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EU Seeks Answers to Rising Security Challenges as Israel-Hamas War Fuels New Concerns

EU Seeks Answers to Rising Security Challenges as Israel-Hamas War Fuels New Concerns

European Union interior ministers on Thursday debated how to manage the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas on...

Ukraine Says Russia Launches Waves of Drone and Missile Strikes

Ukraine Says Russia Launches Waves of Drone and Missile Strikes

Ukraine’s military says Russia unleashed a wave of drone and missile strikes on four Ukrainian regions overnight but most of...

EU Opens Disinformation Probes into Meta, TikTok

EU Opens Disinformation Probes into Meta, TikTok

The EU announced probes Thursday into Facebook owner Meta and TikTok, seeking more details on the measures they have taken...

Russian Diplomat Meets North Korean Leader, Vows Support

Russian Diplomat Meets North Korean Leader, Vows Support

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, as...

UK’s Sunak Visits Israel, Will Warn Against Gaza War Escalation

UK’s Sunak Visits Israel, Will Warn Against Gaza War Escalation

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel on Thursday to demonstrate solidarity with a country reeling from an Oct....

Ukraine Says Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Mykolaiv

Ukraine Says Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Mykolaiv

Officials in southern Ukraine said a Russian missile hit a residential area late Wednesday, killing at least two people. Ukraine’s...

Italian Lawmakers Approve $10.5 Million for Long-Delayed Holocaust Museum

Italian Lawmakers Approve $10.5 Million for Long-Delayed Holocaust Museum

Italian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to back a long-delayed project to build a Holocaust Museum in Rome, underlining the urgency...

Biden to Discuss Israel, Ukraine in Thursday Address

Biden to Discuss Israel, Ukraine in Thursday Address

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to address the nation Thursday night and discuss the U.S. response to the recent...

French Iranian Academic Held in Iran Since 2019 Back in France

French Iranian Academic Held in Iran Since 2019 Back in France

French Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah has returned to France, her university said Wednesday, after being held for 4½ years in...

Russia Detains US Journalist Working for Radio Free Europe

Russia Detains US Journalist Working for Radio Free Europe

A Russian American journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to...

US-Turkey Feud Complicates Efforts to Contain Gaza Crisis, Analysts Say

US-Turkey Feud Complicates Efforts to Contain Gaza Crisis, Analysts Say

Tensions between the United States and Turkey are growing, with each side accusing the other of posing a security threat....

Pope Francis Calls for End to Israel-Palestinian Violence

Pope Francis Calls for End to Israel-Palestinian Violence

Pope Francis decried the “desperate” situation in Gaza, calling for peace, during his general audience on Wednesday. The pope, however,...

Xi, Putin Reaffirm Partnership Amid Middle East Turmoil

Xi, Putin Reaffirm Partnership Amid Middle East Turmoil

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a highly anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the Belt...

Russian Duma Passes Bill to Revoke Ratification of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Russian Duma Passes Bill to Revoke Ratification of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Russia’s parliament moved swiftly to fulfill the wish of President Vladimir Putin by completing the passage of a bill that...

Ukraine Says Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine Says Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainian officials said Wednesday a Russian missile attack in the city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least two people and wounded...

To Find Out How Wildlife Is Doing, Scientists Try Listening

To Find Out How Wildlife Is Doing, Scientists Try Listening

A reedy pipe and a high-pitched trill duet against the backdrop of a low-pitched insect drone. Their symphony is the...

While War Rages in Middle East, Italians Honor Jews Rounded Up by Nazis in 1943

While War Rages in Middle East, Italians Honor Jews Rounded Up by Nazis in 1943

As images of the war between Israel and Hamas sent shockwaves around the world, people in Italy’s capital held a...

Four-Day Work Week Boosts Spanish Workers’ Health, Pilot Program Shows

Four-Day Work Week Boosts Spanish Workers’ Health, Pilot Program Shows

Four-day work weeks improved Spanish workers’ health several ways, such as by lowering stress while reducing fuel emissions and benefiting...

Russian Parliament Moves to Rescind Ratification of Global Nuclear Test Ban

Russian Parliament Moves to Rescind Ratification of Global Nuclear Test Ban

The lower house of the Russian parliament on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill revoking ratification of a global...

European Parliament Approves $53 Billion More for Ukraine

European Parliament Approves $53 Billion More for Ukraine

The European Parliament on Tuesday backed giving an extra $53 billion in European Union money over the next four years...

Ukraine Using US-Provided Long-Range ATACMS, Zelenskyy Confirms

Ukraine Using US-Provided Long-Range ATACMS, Zelenskyy Confirms

Ukraine launched ATACMS at Russian forces on Tuesday, after the United States secretly provided a small number of the long-range...

US Imposes New Chip Export Controls on China

US Imposes New Chip Export Controls on China

The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday tightened its export controls to keep China from acquiring advanced computer chips that it...