Navalny Urges EU to Target Putin’s Oligarch Backers

Navalny Urges EU to Target Putin’s Oligarch Backers

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny urged the EU on Friday to put targeted economic sanctions on the oligarchs surrounding President...

Iranian Diplomat on Trial in Belgium, Charged with Plotting Attack

Iranian Diplomat on Trial in Belgium, Charged with Plotting Attack

An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranian citizens went on trial in Belgium Friday for allegedly plotting to bomb a...

Hundreds Sentenced to Life Terms in 2016 Turkey Coup Attempt

Hundreds Sentenced to Life Terms in 2016 Turkey Coup Attempt

A Turkish court on Thursday handed down life sentences to more than 300 military and civilian personnel who had been...

Paris Police Suspended Over Beating of Black Man

Paris Police Suspended Over Beating of Black Man

A Black man beaten by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing...

Former French President Sarkozy Faces Corruption Charges

Former French President Sarkozy Faces Corruption Charges

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial Thursday to face corruption charges.  Sarkozy is accused of trying to bribe...

EU Parliament Backs Lobster Deal And EU-US Mini Trade Pact

EU Parliament Backs Lobster Deal And EU-US Mini Trade Pact

Thanksgiving just got a little bit better for the Maine lobster industry. The European Union parliament on Thursday approved a...

British Journalists Say Abuse and Assault Becoming ‘Normalized’

British Journalists Say Abuse and Assault Becoming ‘Normalized’

Journalists in Britain say they are facing an increasingly hostile atmosphere, with intimidation, physical assault and online abuse now seen...

Greece Rejects Turkey’s Renewed Call for Talks

Greece Rejects Turkey’s Renewed Call for Talks

Greece has rejected new calls by Turkey to start exploratory talks to settle their maritime differences, feeding into a long-running...

World Shares Hold Close to Record Highs; U.S. Markets Close for Thanksgiving

World Shares Hold Close to Record Highs; U.S. Markets Close for Thanksgiving

Global stocks held near record highs on Thursday, while the rally in European stocks paused, as recent vaccine progress, Joe...

Bulgaria: Parliament Rejects Draft New Constitution

Bulgaria: Parliament Rejects Draft New Constitution

The Bulgarian parliament on Wednesday rejected a controversial plan by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to rewrite the constitution, which he...

Train Gunman Tells French Court His Target Was Only US Soldiers

Train Gunman Tells French Court His Target Was Only US Soldiers

The gunman charged over a foiled 2015 train attack told a French court Wednesday that he had targeted only American...

Turkish Court Adds New Saudi Defendants in Khashoggi Trial

Turkish Court Adds New Saudi Defendants in Khashoggi Trial

A Turkish court this week added new defendants to the case against Saudi officials charged in the killing of journalist Jamal...

Iran Swaps Jailed British-Australian Academic for 3 Iranians Held Abroad

Iran Swaps Jailed British-Australian Academic for 3 Iranians Held Abroad

Iran has released a British-Australian academic who had been detained in Iran in exchange for three Iranians who were held...

NGOs, Journalists Concerned French Bill Would Restrict Liberties

NGOs, Journalists Concerned French Bill Would Restrict Liberties

A controversial security bill that is drawing protests from journalists and rights groups has cleared the lower chamber of France’s...

Duchess of Sussex Reveals She Had Miscarriage During Summer

Duchess of Sussex Reveals She Had Miscarriage During Summer

The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the traumatic...

Scotland First in the World to Make Sanitary Products Free

Scotland First in the World to Make Sanitary Products Free

Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such...

Scotland’s COVID-19 Infections Stabilize, Hospitalizations Fall

Scotland’s COVID-19 Infections Stabilize, Hospitalizations Fall

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Parliament Tuesday that the number of new COVID-19 cases has stabilized and hospitalizations are...

Russian Influence Peddlers Carving Out New Audiences on Fringes

Russian Influence Peddlers Carving Out New Audiences on Fringes

After four years of warnings and preparations, the 2020 presidential election did not see a repeat of 2016, when intelligence...

Solomon Islands Plans to Ban Facebook to Preserve ‘National Unity’

Solomon Islands Plans to Ban Facebook to Preserve ‘National Unity’

The government of the Solomon Islands has defended its plans to ban Facebook, insisting the move would preserve “national unity.”...

US Makes Rare Maritime Challenge Near Peter The Great Bay

US Makes Rare Maritime Challenge Near Peter The Great Bay

The U.S. Navy says one of its warships conducted a freedom of navigation operation Tuesday in the Sea of Japan,...

Egyptian Suspects in Murder of Italian Student Likely to Face In-Absentia Trial

Egyptian Suspects in Murder of Italian Student Likely to Face In-Absentia Trial

Italian prosecutors investigating the 2016 death of an Italian student who was killed in Egypt are set to request authorization...

Solomon Islands Moves to Ban Facebook Over ‘National Unity’ Fears

Solomon Islands Moves to Ban Facebook Over ‘National Unity’ Fears

The government of the Solomon Islands has defended its plans to ban Facebook, insisting the move would preserve “national unity.”...