Georgian protesters clash with police for 2nd night after EU talks suspended
TBILISI, GEORGIA — Thousands of demonstrators protesting the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union rallied outside...
North Korea: Russia has right to exercise self-defense against Ukraine
seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told the Russian defense minister that Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons is...
From VOA Russian: Who is the Belarusian soldier extradited from Vietnam to Minsk?
Vietnam has extradited Vasil Veremeychik, a former anti-Alexander Lukashenko activist who later became a soldier in Ukraine’s Kastus Kalinouski Regiment....
Ukraine asks NATO for membership invite next week, letter shows
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged his NATO counterparts to issue an invitation at a meeting in Brussels next...
Notre Dame Cathedral unveils new interior 5 years after devastating fire
After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world Friday,...
Wounded Ukrainian veteran building and sending drones to front lines
Vinnytsia resident Vyacheslav Strazhets lost his right arm in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but even as an amputee, he is...
Russia’s war in Ukraine inspires exiled journalist to found media startup
PRAGUE — Lola Tagaeva has no problem acknowledging that she is not an easy boss. But when you’re running a startup...
Ireland votes as incumbents hope to cling to power
DUBLIN — Ireland is voting Friday in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government — and will show whether...
Over a year after Wagner Group leader’s death, Russian mercenaries aren’t going away
When Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in an August 2023 plane crash, many analysts said his death could mark...
Putin threatens Kyiv with new hypersonic cruise missile
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday threatened to strike “decision-making centers in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with Russia’s new Oreshnik hypersonic...
Chad ends defense cooperation agreement with France
N’DJAMENA, chad — Chad’s government said Thursday that it had ended its defense cooperation pact with France, a move that could...
From VOA Russian: Former Moscow lawmaker Alexei Gorinov staged anti-war protest in courtroom cage
Former Moscow lawmaker Alexei Gorinov, serving a seven-year prison sentence for criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine, unfurled an anti-war banner...
From VOA Russian: Wagner Group’s future a year after Prigozhin’s death
Previously all-powerful, the Wagner Group has slowly been reduced in size and dismantled in many of the countries it operated...
Botswana joins Belgium as center for diamond certification
GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has been added as a second center, in addition to Belgium, to verify the origin of rough...
One of two damaged Baltic Sea cables back online, operator says
stockholm — One of two Baltic subsea cables that were damaged earlier this month in a suspected sabotage is back online,...
Drone sightings over U.S. bases prompt British troop deployments
British and American authorities are investigating why several drones were flying over four U.S. air bases in England in recent...
Protests erupt in Georgia after government halts EU application until 2028
TBILISI, GEORGIA — Georgia’s ruling party said on Thursday that the country would suspend talks on European Union accession until 2028,...
Drone sightings over US bases prompt British troop deployments
LONDON — British and American authorities are investigating after several drones were spotted in recent days flying over four U.S. military...
Russian strikes pound energy infrastructure
Russian drones and missiles pounded Ukrainian energy infrastructure Thursday, cutting off power to more than 1 million people across the...
Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers
Tehran, Iran — Iran is set to meet on Friday with France, Germany and the United Kingdom for talks on its...
HIV activist to use Charlize Theron’s Instagram for a day
Geneva, Switzerland — A young South African activist living with HIV will take over Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron’s Instagram account on...
Moldova says end of Russian gas for Transdniestria ‘very realistic’ scenario
CHISINAU, MOLDOVA — The termination of Russian gas supplies to Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria after January 1, 2025, is a...
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