Protests Erupt After Spain Sentences Catalan Separatists Leaders
Spanish riot police have clashed with protesters outside Barcelona’s airport Monday after the Supreme Court sentenced nine former Catalan separatist...
Pope’s Bodyguard Resigns Over New Financial Leaks Scandal
Pope Francis’ chief bodyguard has resigned over the leak of a Vatican police flyer identifying five Holy See employees who...
Russia Turns the Screws on Internet Freedom
New legislation likely to be introduced next month in Russia’s Duma, or lower chamber of parliament, would see tighter restrictions...
Trump: US Will Impose ‘Big Sanctions’ Against Turkey for Onslaught on Kurds
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday promised “big sanctions” against Turkey for its invasion into northern Syria against Kurdish fighters,...
Poland’s Ruling Conservative Party Wins General Election
Poland’s conservatives won the most votes in Sunday’s election thus securing a comfortable majority in parliament to govern for four...
Catalan Separatist Leaders Sentenced up to 9 and 13 years in Prison
Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine former Catalan separatist leaders Monday to between nine and 13 years in prison for their...
Teen’s Parents Fly to US Hoping to Meet Driver Who killed Him
Parents of the British teen killed when his motorcycle collided with car allegedly driven by an American diplomat’s wife are...
Poland’s Ruling Party Declares Victory in Divided Nation
Poland’s conservative governing Law and Justice party won the most votes in Sunday’s election in the deeply divided nation and...
Clowns of the World Call on People to Find Joy, Laughter in Their Lives
Things are tough all over, so some red-nosed, seltzer-spraying, pie-tossing lovers of fun said: Let’s find some joy. VOA’s Arash...
Putin Heads to Saudi Arabia, Offers Himself as Peacemaker
Russian leader Vladimir Putin travels to Saudi Arabia, a traditional U.S. ally, Monday, offering to act as a peacemaker between...
74 Migrants Rescued off Libyan Coast, 110 Others Turned Back
Humanitarian groups on Sunday said they have rescued 74 migrants on a rubber boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the...
Pope Canonizes John Henry Newman, 19th-Century Theologian
With Prince Charles looking on, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, praising the 19th-century Anglican convert who...
Brexit Divorce Talks Between UK and EU Go Down to the Wire
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to brief his Cabinet on the progress of last-minute Brexit talks with the...
Voters in Poland, Hungary Vote in Parliamentary Elections
Poles are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election that the ruling party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski is favored to win easily,...
US Tech Firms Drawn Into Hong Kong Protesters Standoff With China
With Hong Kong anti-government protests ongoing, tech companies in the U.S. are being drawn into the crisis. The standoff between...
UK Long Way From Brexit Deal, Downing Street Source Says
Britain remains a long way from agreeing on a final Brexit deal and the next few days will be critical...
Turkish Forces Say They’ve Captured Key Syrian Border Town
Turkey’s military said it captured a key Syrian border town under heavy bombardment Saturday in its most significant gain since...
WFP Says 100,000 in Syria Flee Turkish Offensive
Ali Javanmardi from VOA’s Persian Service contributed to this report from Irbil.The World Food Program says more than 100,000 people...
On Amazon’s List of Principles: Regulate Facial Recognition Tech
Amazon is endorsing the idea of government regulation of facial recognition technology, as part of a wide-ranging statement of its...
Nobel in Literature to Austrian Author Stirs Controversy
VOA’s Dzeilana Pecanin and Ivana Kostantinovic contributed to this report.Almost immediately after Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria’s Peter Handke were...
Daughter of Jailed British-Iranian Woman Returns to Britain
The 5-year-old daughter of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran since 2016 has arrived back in Britain, her father said...
African Women in Tech Look to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence took center stage as African female technology experts met at Women in Tech Week in Ghana to promote...
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