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Spanish Farmers Stage Fresh Protests in Madrid 

Spanish Farmers Stage Fresh Protests in Madrid 

Madrid — Hundreds of farmers paraded through the Spanish capital on foot and by tractor on Sunday in the latest protest...

Transnistria Blames Ukrainian Drone Strike After Military Site Explosion

Transnistria Blames Ukrainian Drone Strike After Military Site Explosion

Russian Elections Expected to Extend Putin’s Rule, Despite Some Protests

Russian Elections Expected to Extend Putin’s Rule, Despite Some Protests

Greece Alarmed by Rising Tides of Migrants 

Greece Alarmed by Rising Tides of Migrants 

Athens — Greece is facing increasing illegal immigration as the Gaza crisis continues. The trend has Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and...

European Union Announces $8 Billion Package of Aid for Egypt

European Union Announces $8 Billion Package of Aid for Egypt

Cairo — The European Union on Sunday announced a $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure...

Putin Poised to Rule Russia for 6 More Years

Putin Poised to Rule Russia for 6 More Years

Belgorod, City Where War in Ukraine Came to Russia, Perseveres

Belgorod, City Where War in Ukraine Came to Russia, Perseveres

BELGOROD, Russia — Air raid sirens wail almost daily in the southern Russian city of Belgorod, sending people rushing for cover...

Ukraine Launches Far-Ranging Drone Attacks on Final Day of Russia’s Presidential Vote

Ukraine Launches Far-Ranging Drone Attacks on Final Day of Russia’s Presidential Vote

Russian-Belarusian Band Returns to Stage After Detention in Thailand

Russian-Belarusian Band Returns to Stage After Detention in Thailand

Warsaw, Poland — A Russian-Belarusian rock band that denounces Moscow’s Ukraine invasion returned to the stage this week, voicing defiance after...

Iceland Volcano Erupts 4th Time, Spewing Lava Into Sky

Iceland Volcano Erupts 4th Time, Spewing Lava Into Sky

COPENHAGEN — A volcano in Iceland erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December, the country’s meteorological office said, spewing...

Latvia Starts Criminal Case Against EU Lawmaker Suspected of Russian Espionage 

Latvia Starts Criminal Case Against EU Lawmaker Suspected of Russian Espionage 

HELSINKI — Latvia’s state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European Parliament lawmaker and a citizen of the Baltic...

US Sanctions Network Smuggling American Tech to Iran’s Central Bank

US Sanctions Network Smuggling American Tech to Iran’s Central Bank

Washington — The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled sanctions against a network of companies and individuals for facilitating illegal technology transfers from...

Russians Cast Ballots in Election Preordained to Extend Putin’s Rule

Russians Cast Ballots in Election Preordained to Extend Putin’s Rule

Germany Calls for More Aid to Gaza as Scholz Heads to Israel

Germany Calls for More Aid to Gaza as Scholz Heads to Israel

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Israel on Saturday to allow humanitarian aid access to Gaza on a larger scale,...

Navalny’s Allies Continue Fight to Undermine Putin’s Grip on Power

Navalny’s Allies Continue Fight to Undermine Putin’s Grip on Power

TALLINN, Estonia — Alexey Navalny’s team is used to working independently. The most potent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin was...

Russian Officials Say Ukrainian Shelling Kills 2 in Border City

Russian Officials Say Ukrainian Shelling Kills 2 in Border City

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine, killed two people, Russian...

Q&A: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General: ‘Over 20 Countries’ to Investigate Russian War Crimes

Q&A: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General: ‘Over 20 Countries’ to Investigate Russian War Crimes

At UN, Ukraine Protests Russian Presidential Elections on Its Territory

At UN, Ukraine Protests Russian Presidential Elections on Its Territory

united nations — Ukraine, joined Friday by more than 55 countries at the United Nations, condemned Russia’s attempts to organize elections...

China-Russia-Iran Maritime Drills Send Signal to West

China-Russia-Iran Maritime Drills Send Signal to West

tel aviv, israel — China conducted joint military drills this week with Russia and Iran in the Gulf of Oman, a...

Europe to Use Frozen Russian Profits to Arm Ukraine, Scholz Says

Europe to Use Frozen Russian Profits to Arm Ukraine, Scholz Says

BERLIN — Ukraine’s backers will use windfall profits on frozen Russian assets to finance arms purchases for Kyiv, German Chancellor Olaf...

EU Plans More Environmental Concessions to Farmers

EU Plans More Environmental Concessions to Farmers

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive arm Friday proposed sacrificing even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set...

UN Investigators Accuse Russia of ‘Horrific Treatment’ of Ukrainian POWs, Civilians

UN Investigators Accuse Russia of ‘Horrific Treatment’ of Ukrainian POWs, Civilians

GENEVA — U.N. investigators have accused Russian authorities of disregarding basic human rights principles and causing untold suffering to Ukrainian prisoners...