AP Exclusive: Polish Opposition Senator Hacked With Spyware
Polish Senator Krzysztof Brejza’s mobile phone was hacked with sophisticated spyware nearly three dozen times in 2019 when he was...
West Condemns ‘Deployment’ of Russian Mercenaries in Mali
More than a dozen Western powers on Thursday expressed anger that Russian mercenaries working for the controversial Wagner Group have...
No More Video Games on Tesla Screens While Cars Are Moving
Under pressure from U.S. auto safety regulators, Tesla has agreed to stop allowing video games to be played on center...
Jailed Belarusian Journalist Kuznechyk Faces Criminal Charges
A freelance journalist, who has worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Belarus Service, remains in jail on unspecified charges, despite...
Minsk Labels RFE/RL’s Belarus Service as ‘Extremist’
Belarus’s Interior Ministry has added RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, known locally as Radio Svaboda, to its registry of extremist organizations, in...
Putin Repeats Demands That West Provide Security Guarantees
President Vladimir Putin has demanded that the West provide Russia with security guarantees “immediately” amid spiraling tensions involving a massive...
Pope Demands Humility in New Zinger-filled Christmas Speech
Pope Francis urged Vatican cardinals, bishops and bureaucrats Thursday to embrace humility this Christmas season, saying their pride, self-interest and...
Apple Must Answer Shareholder Questions on Forced Labor, SEC Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has declined an effort by Apple Inc. to skip a shareholder proposal asking the...
French Kids Line up to Get Vaccine Shots as Omicron Spreads
French schoolchildren clung nervously to their parents as they entered a vast vaccine center west of Paris on Wednesday —...
US and Russia to Hold Talks on Ukraine
Russian and U.S. negotiators will hold talks in January to discuss Moscow’s demand that NATO halt its eastward expansion into...
Turkey Arrests US Diplomat for Allegedly Selling a Fake Passport to a Syrian National
Turkish authorities arrested a U.S. diplomat in Turkey last month for allegedly selling a bogus passport to a Syrian national,...
Azerbaijani Journalists React to Draft Media Bill
A media bill presented to Azerbaijan’s parliament has been criticized by some journalists who warn that it could restrict their...
Prosecutors Push for Life Sentences in Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
Dutch prosecutors have demanded life sentences for four suspects on trial for the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight...
Greece: Migrant Boat Sinks, 1 Dead, Dozens Feared Missing
Greece’s coast guard says one migrant has died and dozens are feared missing after a boat sank off the coast...
Germany Moves to Scrap Ban on ‘Advertising’ Abortions
Germany’s justice minister says he will present legislation next month to remove from the country’s criminal code a ban on...
Sanctions on Russia Still Being Debated as Europeans Fear Costs
Poland and Lithuania have backed Ukraine in urging Western powers to immediately impose sanctions on Russia over its military buildup...
US: Talks with Russia Could Occur in January
The United States believes bilateral talks with Russia over its massive troop buildup along the Ukrainian border could start in...
UN Calls on Belarus and Poland for Better Migrant Treatment
The U.N. human rights office is calling on Belarus and Poland to end what it calls appalling treatment of refugees...
Belarusian Blogger Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for ‘Insulting’ Lukashenko
A Belarusian blogger has been sentenced to three years in prison on charge of “insulting” Alexander Lukashenko by writing in...
Fleeing Hong Kong, Families Make New Life in Britain
As China’s crackdown on democratic freedoms in Hong Kong intensifies under Beijing’s so-called “National Security Law,” tens of thousands of...
Children of Detained Uyghurs Find Refuge in Istanbul School
In Turkey, Uyghur refugees who fled Chinese detention centers and other alleged rights abuses say they fear the Turkish government...
Russian Extradited to US from Switzerland to Face Insider Trading Charges
A Russian businessman has been extradited from Switzerland to the United States to face charges of insider trading, the Swiss...
