EU Envoy Pins Trade Progress With US to Geostrategic Concerns

EU Envoy Pins Trade Progress With US to Geostrategic Concerns

European diplomats are sounding an upbeat note about coming trade talks with the United States, seemingly unfazed by President Donald...

Brexit Deal Cleared by EU Parliament; UK Set to Leave Friday

Brexit Deal Cleared by EU Parliament; UK Set to Leave Friday

Britain’s departure from the European Union was backed by European lawmakers Wednesday, after a debate that mixed warm words of...

US Issues Fresh Sanctions Over Ukraine’s Crimea – Treasury Website

US Issues Fresh Sanctions Over Ukraine’s Crimea – Treasury Website

The United States on Wednesday issued a fresh round of sanctions related to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea, targeting...

Russia to Spend an Extra $67B on Social Spending by 2024, Says Finance Minister

Russia to Spend an Extra $67B on Social Spending by 2024, Says Finance Minister

Russia plans to spend an extra 4.13 trillion rubles ($66.7 billion) by 2024 to meet social development targets set by...

Investors, Entrepreneurs Meet in Silicon Valley to Discuss African Investment

Investors, Entrepreneurs Meet in Silicon Valley to Discuss African Investment

Barbara Birungi Mutabazi has a vision: Train Ugandan women to code and do other technology work.”The beauty of this is...

Leaked Report Shows United Nations Suffered Hack

Leaked Report Shows United Nations Suffered Hack

The United Nations has been hacked.An internal confidential document from the United Nations, leaked to The New Humanitarian and seen...

Britain’s BBC to Cut 450 Newsroom Jobs in Cost-Cutting Drive

Britain’s BBC to Cut 450 Newsroom Jobs in Cost-Cutting Drive

The BBC said on Wednesday it will cut around 450 jobs from its news division as part of an 80...

Russia Arrests 5 Ex-Police in Reporter’s Planted Drugs Case

Russia Arrests 5 Ex-Police in Reporter’s Planted Drugs Case

Russia’s Investigative Committee on Wednesday detained five former police officers involved in a controversial drug arrest of a prominent investigative...

Singapore Prepares for Doctor Visits over Video Call

Singapore Prepares for Doctor Visits over Video Call

In a 2017 episode of the TV show “The Good Wife,” a doctor in Chicago is seen advising a dental...

Energy Giant Total Taken to French Court for Climate Inaction  

Energy Giant Total Taken to French Court for Climate Inaction  

In a groundbreaking case in France, energy giant Total is being sued for allegedly failing to adequately fight climate change.The...

Turkish Court Defies Europe, Leaves Philanthropist Behind Bars

Turkish Court Defies Europe, Leaves Philanthropist Behind Bars

An Istanbul court has defied the European Court of Human Rights, ruling in favor of the continued detention of prominent...

New Pressure on Prince Andrew to Help Epstein Investigation

New Pressure on Prince Andrew to Help Epstein Investigation

The pressure on Britain’s disgraced Prince Andrew increased Tuesday after the revelation by U.S. authorities that he has failed to...

Britain Grants China’s Huawei Limited Role in 5G Network Rollout

Britain Grants China’s Huawei Limited Role in 5G Network Rollout

Britain will allow China’s Huawei Technologies Co. to help build the country’s next-generation cellular network, dealing a blow to a...

Turkey Journalists Protest Press Pass Cancellations

Turkey Journalists Protest Press Pass Cancellations

Members of Turkey’s largest journalism trade union rallied outside Ankara’s Communications Directorate on Monday to protest the government’s mass cancellation...

Criminal Record of Crimean Journalist Mykola Semena Officially Cleared

Criminal Record of Crimean Journalist Mykola Semena Officially Cleared

An RFE/RL contributor in Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Crimea region has received court papers officially confirming the termination of his probation and...

EU Slaps Sanctions on 7 over Elections in East Ukraine

EU Slaps Sanctions on 7 over Elections in East Ukraine

The European Union on Tuesday slapped sanctions on seven people accused of undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty for their role in organizing...

Moderate Quake Shakes Western Turkey, No Injuries Reported

Moderate Quake Shakes Western Turkey, No Injuries Reported

A moderate earthquake shook buildings in western Turkey on Tuesday, sending people running into the streets for safety, Turkish media...

US State Department Bars NPR Reporter from Pompeo Trip After Testy Interview

US State Department Bars NPR Reporter from Pompeo Trip After Testy Interview

The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s...

EU Tells UK It Will ‘Never, Never, Never’ Compromise on Single Market

EU Tells UK It Will ‘Never, Never, Never’ Compromise on Single Market

The European Union will “never, never, never” compromise on the integrity of its single market, its chief Brexit negotiator warned...

US Noncommittal on Keeping Troops in Africa

US Noncommittal on Keeping Troops in Africa

The United States is refusing to rule out shrinking the size of its military presence in Africa despite warnings that...

Britain’s Decision on Huawei Tests Special Relationship with US

Britain’s Decision on Huawei Tests Special Relationship with US

This week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to London as British officials weigh whether or not to allow Chinese...

Europe Tour Boosts Venezuela’s Guaido in Struggle Against Maduro

Europe Tour Boosts Venezuela’s Guaido in Struggle Against Maduro

Efforts by Venezuelan parliamentary leader Juan Guaido to garner European support to unseat president Nicolas Maduro revealed divisions among EU...