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Erdogan Defies Trump Over Iran Sanctions

Erdogan Defies Trump Over Iran Sanctions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday continued to chart a collision course with Washington over Iran. Erdogan is categorically...

North Macedonian PM: Extortion Probe Will Be Resolved Before EU Talks

North Macedonian PM: Extortion Probe Will Be Resolved Before EU Talks

Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev says he is optimistic that an extortion investigation of the country’s former chief...

Storms, Droughts, Disease Alarm Italy’s Olive Farmers

Storms, Droughts, Disease Alarm Italy’s Olive Farmers

After the 24-hour storm dumped more rain on his olive trees than 55-year-old Gianluca can recall having seen in a...

Disability Group President Resigns Over Thunberg Remark

Disability Group President Resigns Over Thunberg Remark

An elected official in central Illinois has resigned as president of a local nonprofit after a social media post about...

BBC Faces Backlash After Censuring Anchor for Trump Remarks

BBC Faces Backlash After Censuring Anchor for Trump Remarks

The BBC is facing a backlash after finding one of its presenters in breach of its editorial guidelines on impartiality...

Report: No-Deal Brexit Could Leave UK With Medical Shortages

Report: No-Deal Brexit Could Leave UK With Medical Shortages

Britain’s government watchdog says there’s still a “significant amount” of work to do to make sure the country has an...

In the Shadow of Strict Protest Laws, Young Russians Build a Climate Movement

In the Shadow of Strict Protest Laws, Young Russians Build a Climate Movement

At 15 years old, Margarita Naumenko is one of the youngest participants in Russia’s Fridays for Future climate protest movement.Each...

Russia Detains Hundreds of North Korean Fishermen

Russia Detains Hundreds of North Korean Fishermen

Russia said Friday it had detained more than 260 North Korean fishermen. The fishermen, who were on several vessels, were detained...

Former President Jacques Chirac Remembered

Former President Jacques Chirac Remembered

France is mourning the death of its longtime political leader Jacques Chirac, the country’s president from 1995 to 2007 who...

White House Phone Call Memo Puts Kyiv on Damage Control in Brussels, Berlin

White House Phone Call Memo Puts Kyiv on Damage Control in Brussels, Berlin

This story originated in FILE – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend the welcome ceremony...

Spain Charges Catalan Separatists Suspected of Planning Violent Attacks

Spain Charges Catalan Separatists Suspected of Planning Violent Attacks

Seven Catalan separatists arrested on suspicion of planning violent attacks have been charged with belonging to a “terrorist organisation” and...

New Spanish Poll Points to Another Election Stalemate

New Spanish Poll Points to Another Election Stalemate

Spain’s second election this year is unlikely to break the stalemate between the main right and left-wing parties, with acting...

UK Royals Give ‘Boaty McBoatface’ Polar Ship its Official Name

UK Royals Give ‘Boaty McBoatface’ Polar Ship its Official Name

Prince William and his wife Kate formally named a new British polar research ship Sir David Attenborough on Thursday, a...

UK’s Business Committee to Investigate Thomas Cook Collapse

UK’s Business Committee to Investigate Thomas Cook Collapse

The British parliament’s business committee has launched an inquiry into the collapse of travel group Thomas Cook and will seek...

UK’s Princess Beatrice Engaged to Real Estate Entrepreneur

UK’s Princess Beatrice Engaged to Real Estate Entrepreneur

Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson have announced the engagement of their elder daughter, Princess Beatrice.They said Thursday...

As Attack Drones Multiply, Israeli Firms Develop Defenses

As Attack Drones Multiply, Israeli Firms Develop Defenses

Israel, one of the pioneers of drone warfare, is now on the front lines of an arms race to protect...

5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, 8 Slightly Injured

5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, 8 Slightly Injured

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Istanbul on Thursday, slightly injuring eight people and sending school children and residents into the...

France’s Retirement Overhaul: Macron’s Greatest Challenge?

France’s Retirement Overhaul: Macron’s Greatest Challenge?

The fate of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency of France may lie in the fate of his planned overhaul of the retirement...

Surge in Migration Throws Greek Islands Back Into Crisis

Surge in Migration Throws Greek Islands Back Into Crisis

There’s no room left at Europe’s largest refugee camp.New arrivals on the Greek island of Lesbos have to fend for...

Ex-French President Chirac, Who Stood Up to US, Dies at 86

Ex-French President Chirac, Who Stood Up to US, Dies at 86

Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly...

Fire Rages at French Chemical Plant; Schools Closed

Fire Rages at French Chemical Plant; Schools Closed

An immense mass of black smoke is rising over Normandy as firefighters battle a blaze Thursday at a chemical plant,...

Source: US Justice Department to Open Facebook Antitrust Investigation

Source: US Justice Department to Open Facebook Antitrust Investigation

The U.S. Justice Department will open an antitrust investigation of Facebook Inc., a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday.It...