Macron in South Africa for Talks on COVID Vaccine

Macron in South Africa for Talks on COVID Vaccine

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in South Africa for a lightning trip to discuss COVID vaccine access for Africa,...

Belarus Threatens West as EU Debates Severe Sanctions

Belarus Threatens West as EU Debates Severe Sanctions

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has threatened to retaliate for any European Union sanctions imposed on him for detaining two...

SolarWinds Hackers Targeted 150 Organizations with Phishing, Microsoft Says

SolarWinds Hackers Targeted 150 Organizations with Phishing, Microsoft Says

The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government...

Morocco Threatens More Reprisals Over Western Sahara

Morocco Threatens More Reprisals Over Western Sahara

Morocco’s ambassador to Spain has threatened more reprisals against Madrid over its decision to allow a Western Sahara independence leader...

US Tells Russia It Won’t Rejoin Open Skies Arms Control Pact

US Tells Russia It Won’t Rejoin Open Skies Arms Control Pact

The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the...

Facebook Won’t Remove Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Human-made

Facebook Won’t Remove Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Human-made

Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured “in light of ongoing investigations into...

Germany says it Committed Genocide in Namibia During Colonial Rule

Germany says it Committed Genocide in Namibia During Colonial Rule

Germany for the first time on Friday recognized it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin...

Tanker’s Impossible Voyage Signals New Sanction Evasion Ploy

Tanker’s Impossible Voyage Signals New Sanction Evasion Ploy

The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Berlina was drifting near the Caribbean island of Dominica earlier this year when tracking technology showed...

US Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Interfered in 2020 Election, Report Says

US Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Interfered in 2020 Election, Report Says

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether current and former Ukrainian officials unlawfully interfered in the U.S. presidential election, The New York...

Germany, Norway Open NordLink Undersea Power Cable

Germany, Norway Open NordLink Undersea Power Cable

Germany and Norway on Thursday officially launched an undersea power cable between the two countries in a project that aids...

France Had Role in 1994 Rwanda Genocide, Macron Says

France Had Role in 1994 Rwanda Genocide, Macron Says

French President Emmanuel Macron was in Rwanda’s capital Thursday, where he acknowledged France’s role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and...

As Tensions Rise Again, Turkish and Greek Officials to Meet

As Tensions Rise Again, Turkish and Greek Officials to Meet

Turkey’s foreign minister is scheduled to hold talks in Athens with his Greek counterpart Monday in the latest efforts to...

Britain’s Health Minister Denies He Lied About Pandemic

Britain’s Health Minister Denies He Lied About Pandemic

British Health Minister Matt Hancock rejected allegations Thursday he had repeatedly lied during his response to the COVID-19 pandemic made...

Russia, Iran Leading Disinformation Charge on Facebook

Russia, Iran Leading Disinformation Charge on Facebook

Russia and Iran are leading the way when it comes to pushing bad information on one of the world’s most...

Parents Plea For Release of Belarus Opposition Activists

Parents Plea For Release of Belarus Opposition Activists

The parents of the young opposition activist and blogger detained in Minsk after the passenger jet he was on board...

French Energy Company Suspends Payments to Myanmar Army

French Energy Company Suspends Payments to Myanmar Army

Myanmar’s army has lost a source of revenue as French energy giant Total said Wednesday that cash payments to a...

Roots of Soviet Perestroika? Look to Leningrad Rock Club

Roots of Soviet Perestroika? Look to Leningrad Rock Club

At its peak in the 1980s, the USSR’s so-called Leningrad Rock Club was ground zero for a generation of Russians...

WhatsApp Files Lawsuit in India over New Laws That Impact User Privacy

WhatsApp Files Lawsuit in India over New Laws That Impact User Privacy

WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit challenging the Indian government’s new rules that require the Facebook-owned messaging platform to make people’s...

Italy Arrests Three over Deadly Cable Car Crash

Italy Arrests Three over Deadly Cable Car Crash

Italian police arrested three men Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into a cable car crash Sunday that killed...

Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 45 Percent

Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 45 Percent

In a landmark case brought by seven environmental groups, a Dutch court Wednesday ordered energy company Royal Dutch Shell (RDS)...

EU Takes AstraZeneca to Court Over Vaccine Delays

EU Takes AstraZeneca to Court Over Vaccine Delays

The European Union took AstraZeneca to a Belgian court Wednesday over the drug company’s failure to deliver tens of millions...

Former Aide to British Leader Says Government Failed Public in COVID-19 Response

Former Aide to British Leader Says Government Failed Public in COVID-19 Response

A former chief aide to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary committee Wednesday the government failed the British...