Merkel Defends German Coronavirus Restrictions

Merkel Defends German Coronavirus Restrictions

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday defended new coronavirus restrictions to lawmakers and lashed out at those who tried to dismiss...

France-Turkey Dispute Grows Over Cartoons and Influence in Africa

France-Turkey Dispute Grows Over Cartoons and Influence in Africa

The war of words between France and Turkey over cartoons portraying Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, triggered by the recent beheading of...

Knife-Wielding Man Kills 3 in French City of Nice

Knife-Wielding Man Kills 3 in French City of Nice

French authorities are treating a knife attack that left at least three dead and several injured at a church in...

France, Germany Impose New Lockdown Measures as COVID-19 Cases Soar

France, Germany Impose New Lockdown Measures as COVID-19 Cases Soar

A rising tide of new coronavirus cases has prompted the leaders of France and Germany to impose a new round...

Algerian President Transferred to German Hospital Amid COVID Scare

Algerian President Transferred to German Hospital Amid COVID Scare

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is undergoing medical examination at a German hospital, a day after the government announced he was...

US Lawmakers Attack Social Media CEOs for Taking Down and Labeling Some Speech

US Lawmakers Attack Social Media CEOs for Taking Down and Labeling Some Speech

The CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter testified before a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, just days before the U.S. election....

Unlike 2016, Many Russians Tuning Out US Elections

Unlike 2016, Many Russians Tuning Out US Elections

Russians are tuning out the U.S. presidential election this year — unlike in 2016 when they followed it closely because the...

West Is in Danger of Losing Turkey, US Warns

West Is in Danger of Losing Turkey, US Warns

The United States is warning Turkey against taking any additional steps to operationalize its Russian-made S-400 air defense system, warning...

Spain, Again a COVID-19 Hotspot, Under a State of Emergency  

Spain, Again a COVID-19 Hotspot, Under a State of Emergency  

Europe is once again an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic and Spain – under a state of emergency – has...

Turkish Officials Lash Out at Cartoon Depicting Erdogan

Turkish Officials Lash Out at Cartoon Depicting Erdogan

Turkish officials have lashed out at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which published a cartoon mocking Turkish President Recep...

Army of Robots Uses Light to Fight Coronavirus at Airports, Offices and Hospitals

Army of Robots Uses Light to Fight Coronavirus at Airports, Offices and Hospitals

Disinfecting public spaces is a major undertaking but it is essential for a safe return to normal activity. Now an...

2020 Election Puts Focus on Twitter, Facebook Content Moderation

2020 Election Puts Focus on Twitter, Facebook Content Moderation

The nation’s top technology leaders urged U.S. lawmakers Wednesday to keep content moderation protections in place, despite growing calls from...

US Citizen Detained by Belarus Returns Home

US Citizen Detained by Belarus Returns Home

An American detained in Belarus ahead of the country’s disputed August presidential elections arrived safely to the United States on...

US Fringe Group’s Conspiracy Theories Find Following in Germany

US Fringe Group’s Conspiracy Theories Find Following in Germany

An unexpected consequence of the COVID crisis in Germany has been the rapid increase in followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory. As Jacob...

British Study Shows Antibodies Against COVID-19 Declined Rapidly

British Study Shows Antibodies Against COVID-19 Declined Rapidly

A new study of the British population shows that antibodies in the human body fighting COVID-19 declined rapidly in the...

Greek Navy Ship Collides with Container Ship Near Piraeus

Greek Navy Ship Collides with Container Ship Near Piraeus

The Greek navy says one of its ships has collided with a container vessel near the Greek coast, injuring two...

Europe’s Central Governments Struggle With Restive Regions 

Europe’s Central Governments Struggle With Restive Regions 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won last December’s general election partly on the back of promises to unite post-Brexit Britain...

As Regional Tensions Rise, Turkey Keeps Eye on US Race

As Regional Tensions Rise, Turkey Keeps Eye on US Race

The US Presidential elections are getting much attention in Turkey amid increased tensions between the two countries.  As Dorian Jones...

Army of Robots Use Light to Fight Coronavirus at Airports, Offices and Hospitals

Army of Robots Use Light to Fight Coronavirus at Airports, Offices and Hospitals

Disinfecting public spaces is a major undertaking but it is essential for a safe return to normal activity. Now an...

Russia Issues National Mask Mandate After Coronavirus Cases Surge

Russia Issues National Mask Mandate After Coronavirus Cases Surge

Russian authorities issued a national mask requirement Tuesday as the country set a single day record for coronavirus deaths amid...

Italians Protest New COVID Restrictions

Italians Protest New COVID Restrictions

Violent protests erupted in more than 15 cities across Italy after the government announced new measures to rein in a...

British Special Forces Storm Tanker After Reports of Possible Hijacking

British Special Forces Storm Tanker After Reports of Possible Hijacking

British officials say a Liberian-registered oil tanker is docked safely in Southampton and its crew “safe and well” after British...