German Contender Wants Tougher Stance on China, Russia

German Contender Wants Tougher Stance on China, Russia

A leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor this fall has called for “dialogue and toughness” toward China...

Mariners Learn How Not to Get Stuck in the Suez Canal

Mariners Learn How Not to Get Stuck in the Suez Canal

In March, one of the world’s biggest container ships became stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal, creating a commercial logjam and...

Chad Tensions Rise After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

Chad Tensions Rise After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

An uneasy calm pervades Chad’s capital N’Djamena since Friday’s funeral for President Idriss Deby, who ruled the central African country...

Paris-Area Knife Assailant Viewed Jihadist Videos Prior to Attack, Officials Say

Paris-Area Knife Assailant Viewed Jihadist Videos Prior to Attack, Officials Say

A fifth person is being held for questioning in the stabbing death late last week of a police employee outside...

Greece to Lift Quarantine Rule for More Inbound Visitors 

Greece to Lift Quarantine Rule for More Inbound Visitors 

Greece will lift quarantine restrictions on coronavirus-free visitors from more countries including Australia and Russia from Monday as it extends...

Chad’s Rising Tensions After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

Chad’s Rising Tensions After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

An uneasy calm pervades Chad’s capital N’Djamena since Friday’s funeral for President Idriss Deby, who ruled the central African country...

Albania Holds 10th Parliamentary Election After Fall of Communist Government

Albania Holds 10th Parliamentary Election After Fall of Communist Government

Voters in Albania cast ballots in parliamentary elections on Sunday after a bitter campaign by the two main political parties...

Turkey Summons US Ambassador over Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration 

Turkey Summons US Ambassador over Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration 

Turkey says it summoned the U.S. ambassador to Ankara to condemn President Joe Biden’s declaration that the World War I-era...

Armenian PM Triggers Early Election a Day after Biden’s Genocide Announcement

Armenian PM Triggers Early Election a Day after Biden’s Genocide Announcement

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who was swept to power in pro-democracy protests in 2018, triggered an early election on...

Soccer-English Leagues Announce Social Media Boycott in Stand Against Online Racism

Soccer-English Leagues Announce Social Media Boycott in Stand Against Online Racism

England’s football authorities have joined forces to announce a social media boycott next weekend in response to continued online racist...

New Apps Help Muslims Find Place to Pray

New Apps Help Muslims Find Place to Pray

During Ramadan many mosques are open, but because of attendance limits there’s no guarantee of a place to pray. But...

UEFA President: Ban Against Super League Teams Still on the Table

UEFA President: Ban Against Super League Teams Still on the Table

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has refused to rule out a ban from next season’s Champions League for all 12 clubs...

US Armenians Welcome ‘Little Step’ After Genocide Recognition

US Armenians Welcome ‘Little Step’ After Genocide Recognition

U.S. President Joe Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide was met Saturday with tempered satisfaction from the nation’s U.S. diaspora,...

Ukraine: YouTube Blocks Access to Ukrainian TV Channels Tied to Kremlin Ally

Ukraine: YouTube Blocks Access to Ukrainian TV Channels Tied to Kremlin Ally

Three Ukrainian television channels linked to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin were blocked from broadcasting on Google’s YouTube...

Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide a Century Ago

Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide a Century Ago

U.S. President Joe Biden recognized Saturday the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide....