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Serbia Releases Kosovo Serb Politician Detained Over Kosovo Shootout 

Serbia Releases Kosovo Serb Politician Detained Over Kosovo Shootout 

The Serbian High Court Wednesday released from detention Milan Radoicic, a Kosovo Serb politician accused of illegal manufacturing and trafficking...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Be Announced Wednesday

Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Be Announced Wednesday

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced Wednesday in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.  The announcement will be...

More Than 500 Migrants Arrive on Spanish Canary Islands

More Than 500 Migrants Arrive on Spanish Canary Islands

Emergency services on the Spanish Canary Islands said Wednesday that more than 500 migrants have reached there in four large...

Washington, Pretoria ‘Reaffirm and Recommit’ After Public Spat Over Russia

Washington, Pretoria ‘Reaffirm and Recommit’ After Public Spat Over Russia

The White House says a recent high-level call “reaffirmed the strong partnership between South Africa and the United States” —...

US Aid to Ukraine Could Hinge on Who Becomes House Speaker

US Aid to Ukraine Could Hinge on Who Becomes House Speaker

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster could signal a shift in the U.S. House of Representatives on aid to Ukraine, with some...

Threat of US Government Shutdown Fuels Concerns About Cyber Vulnerabilities

Threat of US Government Shutdown Fuels Concerns About Cyber Vulnerabilities

As the U.S. government seemed headed for a possible shutdown last week, cybersecurity firms began picking up on an alarming...

Deal to Expedite Grain Exports Has Been Reached Between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania

Deal to Expedite Grain Exports Has Been Reached Between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania

Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan they hope will help expedite Ukrainian grain exports, officials said Tuesday,...

Meta Plans to Charge Europeans for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram, Source Says

Meta Plans to Charge Europeans for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram, Source Says

Meta is proposing to offer European users subscription-based versions of Instagram and Facebook if they would rather not be tracked...

Moscow Seeks to Sentence Exiled TV Journalist to Nearly 10 Years in Prison

Moscow Seeks to Sentence Exiled TV Journalist to Nearly 10 Years in Prison

Russian prosecutors are seeking a 9½-year sentence for a fugitive former state TV journalist who famously stormed a live news...

Spanish Court Investigates Deadly Nightclub Fire

Spanish Court Investigates Deadly Nightclub Fire

A court in Spain’s southeastern city of Murcia opened an investigation into a fire that tore through two adjoining discos,...

Officials Describe ‘Surreal’ Scenes as Nagorno-Karabakh’s Aid, Health Crisis Grows

Officials Describe ‘Surreal’ Scenes as Nagorno-Karabakh’s Aid, Health Crisis Grows

The unprecedented influx of more than 100,000 refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenia in less than a week has triggered a...

Armenia Votes to Ratify ICC’s Rome Statute

Armenia Votes to Ratify ICC’s Rome Statute

Armenia has voted to ratify the founding statute of the International Criminal Court, or ICC — a decision that could obligate...

LogOn: Bionic Hand Gives Users Touch Feedback

LogOn: Bionic Hand Gives Users Touch Feedback

New technologies are giving bionic hands some of the more complex features of human hands. Genia Dulot reports on a...

Armenia’s Parliament Votes to Join the International Criminal Court, Straining Ties With Ally Russia 

Armenia’s Parliament Votes to Join the International Criminal Court, Straining Ties With Ally Russia 

The Armenian parliament on Tuesday voted to join the International Criminal Court, which earlier this year indicted Russian President Vladimir...

Winner of Nobel Prize in Physics to be Announced

Winner of Nobel Prize in Physics to be Announced

The annual Nobel Prize announcements continue Tuesday in the Swedish capital Stockholm when the winner – or winners – of...

Turkey Detains Dozens Following Ankara Attack

Turkey Detains Dozens Following Ankara Attack

Turkey said Tuesday it detained at least 67 people suspected of having links to a Kurdish militant group. Interior Minister...

Pope Suggests Blessings for Same-Sex Unions Possible

Pope Suggests Blessings for Same-Sex Unions Possible

Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him...

Iran Says It Opposes ‘Geopolitical Changes’ in Caucasus

Iran Says It Opposes ‘Geopolitical Changes’ in Caucasus

Iran said Monday it opposes any “geopolitical changes” in the Caucasus, where it has long been angered over Azerbaijan’s desire...

Serbia Reduces Army Presence Near Kosovo After US Expressed Concern

Serbia Reduces Army Presence Near Kosovo After US Expressed Concern

The Serbian army has cut the number of troops stationed on the border with Kosovo by nearly half, top Serbian...

Kyiv Official Urges More Cost-Effective Weapons for Countering Russia Drones

Kyiv Official Urges More Cost-Effective Weapons for Countering Russia Drones

A senior Ukrainian official called on Monday for a reassessment of Western anti-aircraft systems being supplied to Ukraine, saying simpler...

Kenya Panel Urges Shutdown of Worldcoin’s Crypto Project Within Country

Kenya Panel Urges Shutdown of Worldcoin’s Crypto Project Within Country

A Kenyan parliamentary panel called on the country’s information technology regulator on Monday to shut down the operations of cryptocurrency...

Temperatures in Spain Shatter Records as October Kicks Off

Temperatures in Spain Shatter Records as October Kicks Off

The start of October in Spain this year has been the warmest since records began, the country’s meteorological agency AEMET...