Police detained an Afghan man seeking asylum in France after one person was fatally stabbed and nine others injured Saturday outside a subway station near Lyon, authorities said. The reason for the attack was unclear.    The assailant was a 33-year-old Afghan citizen who had applied for asylum in France and was awaiting a response,Read more

Thousands of people across Britain and Northern Ireland protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for about a month before the deadline for the country to leave the European Union.    Johnson has pledged to take Britain out of the EU on Oct. 31 with or without a deal onRead more

After canceling a trip to Poland to stay stateside to oversee the federal government’s response to an approaching hurricane, President Donald Trump took time out to golf and to send a thinly veiled warning to his ousted Oval Office gatekeeper. The president, on Saturday morning, was flown on Marine One from Camp David in MarylandRead more

The Colombian military has killed nine rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Colombia (FARC), President Ivan Duque said. A FARC commander and eight other guerrillas were killed in a bombing raid in southern Colombia on Friday, just days after the group announced it was taking up arms again to ensure their political rights underRead more

Current Time TV is a Russian-language network led by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA. MOSCOW — Thousands of Russians defied authorities and marched in central Moscow, ignoring officials’ warnings and pressing demands to let independent candidates run in upcoming city council elections. Police did not interfere with the August 31 protest, which was markedly smallerRead more

Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been “compromised” after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted. The tweets containing racial slurs and suggestions about a bomb showed up around 2000 GMT on the @jack account of the founder of the short messaging service before being deleted. Some ofRead more

Valerie Harper, who scored guffaws and stole hearts as Rhoda Morgenstern on back-to-back hit sitcoms in the 1970s, has died. She was 80.    Longtime family friend Dan Watt confirmed Harper died Friday, adding the family wasn’t immediately releasing any further details.   Harper was a breakout star playing the lovable sidekick on “The Mary TylerRead more

A military judge set a date Friday in early 2021 for the start of the long-stalled war crimes trial of five men being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on charges of planning and aiding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Air Force Col. W. Shane Cohen set the start date in an order setting motionRead more

Peter Clottey of VOA’s English to Africa service contributed to this report. A lawyer for Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera on Friday asked that he get a speedy trial and medical attention after more than four weeks of incarceration. Appearing with Kabendera at a hearing in magistrate’s court in Dar es Salaam, attorney Jebra Kambole askedRead more

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg joined several hundred other young people Friday outside the United Nations to demand action on global warming.    To chants of “Greta! Greta!” the petite 16-year-old climate rock star made her way through a sea of young people, many of whom said they had drawn inspiration from her activism.   Read more