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Cyprus Hails US Decision to Fully Lift Weapons Embargo

Cyprus Hails US Decision to Fully Lift Weapons Embargo

Cyprus on Saturday hailed the full lifting of a U.S. arms embargo on the ethnically divided island nation as a...

Thousands Wait in Cold to Pay Respects to Queen Elizabeth II

Thousands Wait in Cold to Pay Respects to Queen Elizabeth II

Thousands of people spent London’s coldest night in months huddled in line to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II,...

Royal Fans Give London Tourism a Bump Amid UK Economic Woes

Royal Fans Give London Tourism a Bump Amid UK Economic Woes

Royal fans have poured into the heart of London to experience the flag-lined roads, pomp-filled processions and, above all, brave...

Experts Warn US Is Falling Behind China in Key Technologies

Experts Warn US Is Falling Behind China in Key Technologies

At a gathering of current and former U.S. officials and private-sector executives Friday in Washington, concern was rampant that the...

King Charles’ History with US Presidents: He’s Met 10 of Past 14

King Charles’ History with US Presidents: He’s Met 10 of Past 14

Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia at a White House supper-dance. Swapping stories with Ronald Reagan about horseback riding....

Putin Vows to Press Attack on Ukraine; Courts India, China

Putin Vows to Press Attack on Ukraine; Courts India, China

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine’s latest counteroffensive and warned that Moscow...

Ukrainian President: Burial Site Contains Torture Victims

Ukrainian President: Burial Site Contains Torture Victims

Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine have found evidence that some of the dead were tortured, including...

US Military Intel Chief Says Putin Can’t Achieve Ukraine Goal

US Military Intel Chief Says Putin Can’t Achieve Ukraine Goal

Russia’s setbacks and stretched resources in Ukraine show its forces are incapable of achieving President Vladimir Putin’s initial aims in...

Finns, Swedes Overwhelmingly Back NATO, Poll Shows

Finns, Swedes Overwhelmingly Back NATO, Poll Shows

A new Gallup Poll released Friday confirms overwhelming support among Finns and Swedes for their nations’ expected accession to NATO,...

Turkish Regulator Criticized Over Public Service Video

Turkish Regulator Criticized Over Public Service Video

Turkish media and LGBTQ groups are questioning a decision by the country’s regulator to classify a video from a coalition...

King Charles, Siblings Stand Vigil as Mourners Line Grows

King Charles, Siblings Stand Vigil as Mourners Line Grows

King Charles and his siblings stood vigil by the coffin of their late mother Queen Elizabeth II on Friday as...

Privacy Threatened as More Governments Use Spyware to Monitor Their People

Privacy Threatened as More Governments Use Spyware to Monitor Their People

A U.N. report warns the right to privacy is under siege as an increasing number of governments are using spyware...

Pelosi to Visit Armenia as Cease-Fire With Azerbaijan Holds

Pelosi to Visit Armenia as Cease-Fire With Azerbaijan Holds

The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said Friday she plans to make a weekend visit to...

Griner, Whelan Families to Meet With Biden Amid US-Russia Talks

Griner, Whelan Families to Meet With Biden Amid US-Russia Talks

President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner...

Queen’s Death Prompts Commonwealth Nations to Question Monarchy Ties

Queen’s Death Prompts Commonwealth Nations to Question Monarchy Ties

The death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has sparked renewed debate in many Commonwealth countries — most of them former...

EU Wants to Ensure Independent Media, Tougher Rules for Media Mergers

EU Wants to Ensure Independent Media, Tougher Rules for Media Mergers

Media groups seeking to take over smaller rivals will have to make sure that their deals ensure media pluralism and...

Germany Seizes Russian Energy Firm’s Subsidiaries

Germany Seizes Russian Energy Firm’s Subsidiaries

Berlin on Friday took control of the German operations of Russian oil firm Rosneft to secure energy supplies which have...

Italy Storms Kill 10 Sparking Pre-vote Climate Change Debate

Italy Storms Kill 10 Sparking Pre-vote Climate Change Debate

At least 10 people died and four were missing after violent storms lashed central Italy, reports said Friday, pushing the...

YouTube, Meta Will Expand Policies, Research to Fight Online Extremism

YouTube, Meta Will Expand Policies, Research to Fight Online Extremism

Major tech companies on Thursday committed to taking fresh steps to combat online extremism by removing more violent content and...

EU Lawmakers Declare That Hungary is No Longer a Democracy

EU Lawmakers Declare That Hungary is No Longer a Democracy

European Union lawmakers on Thursday declared that Hungary has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” under the leadership of...

Ukraine: Mass Grave Found in Izium After Russians Are Ousted 

Ukraine: Mass Grave Found in Izium After Russians Are Ousted 

A mass grave with more than 440 bodies was discovered in Izium, in northeastern Ukraine, where Russian forces were ousted...

Ukraine War, Energy Issues Muddle Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Efforts

Ukraine War, Energy Issues Muddle Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Efforts

Armenia and Azerbaijan appear to have negotiated a cease-fire in the past day, pausing fighting that has reportedly killed more...