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OSCE Agency Expresses Regret Over Death of Kyrgyz Human Rights Defender

OSCE Agency Expresses Regret Over Death of Kyrgyz Human Rights Defender

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has expressed its regret over...

Spaniards Protest Against Former King Amid Corruption Allegations

Spaniards Protest Against Former King Amid Corruption Allegations

Spaniards demonstrated against the monarchy Saturday as allegations of corruption against former King Juan Carlos, King Felipe’s father, continue to...

Poland to Quit Treaty on Violence Against Women, Minister Says

Poland to Quit Treaty on Violence Against Women, Minister Says

Poland will take steps next week to withdraw from a European treaty on violence against women, which the right-wing cabinet...

Anti-Putin Protests in Russia’s Far East Gather Steam

Anti-Putin Protests in Russia’s Far East Gather Steam

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the streets of Russia’s Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk for a third weekend on Saturday...

Joint EU Debt Must Not Become Regular Occurrence, Germany’s Weidmann Says

Joint EU Debt Must Not Become Regular Occurrence, Germany’s Weidmann Says

A decision by European leaders to issue joint debt to finance coronavirus aid for weaker member states should not serve...

Massive Protest Against Governor’s Arrest Challenges Kremlin

Massive Protest Against Governor’s Arrest Challenges Kremlin

Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday across Russia’s Far East city of Khabarovsk on the border with China to...

UK Quarantines Travelers From Spain in Sudden Blow to Europe’s Revival

UK Quarantines Travelers From Spain in Sudden Blow to Europe’s Revival

Britain abruptly imposed a two-week quarantine on all travelers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases, a dramatic...

Ancient Greek Theaters Return to Life in Pandemic

Ancient Greek Theaters Return to Life in Pandemic

Lights! Crickets. Birds. Bats. Action!  The ancient theater of Epidaurus, renowned for its acoustics, has reopened for a limited number...

Siberian Heat Wave and Melting Arctic Sea Ice Indicate Climate Change, Scientists Say

Siberian Heat Wave and Melting Arctic Sea Ice Indicate Climate Change, Scientists Say

Scientists warn record Siberian temperatures and the rapid melting of the Arctic sea ice along the Russian coast indicate that...

Thousands in Khabarovsk, Russia, Protest Replacement of Popular Regional Governor

Thousands in Khabarovsk, Russia, Protest Replacement of Popular Regional Governor

Huge crowds took to the streets of the Russian city of Khabarovsk on Saturday, angered by the arrest of the...

More Than 180 Wildfires Burning in Siberia

More Than 180 Wildfires Burning in Siberia

Wildfires continue to burn in parts of Siberia this summer as a heatwave has continued to spread in areas north...

Turkey’s President Prays With Hundreds at Hagia Sophia Mosque

Turkey’s President Prays With Hundreds at Hagia Sophia Mosque

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prayed with hundreds of worshippers Friday inside the Hagia Sophia, the first prayers since the...

Britain PM Calls Anti-Vaccination Activists ‘Nuts’

Britain PM Calls Anti-Vaccination Activists ‘Nuts’

As he visited a London medical center to promote a flu immunization program Friday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson referred...

France Advises Citizens Not to Travel to Catalonia

France Advises Citizens Not to Travel to Catalonia

France’s prime minister Friday strongly recommended French citizens not travel to the Spanish region of Catalonia after a surge in...

US Intelligence Official Warns of Foreign Interference in US Elections

US Intelligence Official Warns of Foreign Interference in US Elections

The director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center has warned that Russia, China, Iran and other countries are...

Will Europe’s Recovery Fund Cause More Problems for the EU?

Will Europe’s Recovery Fund Cause More Problems for the EU?

After five days of grueling and at times ill-tempered talks, European countries this week finally agreed on an $870 billion...

Mandatory Masks Becoming Rule Amid Europe’s Virus Uptick

Mandatory Masks Becoming Rule Amid Europe’s Virus Uptick

New rules on wearing masks in England came into effect Friday, with people going to shops, banks and supermarkets now...

Hungarian PM Claims EU Win But Rule-of-Law Dispute Not Over

Hungarian PM Claims EU Win But Rule-of-Law Dispute Not Over

Hungary’s prime minister on Friday touted what he called his victory at the European Union summit, where the bloc’s leaders...

International Team Completes Analysis of Ukrainian Jet Shot Down by Iran

International Team Completes Analysis of Ukrainian Jet Shot Down by Iran

An international team has completed a preliminary investigative analysis of the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger jetliner accidentally shot...

After Britain, Germany Emerges as Next 5G Battleground

After Britain, Germany Emerges as Next 5G Battleground

Following Britain’s decision to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from its 5G telecom network, Germany is emerging as the next...

EU Agrees on Germany’s Coronavirus Proposal for Air Travel

EU Agrees on Germany’s Coronavirus Proposal for Air Travel

The European Union agreed Thursday on Germany’s proposal for coronavirus-preventative common hygiene standards at airports and on aircraft. “I am pleased...

German Court Convicts 93-Year-Old Man for Nazi Crimes

German Court Convicts 93-Year-Old Man for Nazi Crimes

A Hamburg court convicted a 93-year old German man of helping to murder 5,232 prisoners, many of them Jewish, at...