US, Regional Powers Call on Taliban to Forego Spring Offensive at Moscow Conference

US, Regional Powers Call on Taliban to Forego Spring Offensive at Moscow Conference

The United States, Russia, China, and Pakistan have called on all parties in Afghanistan to reduce violence and the Taliban...

Russian Troop Presence in Nagorno-Karabakh Raises Questions

Russian Troop Presence in Nagorno-Karabakh Raises Questions

Following last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia is deploying 2,000 military personnel as part of a...

Twitter Turns 15, Confronts Growing Pains of Popularity

Twitter Turns 15, Confronts Growing Pains of Popularity

Twitter celebrates its 15th anniversary this month (March 21). With 330 million users around the world, the company that once...

Britain, EU Trade Barbs as Vaccine Rancor Adds to Post-Brexit Ill-Feeling

Britain, EU Trade Barbs as Vaccine Rancor Adds to Post-Brexit Ill-Feeling

Like some divorced couples, Britain and the European Union are struggling to adjust to their rancorous separation. But the former...

Spain Battles Rural Depopulation 

Spain Battles Rural Depopulation 

In Torrecilla de la Abadesa, it was a poignant day when Ángela López left the village school and its doors...

UN Agencies Call for Action Against Ageism

UN Agencies Call for Action Against Ageism

Leading United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to combat ageism, which they say harms the well-being of older...

Twitter Turns 15 Confronting Growing Pains of Popularity

Twitter Turns 15 Confronting Growing Pains of Popularity

Twitter celebrates its 15th anniversary this month (March 21). With 330 million users around the world, the company that once...

Rutte’s Ruling Party Appears to Cruise to 4th Term in Netherlands Election

Rutte’s Ruling Party Appears to Cruise to 4th Term in Netherlands Election

Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his ruling People’s Party for Freedom (VVD) will begin negotiations on a new ruling...

EU Investigators to Release Findings on AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

EU Investigators to Release Findings on AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

The European Union’s medications watchdog is due to release initial results Thursday of its investigation into whether there is a...

US-Russia Tension Rising as Biden Calls Putin ‘Killer’

US-Russia Tension Rising as Biden Calls Putin ‘Killer’

Tensions are rising between the United States and Russia following sharp statements from President Joe Biden on Vladimir Putin over the Russian...

Britain Aims to Counter ‘Strategic Threat’ From China

Britain Aims to Counter ‘Strategic Threat’ From China

Britain pledged to counter what it called the strategic threat posed by China as it set out its new t10-year defense strategy this week....