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Russia Begins Military Drills with Allies along Afghan Border

Russia Begins Military Drills with Allies along Afghan Border

Russia begins mass military exercises with its Central Asian allies Tajikistan and Uzbekistan near the Tajik border with Afghanistan this...

Belarus Olympic Sprinter Says Grandmother Advised Her Not to Come Home

Belarus Olympic Sprinter Says Grandmother Advised Her Not to Come Home

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter told reporters Thursday she was advised by family members not to return home because she was...

Russian Defamation Trial Threatens British Press Freedom: Activists

Russian Defamation Trial Threatens British Press Freedom: Activists

Activists say freedom of the press is at risk following a pair of lawsuits brought by Russian oligarchs against a...

As Mediterranean Wildfires Rage, Italy Counts Environmental Losses 

As Mediterranean Wildfires Rage, Italy Counts Environmental Losses 

A heat wave in southern Europe, fed by strong hot winds from North Africa, has contributed to the outbreak of...

Police Arrest 11 Over Racist Abuse of England Players After Euro Final

Police Arrest 11 Over Racist Abuse of England Players After Euro Final

British police have arrested 11 people as part of an investigation into the online racist abuse directed at some of...

China Lodges Protest With BBC Over Flood Reporting 

China Lodges Protest With BBC Over Flood Reporting 

China has lodged a stern representation with Britain’s BBC about its reporting of the floods in Henan and its statement...

WHO Wants Moratorium on Booster Shots Until Low Income Countries Catch up

WHO Wants Moratorium on Booster Shots Until Low Income Countries Catch up

The World Health Organization’s director-general is calling for a worldwide moratorium on COVID-19 booster shots until at least the end...

Britain’s Top General Calls for Retaliation on Iran for Drone Strike 

Britain’s Top General Calls for Retaliation on Iran for Drone Strike 

Britain’s top military commander, General Nick Carter, said Wednesday that Western powers need to retaliate for a suspected Iranian drone...

Greece Grapples with Massive Forest Fires, Evacuations

Greece Grapples with Massive Forest Fires, Evacuations

Greek firefighters on Wednesday grappled with fires razing swathes of forest land on the outskirts of Athens, forcing thousands of...

Belarusian Olympian Departs Tokyo for Vienna

Belarusian Olympian Departs Tokyo for Vienna

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who said she faced punishment if she returned to her country departed Japan Wednesday on a flight...

Thousands Flee Homes Outside Athens as Heat Fuels Wildfires

Thousands Flee Homes Outside Athens as Heat Fuels Wildfires

More than 500 firefighters struggled through the night to contain a large forest fire on the outskirts of Athens, which...

UN Report: Torture Widespread in Iraqi Detention Centers

UN Report: Torture Widespread in Iraqi Detention Centers

The United Nations accused the government of Iraq of the widespread torture of detainees held in the country’s detention centers....

Turkey Wildfires Scorch Recovery in Hobbled Tourism Sector

Turkey Wildfires Scorch Recovery in Hobbled Tourism Sector

Wildfires scorching some of Turkey’s most popular destinations have upended a nascent recovery in the country’s tourism sector hobbled for...

Belarus Sends Reporter to Prison Over Deleted Chat Messages

Belarus Sends Reporter to Prison Over Deleted Chat Messages

A court in Belarus convicted a journalist of insulting the president in messages in a deleted chat group and sentenced...

Donors’ Conference Aims to Boost Lebanese a Year After Beirut Blast

Donors’ Conference Aims to Boost Lebanese a Year After Beirut Blast

France hopes to secure more than $350 million in humanitarian aid for Lebanon’s crisis-battered population at a donors’ conference it...

British Scientists Fear a Forever COVID War, Germany Opts for Booster Shots

British Scientists Fear a Forever COVID War, Germany Opts for Booster Shots

The British government’s scientific advisers have raised the prospect of fighting a forever war against the coronavirus saying the eradication...

Belarusian Olympian Says She Faced Punishment at Home

Belarusian Olympian Says She Faced Punishment at Home

Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said Tuesday she is focused on her safety and seeking refuge in Europe after facing...

Missing Belarusian Activist Found Dead in Kyiv Park

Missing Belarusian Activist Found Dead in Kyiv Park

A Belarusian activist was found dead in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, a day after...

As Taliban Advances, Europe Fears an Afghan Migration Crisis

As Taliban Advances, Europe Fears an Afghan Migration Crisis

Every day sees more Afghan refugees reach Turkey after a grueling trek across Iran. As far as they’re concerned their...

Panda on Loan to France Gives Birth to Twins

Panda on Loan to France Gives Birth to Twins

Huan Huan, a giant panda on loan to France, gave birth to twin cubs very early Monday, according to the...

As Record Number of Refugees Cross Channel, Britain Seeks to Criminalize Irregular Migration

As Record Number of Refugees Cross Channel, Britain Seeks to Criminalize Irregular Migration

A record number of migrants has crossed the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom this year in small...

As Record Refugee Numbers Cross Channel, Britain Seeks to Criminalize Irregular Migration 

As Record Refugee Numbers Cross Channel, Britain Seeks to Criminalize Irregular Migration 

A record number of migrants has crossed the English Channel this year from France to Britain in small boats. The British...