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Norwegian Coast Guard Rescues Crew of Dutch Cargo Ship in Distress

Norwegian Coast Guard Rescues Crew of Dutch Cargo Ship in Distress

Norwegian coast guard officials said Tuesday the 12-member crew of a Dutch cargo ship that was adrift and in danger...

France to Open Archive for Period Covering Rwandan Genocide

France to Open Archive for Period Covering Rwandan Genocide

France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge, the lead...

Spain Looks to Africa for Ways to Curb Migrant Influx

Spain Looks to Africa for Ways to Curb Migrant Influx

Like thousands before him, Oufame Mdiay left Senegal in search of work and a better future.Taking his life in his...

Hikers Scramble as New Fissure Opens Up at Icelandic Volcano

Hikers Scramble as New Fissure Opens Up at Icelandic Volcano

Steam and lava spurted Monday from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the...

Navalny Moved to Sick Ward as Fellow Inmates Hospitalized With Suspected Tuberculosis

Navalny Moved to Sick Ward as Fellow Inmates Hospitalized With Suspected Tuberculosis

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been moved to a sick ward after complaining of a cough and temperature, the...

US Asks Russia to Explain ‘Provocations’ on Ukraine Border

US Asks Russia to Explain ‘Provocations’ on Ukraine Border

The United States, finding reports of Russian military movements on Ukraine’s border credible, asked Moscow to explain the “provocations” and...

Putin Signs Law that Paves the Way to Him Ruling Until 2036 

Putin Signs Law that Paves the Way to Him Ruling Until 2036 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill that opens the door for him to potentially remain...

Russia Backs Off Plan to Block Twitter, Extends Slowdown

Russia Backs Off Plan to Block Twitter, Extends Slowdown

Russia Monday backed off a threat to block Twitter inside the country but said it will continue to slow down...

High Court Sides with Google in Copyright Fight with Oracle

High Court Sides with Google in Copyright Fight with Oracle

The Supreme Court sided Monday with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle over the internet company’s creation...

Top EU Officials Head to Turkey for a Reset

Top EU Officials Head to Turkey for a Reset

Top European Union officials head to Turkey Tuesday to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to reset...

Northern Ireland Sees 3rd Night of Unrest Amid Post-Brexit Tensions

Northern Ireland Sees 3rd Night of Unrest Amid Post-Brexit Tensions

Police and politicians in Northern Ireland appealed for calm on Monday after a third night of violence that saw Protestant...

Facing Pressure at Home, Chinese Tech Giants Expand in Singapore

Facing Pressure at Home, Chinese Tech Giants Expand in Singapore

Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key...

Italian Ballroom Dancers Twirl Through Lockdown

Italian Ballroom Dancers Twirl Through Lockdown

Social distancing is not usually part of the ballroom dancing lexicon. But in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Rome, couples of...

Protest Parties Surge in Bulgaria Election, Threatening Prime Minister Borissov

Protest Parties Surge in Bulgaria Election, Threatening Prime Minister Borissov

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov may have difficulty holding on to power after a surge of votes in an election...

Kosovo Parliament Elects Vjosa Osmani as National President

Kosovo Parliament Elects Vjosa Osmani as National President

Kosovo’s parliament has appointed a 38-year-old U.S.-educated female law professor and candidate of the ruling Vetevendosje party as the country’s...

Swiss Startup Arms Robot with Virus-Killing UV Light

Swiss Startup Arms Robot with Virus-Killing UV Light

A Swiss startup is looking to boost confidence in the safety of air travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, by using...

Pope Francis Calls for Access to Care and Vaccines for All 

Pope Francis Calls for Access to Care and Vaccines for All 

Pope Francis celebrated a second Easter as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of easing in Italy and has again...

Bulgarians Vote for New Parliament

Bulgarians Vote for New Parliament

Bulgarians began voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday that will decide whether long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov wins a...

Kosovo Vote to Elect New President Stymied

Kosovo Vote to Elect New President Stymied

Kosovo’s parliament failed to confirm a new president Saturday, despite backing from the reformist camp that swept this year’s elections,...

Russia to Build Airport in Laos, Train Armed Forces in Sign of Strengthening Military Ties

Russia to Build Airport in Laos, Train Armed Forces in Sign of Strengthening Military Ties

Russian troops have been clearing an area of around 500 hectares of unexploded ordnance, or UXO, in Laos’ Xieng Khouang...

Christians Celebrate Easter in Unusual Circumstances Again This Year

Christians Celebrate Easter in Unusual Circumstances Again This Year

Millions of Christians around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday in unusual circumstances again this year due to the coronavirus...

Unrest Breaks Out in Northern Ireland for Second Straight Night 

Unrest Breaks Out in Northern Ireland for Second Straight Night 

Cars were set alight and masked people pelted a police van with petrol bombs Saturday, the second straight evening of...