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Turkish Lawmakers Adopt New Disinformation Law 

Turkish Lawmakers Adopt New Disinformation Law 

Turkey’s parliament has adopted a new law that carries prison terms of up to three years for spreading “disinformation” online....

Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter’s Hagrid, Dies at 72

Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter’s Hagrid, Dies at 72

Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series...

Musk Says SpaceX Cannot Fund Ukraine’s Starlink Internet Indefinitely

Musk Says SpaceX Cannot Fund Ukraine’s Starlink Internet Indefinitely

Elon Musk said Friday his rocket company SpaceX cannot indefinitely fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, which has helped...

Experts: Cyberattacks on US Airport Websites Highlight Ongoing Threats

Experts: Cyberattacks on US Airport Websites Highlight Ongoing Threats

Cybersecurity experts say that the October 10 attack on at least 14 U.S. airport websites, including those in Los Angeles...

Jeremy Hunt Brought in From the Cold as UK’s New Finance Minister

Jeremy Hunt Brought in From the Cold as UK’s New Finance Minister

Jeremy Hunt was named Britain’s new finance minister on Friday, the latest senior ministerial role for the self-proclaimed entrepreneur regarded...

ICRC Calls for Access to All Russian, Ukrainian POWs

ICRC Calls for Access to All Russian, Ukrainian POWs

The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling on both Russia and Ukraine to grant it unimpeded access to...

New Jersey Town of Secaucus Steps Up for Ukraine

New Jersey Town of Secaucus Steps Up for Ukraine

The town of Secaucus in the eastern U.S. state of New Jersey is stepping up to help the people of...

Brothers on Trial for Murder of Maltese Anti-Corruption Journalist

Brothers on Trial for Murder of Maltese Anti-Corruption Journalist

Two men went on trial Friday for the murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia almost five years ago...

UK Defense Ministry: Mercenary Group Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

UK Defense Ministry: Mercenary Group Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

“In the last three days, pro-Russian forces have made tactical advances towards the center of the town of Bakhmut in...

Russian, Turkish Leaders Meet Again as West Voices Concern

Russian, Turkish Leaders Meet Again as West Voices Concern

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Thursday for the fourth time in as many months....

Warmer-Than-Average Winter Ahead for Europe, Forecaster Says

Warmer-Than-Average Winter Ahead for Europe, Forecaster Says

Europe faces a higher-than-usual chance of a cold blast of weather before the end of the year, but the winter...

Russia Attacks Ukraine with Iran-Made Drone

Russia Attacks Ukraine with Iran-Made Drone

NATO pledges more weapons for Ukraine …

Somali Survivor Tells Tale of Greek Migrant Shipwreck

Somali Survivor Tells Tale of Greek Migrant Shipwreck

A failed engine and high waves were to blame for the fatal shipwreck that killed at least 18 Europe-bound migrants...

As Iran Protesters Demand Regime Change, How Should West Respond?

As Iran Protesters Demand Regime Change, How Should West Respond?

Anti-government protests are continuing across Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody last month. She had...

UN: Early Warning of Impending Disasters Saves Lives

UN: Early Warning of Impending Disasters Saves Lives

A new report finds half of all countries globally lack early warning systems that could save lives by alerting communities...

Estonian Volunteers Train for a Day They Hope Will Never Come

Estonian Volunteers Train for a Day They Hope Will Never Come

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, the other small ex-Soviet republics watch the advancing Ukrainian army with hope, but...

UN General Assembly Rejects Russia’s 
‘Referendums,’ ‘Annexation’ in Ukraine 

UN General Assembly Rejects Russia’s ‘Referendums,’ ‘Annexation’ in Ukraine 

The international community sent a clear message to Moscow on Wednesday, declaring the country’s so-called referendums and attempted annexation of...

‘Bucha Became the Turning Point,’ Says Russian Journalist

‘Bucha Became the Turning Point,’ Says Russian Journalist

Ekaterina Fomina lived her whole life in Moscow. And although the investigative journalist studied for a year abroad, leaving Russia...

Turkey Slammed over Proposed Social Media Controls

Turkey Slammed over Proposed Social Media Controls

Turkey’s government recently proposed legislation that would criminalize the spreading of misinformation on social media. The move is drawing national...

Biden’s National Security Plan Aims at China, Russia

Biden’s National Security Plan Aims at China, Russia

The White House rolled out a long-delayed national security strategy on Wednesday that seeks to contain China’s rise while reemphasizing...

EU Executive Recommends Bosnia Become Candidate Member

EU Executive Recommends Bosnia Become Candidate Member

Bosnia-Herzegovina moved a small step closer to the European Union on Wednesday with the EU’s executive advising member states to...

Taiwan Says China Looking at Ukraine War to Develop ‘Hybrid’ Strategies

Taiwan Says China Looking at Ukraine War to Develop ‘Hybrid’ Strategies

China is looking at the experience of the war in Ukraine to develop “hybrid warfare” strategies against Taiwan including using...