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The German airline Lufthansa resumed daily direct flights to Cairo on Sunday after a one-day suspension due to unspecified safety...

Irishman Shane Lowry Wins British Open

07/21/2019 Newsmaker

Ireland’s Shane Lowry won golf’s British Open on Sunday, his first career major championship, in front of thousands of cheering...

Britain Drafts Plans to Sanction Iran in Tanker-Quarrel

07/21/2019 Newsmaker

British officials are drawing up plans to target Iran with sanctions for its seizing of a British-flagged oil tanker in...

Lufthansa Resumes Flights to Cairo after Safety Pause

07/21/2019 Newsmaker

Lufthansa has resumed flying to Cairo following a one-day suspension due to safety concerns.The German airline’s website shows LH582 took...

UK Treasury Chief Vows to Quit if Boris Johnson Becomes PM

07/21/2019 Newsmaker

British Treasury chief Philip Hammond said Sunday that he will quit if _ as widely expected — Boris Johnson becomes prime...

Iran: Fate of Seized Ship Depends on Crew ‘Cooperation’

07/21/2019 Newsmaker

Iran said Sunday the fate of a British-flagged tanker it is refusing to hand back after seizing it in the...

Ukrainians Vote, Leader Seeks Support to Fight Corruption

07/21/2019 Newsmaker

Ukrainians are voting in an early parliamentary election in which the new party of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to...

Britain Calls Ship Seizure ‘Hostile Act’ As Iran Releases Video of Capture

07/21/2019 Newsmaker

Britain on Saturday denounced Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a “hostile act” and rejected...

British Airways Suspends Flights to Cairo

07/20/2019 Newsmaker

CAIRO — British Airways abruptly suspended flights to Cairo for a week from Saturday over security concerns, giving no details...

Greek PM Says 2020 Budget Will Respect Fiscal Targets

07/20/2019 Newsmaker

ATHENS — Greece will submit a 2020 budget later this year that will fully respect the fiscal targets agreed upon with its...

Pompeo Tells Turkey of Disappointment About Missile Purchase

07/20/2019 Newsmaker

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Turkey’s foreign minister on Saturday and expressed disappointment over the country’s acquisition...

Vatican Begins Examining Bones From to Identify Them

07/20/2019 Newsmaker

Two ossuaries found under the Pontifical Teutonic College in the Vatican were opened Saturday and forensic experts began to analyze...

Global Tensions Mount Over Iran’s Seizure of British Oil Tanker

07/20/2019 Newsmaker

VOA National Security Correspondent Jeff Seldin contributed to this report.WHITE HOUSE – Global tensions continue to mount over Iran’s seizure...

Italy’s Etna Volcano Erupts on Sicily, Closing 2 Airports

07/20/2019 Newsmaker

Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s biggest live volcano, erupted overnight with lava flows and explosive burps, vulcanologists said Saturday.A heavy emission...

Spain’s Socialists, Far-left Party Move Closer to Government Deal

07/20/2019 Newsmaker

Spain’s center-left Socialist party and the United We Can party edged closer to a deal on forming a coalition government...

Russia’s Putin Says He ‘Sympathized’ With Trump Before US Election

07/19/2019 Newsmaker

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had “sympathized” with Donald Trump before the 2016 presidential election that swept Trump to power...

Kosovo PM Resigns Following Summons From Hague War Court

07/19/2019 Newsmaker

Updated at 5:54 p.m. July 19.This story originated in VOA’s Albanian and Serbian services. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj abruptly resigned Friday after being...