizes Aid for Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron gave opening remarks on Thursday in Paris at an aid conference for Gaza, stressing that “all...

Turkey’s Media Regulator Votes to Order DW to Obtain License 

Turkey’s Media Regulator Votes to Order DW to Obtain License 

Turkey’s media regulator has voted to order the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, or DW, to obtain a broadcast license...

UK Interior Minister Sparks Furor by Accusing Police of Favoring Pro-Palestinian Protesters

UK Interior Minister Sparks Furor by Accusing Police of Favoring Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Britain’s interior minister on Thursday accused the country’s largest police force of being more lenient toward pro-Palestinian demonstrators than other...

Spanish Politician Shot in Madrid

Spanish Politician Shot in Madrid

Spanish police say that veteran right-wing politician Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, has been taken to the hospital after being shot in the...

Ukraine Says Those Calling for Talks With Russia ‘Uninformed’ 

Ukraine Says Those Calling for Talks With Russia ‘Uninformed’ 

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Thursday rejected any calls for talks with Russia amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Those...