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UK Charges Man with Intent to ‘Injure or Alarm’ Queen

UK Charges Man with Intent to ‘Injure or Alarm’ Queen

A man was charged with intent to “alarm her Majesty” after being arrested at Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home with...

US Basketball Player Back in Russian Court on Drug Charges

US Basketball Player Back in Russian Court on Drug Charges

American basketball player Brittney Griner was back in a Russian court Tuesday for her drug possession trial as the United...

Afghan Migrants in Turkey Worried About Increased Deportations

Afghan Migrants in Turkey Worried About Increased Deportations

Thousands of Afghans took refuge in Turkey as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last year. Many of these Afghans...

Russia High Court Labels Ukraine’s Azov Regiment ‘Terrorist’ Group

Russia High Court Labels Ukraine’s Azov Regiment ‘Terrorist’ Group

The Supreme Court of Russia, acting on a request by the Prosecutor General’s Office, has designated Ukraine’s ultra-right Azov Regiment...

Russia Adopts Oppressive Laws Targeting War Opponents

Russia Adopts Oppressive Laws Targeting War Opponents

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Moscow has done its best to suppress opposition inside Russia. VOA Russian...

At UN, Review of Nuclear Controls in Tense World Underway

At UN, Review of Nuclear Controls in Tense World Underway

The U.N. secretary-general warned Monday at the start of a nuclear non-proliferation conference that the risks of more nuclear weapons...

Kenyan Ministers Say Government Not Banning Facebook

Kenyan Ministers Say Government Not Banning Facebook

Kenyan ministers said the government has no intention of banning Facebook despite a watchdog last week accusing the social media...

Erdogan Seeks to Tighten Grip on Social Media Ahead of Polls

Erdogan Seeks to Tighten Grip on Social Media Ahead of Polls

Social media users in Turkey could face up to three years in jail for postings that authorities consider to be...

Russia Imposes Travel Ban on Dozens More Prominent Britons

Russia Imposes Travel Ban on Dozens More Prominent Britons

Russia announced sanctions Monday against dozens of British politicians, officials and public figures, accusing them of supporting the “demonization” of...

In Lavrov’s Africa Visit, Russia Seizes Opportunities

In Lavrov’s Africa Visit, Russia Seizes Opportunities

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Russia intensified its global battle to win support with an official trip...

Spanish Government’s Body Positivity Campaign Goes Awry

Spanish Government’s Body Positivity Campaign Goes Awry

The Spanish government maybe had a good idea, but the execution of the body positivity campaign has gone horribly wrong. ...

Ukrainian Grain Shipments Resume from Odesa

Ukrainian Grain Shipments Resume from Odesa

Grain shipments from Ukraine’s port of Odesa resumed Monday. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni was the first to leave...

Kosovo Delays License Plate Plan After Border Tensions

Kosovo Delays License Plate Plan After Border Tensions

The Kosovo government postponed implementation of a decision that would oblige Serbs in the north of the country to apply...

Ukraine War Hangs Over UN Meeting on Nuclear Treaty’s Legacy

Ukraine War Hangs Over UN Meeting on Nuclear Treaty’s Legacy

There was already plenty of trouble to talk about when a major U.N. meeting on the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty...

England Beats Germany in Extra Time to Win Women’s Euro 2022

England Beats Germany in Extra Time to Win Women’s Euro 2022

England beat Germany 2-1 in the final of the European Championship after extra time on Sunday to win its first...

Nigerian Street Vendor Brutally Killed in Italy

Nigerian Street Vendor Brutally Killed in Italy

Hundreds of people from the Nigerian community of the central Italian city of Civitanova Marche took to the streets Saturday...

Zelenskyy Calls for Evacuation of Eastern Donetsk

Zelenskyy Calls for Evacuation of Eastern Donetsk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Saturday for the evacuation of eastern Donetsk province, the region that has seen the fiercest...

Iran Arrests Swedish Citizen on Espionage Charges

Iran Arrests Swedish Citizen on Espionage Charges

Iran has arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday, after a court...

Pope Says He’ll Slow Down or Retire

Pope Says He’ll Slow Down or Retire

Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments,...

How Russia Spread a Secret Web of Agents Across Ukraine

How Russia Spread a Secret Web of Agents Across Ukraine

When the first armored vehicles of Russia’s invading army reached the heart of Chernobyl nuclear plant on the afternoon of...

Women’s Soccer Energizes England in a League of Their Own

Women’s Soccer Energizes England in a League of Their Own

Izzy Short, 13, struggles to pick her favorite England player as she anticipates the team’s appearance in Sunday’s final of...

US, Japan to Set Up Research Center for Next Semiconductors

US, Japan to Set Up Research Center for Next Semiconductors

The United States and Japan launched a new high-level economic dialogue Friday aimed at pushing back against China and countering...