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Russia, China Again Veto Aid to Millions of Syrians

Russia, China Again Veto Aid to Millions of Syrians

With only hours to go before a mandate to deliver aid across the border from Turkey into northwest Syria was...

Memo: Amazon.com Bans TikTok from Employees’ Phones, Cites ‘Security Risks’

Memo: Amazon.com Bans TikTok from Employees’ Phones, Cites ‘Security Risks’

Amazon.com Inc has requested employees remove the TikTok video sharing app from their mobile devices by July 10 over “security risks,” according...

Turkey’s Erdogan Declares Hagia Sophia a Mosque After Court Ruling

Turkey’s Erdogan Declares Hagia Sophia a Mosque After Court Ruling

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque on Friday after a top...

Notre Dame Cathedral to be Rebuilt Without Modern Touches

Notre Dame Cathedral to be Rebuilt Without Modern Touches

Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt just the way it stood before last year’s devastating fire.No swimming pool or organic...

28 Georgian Soldiers in Afghanistan Infected with Coronavirus

28 Georgian Soldiers in Afghanistan Infected with Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus has reportedly infected 28 Georgian soldiers in the NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.     The...

Competition Heats Up to Host US Troops in Europe

Competition Heats Up to Host US Troops in Europe

There may be some additional competition for the thousands of U.S. troops that could soon be on their way out...

Erdogan Faces Backlash Over Plans to Convert Hagia Sophia Into Mosque

Erdogan Faces Backlash Over Plans to Convert Hagia Sophia Into Mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a growing backlash over his plans to turn Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia into a...

Greek Citizens Protest Proposed Law to Restrict Protests 

Greek Citizens Protest Proposed Law to Restrict Protests 

The Greek government is experiencing significant resistance as it seeks to pass a new law that would restrict the right...

Erdogan Pushes to Reconvert Hagia Sophia into Mosque

Erdogan Pushes to Reconvert Hagia Sophia into Mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a growing backlash over plans to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, the former Greek Orthodox...

Germany Sees Right-Wing Extremism as Top Security Threat

Germany Sees Right-Wing Extremism as Top Security Threat

Germany’s interior minister said Thursday right-wing extremism represents the biggest security threat to the nation, as Germany saw a significant...

Srebrenica Anniversary Prompts Reflection by Bosnian-Americans

Srebrenica Anniversary Prompts Reflection by Bosnian-Americans

Behidin Piric never had the chance to know his maternal grandfather.In 2009, the St. Louis, Missouri, resident received a phone...

Depp, At Libel Trial, Says Heard Relationship Was ‘Tailspin’

Depp, At Libel Trial, Says Heard Relationship Was ‘Tailspin’

Johnny Depp denied assaulting ex-wife Amber Heard on a private Caribbean island and during a furious rampage in Australia in...

War Crimes Prosecutors to Interview Kosovo President 

War Crimes Prosecutors to Interview Kosovo President 

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will go to The Hague on Monday to be interviewed by international war crimes prosecutors.Thaci was...

Britain in Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour 

Britain in Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour 

There is growing speculation that Britain may be about to reverse course and ban Chinese firm Huawei from Britain’s rollout of 5G...

Facebook Removes False Accounts Linked to Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Facebook Removes False Accounts Linked to Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday that it had removed dozens of accounts linked to supporters or employees of Brazilian...

Britain In Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour

Britain In Huawei Dilemma as China Relations Sour

There is growing speculation that Britain may be about to reverse course and ban the Chinese firm Huawei from its...

Serbian President Retracts COVID-19 Curfew After 60 Hurt in Violence

Serbian President Retracts COVID-19 Curfew After 60 Hurt in Violence

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has retracted his decision to reimpose a coronavirus curfew and has urged people to stop attending...

China’s Rival to GPS Navigation Carries Big Risks

China’s Rival to GPS Navigation Carries Big Risks

After more than 20 years of effort, China completed its satellite navigation system last Tuesday when the last of BeiDou’s...

20-Meter Crane Collapses in London

20-Meter Crane Collapses in London

Emergency Service officials in London say a rescue operation is under way after a 20-meter construction crane collapsed late Wednesday...

Lithuania Bans Russian Broadcaster RT Over Kremlin Ties

Lithuania Bans Russian Broadcaster RT Over Kremlin Ties

Lithuania took Russian broadcaster RT off-air on Wednesday, citing the channel’s ties to EU-sanctioned Russian media executive Dmitry Kiselyov.   The move...

Russian Journalists Fear Growing Media Persecution After Treason Arrest 

Russian Journalists Fear Growing Media Persecution After Treason Arrest 

Russian journalists have launched a petition demanding treason allegations against a former reporter be made public, fearing the case is...

British Prime Minister Takes Responsibility for COVID-19 Response

British Prime Minister Takes Responsibility for COVID-19 Response

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday he takes full responsibility for the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, two...