Georgia arrests 107 more people as pro-EU protests continue
TBILISI, GEORGIA — Georgia on Saturday said authorities arrested 107 people during a second day of protests sparked by the government’s...
Ukrainian president says NATO membership can end ‘hot phase’ of war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says being admitted into NATO could end what he described as the “hot phase of the...
Iceland votes for new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, economy
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime...
Icebreaker deal would challenge Russian supremacy in Arctic
HALIFAX, CANADA — With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding this month, the United States, Canada and Finland are moving...
Foreign smartphone sales in China drop 44% in October, data show
New data released Wednesday from a Chinese government-affiliated research firm showed sales of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, fell 44.25%...
Explosion damages canal feeding Kosovo’s main power plants
PRISTINA, KOSOVO — An explosion Friday evening damaged a canal in northern Kosovo supplying water to two coal-fired power plants that...
Moody’s downgrades Hungary outlook on institutional ‘weaknesses’
washington — The U.S. ratings agency Moody’s downgraded its outlook for Hungary’s government debt Friday citing “institutional and governance weaknesses” and...
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,...
