Nine people killed as boat capsizes in Mediterranean, Italy coast guard says
Rome — Nine people, including a baby, have died after their boat capsized while trying to cross the Mediterranean in stormy...
Experts say Turkey becoming a drug transit hub
ISTANBUL — Turkish police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...
Russia, Kazakhstan battle record floods as rivers rise
ORENBURG, Russia — The Russian city of Orenburg battled rising water levels on Thursday after major rivers across Russia and Kazakhstan...
Top US general warns Ukraine on brink of being overrun by Russia
WASHINGTON — The tenacity of Ukrainian troops will soon be no match for Russia’s manpower and missiles should U.S. lawmakers fail...
EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of migration law, hoping to deprive the far right of votes
BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers approved Wednesday a major revamp of the bloc’s migration laws aimed at ending years of division...
US restricts trade with companies tied to drones used by Russia, Houthis
WASHINGTON — The United States restricted trade with five companies on Wednesday that it said help produce and procure drones for...
Ukrainian civilians help build up their country’s drone fleet
Inexpensive first-person view – or radio controlled – drones have become a powerful weapon in Ukraine’s war against Russian invaders....
Blinken, Cameron implore Republican lawmakers to unblock aid to Ukraine
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington to help push for a...
Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 100,000 people in worst flooding in decades
ORSK, Russia — Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled rivers beyond bursting...
Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed the existence of the ‘God particle,’ dies at 94
LONDON — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter...
Turkey’s rapprochement with Israel stops as Ankara restricts trade
Turkey has announced restrictions on trade with Israel and Turkish Airlines has suspended flights to the country as a consequence...
Ukrainians stay in front-line town despite danger, hardships
It has been two years since the town of Siversk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region has enjoyed electricity, gas and sewage...
US top military leaders face Congress over Pentagon budget and questions on Israel, Ukraine support
Washington — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Brown Jr. testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about...
Champions League matches proceed despite Islamic State terror threat
NYON, Switzerland — This week’s Champions League games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat, the governing...
Simon Harris installed as Ireland’s new prime minister
LONDON — Lawmaker Simon Harris was elected Ireland’s prime minister by a vote in parliament Tuesday, becoming at 37 the country’s...
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