At Geneva Refugee Forum, African Nations Hope for Support
African governments and refugee activists hope a ground-breaking refugee forum will deliver much-needed funding and voice to a region whose...
Erdogan, Putin Hold More Discussions on Libya
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Libya as Ankara prepares for the possible...
US Deports Convicted German Killer
The U.S. this week deported a German man convicted in the high-profile killings of his girlfriend’s parents 35 years ago,...
Kremlin Endorses New Restrictions Against ‘Foreign Agent’ Media
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation this week increasing fines and penalties against so-called “foreign agents” working in mass media — part of a...
US Congress Approves Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Sanctions
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to slap sanctions on companies working on Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline, sending a bill to...
Tech Company Takes on Food Waste
According to a United Nations study, the world produces enough food waste to feed as many as 2 billion people...
Did It Keep Its Flavor? Stone-Age ‘Chewing-Gum’ Yields Human DNA
Danish scientists have managed to extract a complete DNA sample from a piece of birch pitch more than 5,000 years...
Europe Postpones Launch of Planet Mission, Seeks Soyuz Fix
European space officials on Tuesday postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems shortly...
Turkey: Opposition Mayor, Others Arrested Over Ties to Coup
Turkish authorities have arrested a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party over his alleged links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric,...
Eight Migrants Die Trying to Reach Spain in 24 Hours
Spanish police retrieved a body from a boat off the southern coast on Tuesday, the eighth migrant killed at sea...
UK’s Johnson Seeks to Rule out Brexit Delay Beyond 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is signalling that he won’t soften his Brexit stance now that he has a majority...
As Global Refugees Exceed 70 Million, UN Forum Aims to Secure New Funding
A three-day summit on tackling the world’s refugee crisis got under way Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of delegates —...
Geneva Refugee Summit Grapples With Issues of Equity
They keep on coming — fleeing the killing fields of war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa, escaping the...
Putin Signs Amendments Allowing Large Fines for ‘Foreign Agents’ Law Violations
Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 16 signed amendments to the Administrative Violations Code that allow hefty fines for violating...
France, UK say They Look Beyond Brexit in Mali Cooperation
Sharing the cockpit of a helicopter on sizzling tarmac, French and British air force chiefs vowed to pursue the joint...
Turkey Deploys Surveillance Drone in Northern Cyprus
Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus amid...
‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic Appeal Date Set for March
A U.N. tribunal will hear arguments in March in the appeal of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, convicted...
Spokesman: British PM to Present Brexit Bill to MPs on Friday
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government intends to present a bill to parliament on Friday to enable Britain to leave the...
UN Forum to Seek Solutions for World’s Displaced
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, is holding a first-ever forum in an effort to drum up international support for...
Turkey’s Erdogan Threatens to Close 2 US Military Bases
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday threatened to close two strategic military bases used by the United States in...
China Pulls Football Game After Player’s Pro-Muslim Comments
Chinese state television pulled the scheduled live broadcast of a football (soccer) game following one of the players’ comments online...
US Democrats Squabble Over Lessons of UK Election
Hours before the official result was complete for Britain’s general election, U.S. Democrats on the other side of the Atlantic...
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