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Blinken in Italy on Sunday for Meetings with Top Leaders, Pope

Blinken in Italy on Sunday for Meetings with Top Leaders, Pope

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s multination trip to Europe takes him to Italy Sunday for several days of meetings...

Blinken Heads to Rome Focusing on Syria and Defeating IS Terrorists

Blinken Heads to Rome Focusing on Syria and Defeating IS Terrorists

After being warmly welcomed in France and Germany, Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Italy on Sunday to meet...

Turkey Starts Canal Project Amid Environmental, Regional Concerns

Turkey Starts Canal Project Amid Environmental, Regional Concerns

In a blaze of publicity, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan laid a foundation stone close to Istanbul, starting the construction...

Britain’s Health Secretary Quits After Breaking COVID-19 Rules by Kissing Aide 

Britain’s Health Secretary Quits After Breaking COVID-19 Rules by Kissing Aide 

Britain’s Health Minister Matt Hancock quit Saturday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide...

Iran Says Nuclear Deal Salvageable but ‘Will Not Negotiate Forever’

Iran Says Nuclear Deal Salvageable but ‘Will Not Negotiate Forever’

Iran said Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned...

UN Expert: Criminalization of Same Sex Unions Violates Human Rights Law and Must End

UN Expert: Criminalization of Same Sex Unions Violates Human Rights Law and Must End

U.N. Independent Expert on Protection against Violence and Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, is calling...

Turkish Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse LGBTI March in Istanbul

Turkish Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse LGBTI March in Istanbul

Turkish police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that gathered for a Pride parade Saturday in central Istanbul, detaining...

German Investigators Seek Motive in Fatal Knife Attack

German Investigators Seek Motive in Fatal Knife Attack

Investigators were looking Saturday for a motive behind an attack in the German city of Wuerzburg in which a man...

Attack on UN Base in Mali Injures 12 German Soldiers

Attack on UN Base in Mali Injures 12 German Soldiers

The United Nations said 12 German troops and a Belgian soldier serving in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali were...

Knife Attack in German City Leaves 3 Dead; Suspect Arrested

Knife Attack in German City Leaves 3 Dead; Suspect Arrested

A man armed with a long knife killed three people and injured five others, some seriously, in Germany’s southern city...

EU Leaders Reject Putin Summit; Defend LGBT Rights

EU Leaders Reject Putin Summit; Defend LGBT Rights

On the first day of its summit in Brussels, the 27-member European Union failed to agree to terms for proposed...

US Could Quit Iran Nuclear Deal if Talks Do Not Advance

US Could Quit Iran Nuclear Deal if Talks Do Not Advance

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that the absence of an interim agreement to monitor Iran’s nuclear activities...

Airlines Say New UK Travel Rules Cause Vacation Uncertainty

Airlines Say New UK Travel Rules Cause Vacation Uncertainty

Airlines and holiday providers on Friday expressed frustration with the U.K.’s plans to ease travel restrictions, saying uncertainty about how...

Rare Czech Republic Tornado Kills 3, Wipes Out Village

Rare Czech Republic Tornado Kills 3, Wipes Out Village

Search and rescue crews in the southeastern Czech Republic were going house to house Friday searching for survivors of a...

Rare Tornado, Storms Rip Through Southern Czech Republic

Rare Tornado, Storms Rip Through Southern Czech Republic

A rare tornado struck along the Czech Republic’s southern border on Thursday evening, destroying parts of some towns as strong...

Secretary of State Blinken to Meet with French President Macron

Secretary of State Blinken to Meet with French President Macron

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in France, his latest stop in a multination tour, where he will...

Ukrainian Member of Cybercrime Gang Sentenced in US

Ukrainian Member of Cybercrime Gang Sentenced in US

A Ukrainian hacker was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a notorious cybercrime group that stole...

Opposition Accuses Turkish Government of Stoking Political Tensions after Fatal Shooting 

Opposition Accuses Turkish Government of Stoking Political Tensions after Fatal Shooting 

A fatal attack by a gunman on a provincial office of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party is stoking fears of growing political...

Engage or Disengage? EU leaders Divided on Russia 

Engage or Disengage? EU leaders Divided on Russia 

European Union leaders seeking a common stance toward Russia during talks in Brussels on Thursday and Friday are instead divided...

Germany’s Greens Dip as Christian Democrats Pledge Painless Climate Action

Germany’s Greens Dip as Christian Democrats Pledge Painless Climate Action

Germany’s Green party was riding high in opinion polls until recently, but signs are now emerging of voters worrying how...

Lawyer Says Death of McAfee Surprised US Mogul’s Family

Lawyer Says Death of McAfee Surprised US Mogul’s Family

Authorities in Spain say that a judge has ordered an autopsy on the remains of John McAfee, the gun-loving antivirus...

US, Germany Launch Effort to Counter Holocaust Denial

US, Germany Launch Effort to Counter Holocaust Denial

The United States and Germany are partnering to counter Holocaust denial and antisemitism, an effort U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...