Turkey Resists Calls to Host Afghan Refugees
With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, the European Union is looking to Turkey to bear the brunt of an...
Foreigners Who Live, and Love It, in Ukraine
Ukraine, which is marking 30 years of independence this August, is among Europe’s poorest countries. But its vibrant culture and...
1991’s Failed Anti-Perestroika Soviet Coup Remembered
Thirty years ago, a group of Soviet hard-liners attempted a coup in the Soviet Union aimed at stopping reforms started...
Tech Companies Pledge Billions in Cybersecurity Investments
Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to...
European Rights Court Urges Poland, Latvia to Help Migrants at Belarus Border
The European Court of Human Rights has asked Poland and Latvia to help dozens of migrants trapped at their respective...
Members of Afghan Robotics Team Reach Mexico
Five members of an Afghan girls robotics team have arrived in Mexico after evacuating from their home country. The girls landed in Mexico...
NASA Postpones Planned ISS Spacewalk
Officials with the U.S. space agency NASA has postponed a spacewalk scheduled for Tuesday at the International Space Station (ISS).NASA...
YouTube Says It Has Removed 1 Million ‘Dangerous’ Videos on COVID
YouTube said Wednesday that it had removed more than 1 million videos with “dangerous coronavirus misinformation” since the start of the...
Wildfires in Russia Spread to Central Regions
Russia’s central regions on Wednesday battled “extreme” wildfires fueled by an unusual heatwave that comes after forest fires linked to...
Kabul Evacuations Intensify as G-7 Leaders Fail to Shift US Deadline
U.S. allies say they have no choice but to follow the American timetable and withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by...
Britain Considers Bringing Back Beavers After 400 Years
The British government is considering plans to release beavers back into the wild across England some four centuries after the...
Poland Accuses Belarus of Pushing Migrants Its Way
Poland’s prime minister said Tuesday that Belarus was purposely encouraging migrants from the Middle East to enter Poland to destabilize the...
Reported Turkish Drone Attacks Over Syria Raise Kurdish Concerns
U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria say they are increasingly concerned about a wave of Turkish drone attacks against their commanders...
Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies at Age 80
Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm sections and used...
Turkey Rebuffs Europe’s Call to Host Afghan Refugees
The European Union and Britain are looking to Turkey to become a hub to process Afghan refugees seeking sanctuary in...
Turkish Women Rally for Afghan Women, Condemn the Taliban
Turkish women gathered outside the Afghan consulate in Istanbul to show their solidarity with Afghan women and to condemn the Taliban’s...
Will Afghanistan Create Another Migrant Crisis for Europe?
Greece has completed the construction of a border fence along its frontier with Turkey, as European fears grow of an influx...
Will Afghanistan Create Another Migrant Crisis for Europe?
Six years ago, more than 1.2 million migrants from many parts of the world fled to Europe, traveling hundreds or...
Russia Casts a Pragmatic Eye on Afghanistan’s Taliban
In the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Russia is looking south with a wary eye to see how...
Safe in Spain, Afghan Women’s Basketball Star Hopes to Play Again
As the captain of Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team and a women’s rights activist, Nilofar Bayat fled when the Taliban took...
Ukraine Opens International Summit on Crimea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy opened the Crimean Platform summit in Kyiv Monday to build pressure on Russia over its annexation...
NATO’s European Leaders Also Blamed for Kabul Debacle
U.S. officials are not alone in facing blame for miscalculating the speed of the Taliban offensive. European leaders and their...
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