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NATO Leaders Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit  

NATO Leaders Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit  

NATO leaders met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lithuania’s capital as they close a summit that has included...

NATO Leaders Set to Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit

NATO Leaders Set to Meet With Zelenskyy at Vilnius Summit

NATO leaders are set to meet Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they close a summit in Lithuania’s capital...

Smuggler Sentenced to 12 Years for Deaths of 39 Migrants Who Suffocated in Truck

Smuggler Sentenced to 12 Years for Deaths of 39 Migrants Who Suffocated in Truck

A Romanian man who was part of an international human smuggling ring was sentenced Tuesday to more than 12 years...

NATO Agrees on Pathway for Ukraine as Turkey Backs Adding Sweden  

NATO Agrees on Pathway for Ukraine as Turkey Backs Adding Sweden  

From Lithuania, U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday this year’s NATO summit represents an ‘historic moment,’ as the security bloc...

VOA Interview: National Security Council’s John Kirby

VOA Interview: National Security Council’s John Kirby

As NATO leaders meet in Lithuania’s capital to hammer out key agreements amid a grinding war in Ukraine, John Kirby,...

Svitolina Thinks of Family, Ukraine as She Beats No. 1 at Wimbledon

Svitolina Thinks of Family, Ukraine as She Beats No. 1 at Wimbledon

The last time Elina Svitolina was a Grand Slam semifinalist — twice, actually, in 2019 — she was pursuing the...

Moldova Faces Big Challenges in Bid to Break From Moscow

Moldova Faces Big Challenges in Bid to Break From Moscow

Russia’s prolonged aggression in Ukraine has raised fears that Moldova could be next on the Kremlin’s list. Like Ukraine, Moldova...

At UN, Russia Vetoes Aid to Millions in Northwest Syria

At UN, Russia Vetoes Aid to Millions in Northwest Syria

Russia has vetoed the continuation of a U.N. aid operation that is a lifeline to more than four million Syrians...

UN Council Condemns Alarming Rise in Religious Hatred

UN Council Condemns Alarming Rise in Religious Hatred

In a rare moment of international accord, dozens of nations attending a debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council on...

‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU

‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU

U.S. tech titan Mark Zuckerberg has plunged into a high-stakes game of brinkmanship with the European Union by withholding his...

Taliban Suspend Swedish Activities in Afghanistan Over Quran

Taliban Suspend Swedish Activities in Afghanistan Over Quran

The Taliban Tuesday ordered the suspension of all Swedish activities in Afghanistan because of the public burning of the Quran,...

NATO Chief Calls Summit ‘Historic’ as Turkey Backs Adding Sweden to Alliance

NATO Chief Calls Summit ‘Historic’ as Turkey Backs Adding Sweden to Alliance

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday he is “absolutely confident” Turkey will ratify Sweden’s accession to NATO and that alliance...

Spain Rescues 86 People Near Canary Islands, but Scores of Migrants From Senegal Remain Missing

Spain Rescues 86 People Near Canary Islands, but Scores of Migrants From Senegal Remain Missing

Spanish authorities rescued 86 people Monday from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal, after...

Myanmar Violence, Sea Disputes to Dominate ASEAN Talks Joined by Envoys from US, Russia and China

Myanmar Violence, Sea Disputes to Dominate ASEAN Talks Joined by Envoys from US, Russia and China

Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea, and concern over an arms buildup in the region...

Biden Welcomes Sweden’s Acceptance Into NATO as Summit Begins

Biden Welcomes Sweden’s Acceptance Into NATO as Summit Begins

President Joe Biden welcomed news late Monday that Sweden will be admitted to NATO, overcoming objections from the last holdout...

Russian Air Antics Helping Islamic State, Pentagon Says

Russian Air Antics Helping Islamic State, Pentagon Says

The repeated harassment of U.S. drones by Russian fighter pilots in the skies over Syria is again drawing the ire...

Ukraine to Push for Invitation to NATO at Vilnius Summit

Ukraine to Push for Invitation to NATO at Vilnius Summit

At the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week, a main question will be whether Ukraine should join the alliance,...

As Temperatures Soared in Europe Last Year, So Did Heat-Related Deaths, Study Finds

As Temperatures Soared in Europe Last Year, So Did Heat-Related Deaths, Study Finds

Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than 61,000 heat-related deaths, highlighting the...

Biden in Vilnius for NATO Summit After Brief London Stop

Biden in Vilnius for NATO Summit After Brief London Stop

U.S. President Joe Biden is in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the NATO summit after stopping in London to meet British Prime...

Right-Wing Victory in Spain Could Bolster Catalan Independence Drive

Right-Wing Victory in Spain Could Bolster Catalan Independence Drive

Analysts say a right-wing victory may bolster the Catalan independence movement in the north-eastern corner of the country when voters...

Latest in Ukraine: NATO Allies Remain Divided Over Membership Path for Ukraine

Latest in Ukraine: NATO Allies Remain Divided Over Membership Path for Ukraine

Latest developments: Ukrainian officials say the country’s forces have recaptured 193 square kilometers of territory since launching a counteroffensive last...

Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US 

Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US 

The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged...