Namibian Protesters Storm Parliament, Criticize German Genocide Compensation

Namibian Protesters Storm Parliament, Criticize German Genocide Compensation

Namibian activists and opposition members stormed parliament this week over a deal with Germany to atone for a colonial genocide...

UN Rights Chief Sounds Alarm on Growing Abuses in Belarus

UN Rights Chief Sounds Alarm on Growing Abuses in Belarus

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet reported the human rights situation in Belarus continues to worsen, as President Alexander...

Canary Island Volcano Eruption Continues for Sixth Day

Canary Island Volcano Eruption Continues for Sixth Day

Officials on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma say the Cumbre Vieja volcano continued to erupt Friday, spewing lava...

Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont Due in Court After Italy Arrest

Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont Due in Court After Italy Arrest

Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was awaiting a court hearing in Italy Friday following his arrest four years after...

South Africans Want Their Country Off Britain’s COVID Travel ‘Red List’

South Africans Want Their Country Off Britain’s COVID Travel ‘Red List’

Britain is gradually easing COVID-19 travel restrictions among African countries on its so-called red list at highest risk of spreading...

UK In Talks with Westinghouse Over New Nuclear Power Plant in Wales, Times Says

UK In Talks with Westinghouse Over New Nuclear Power Plant in Wales, Times Says

Britain is in talks with U.S. nuclear reactor company Westinghouse on building a new atomic power plant on Anglesey in...

Disabled People Can Now Use Android Phones with Face Gestures

Disabled People Can Now Use Android Phones with Face Gestures

Using a raised eyebrow or smile, people with speech or physical disabilities can now operate their Android-powered smartphones hands-free, Google...

Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont Arrested in Italy

Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont Arrested in Italy

Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was arrested in Italy on Thursday, his lawyer and an aide said, four years...

French Foreign Minister to US: Repairing Ties Will Take ‘Time’ 

French Foreign Minister to US: Repairing Ties Will Take ‘Time’ 

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday that it would take “time”...

Unrest in Myanmar, Belarus Triggers Dramatic Drop in Internet Rights

Unrest in Myanmar, Belarus Triggers Dramatic Drop in Internet Rights

Belarus and Myanmar registered a significant decline in global internet freedom ratings following political turmoil in which authorities in the...

Goodbye Merkel: Germany’s ‘Crisis Chancellor’ To Step Down After 16 Years

Goodbye Merkel: Germany’s ‘Crisis Chancellor’ To Step Down After 16 Years

After 16 years, Germany is preparing to bid farewell to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after elections scheduled...

Europe’s Governments Set to Spend Billions as Energy Crisis Deepens

Europe’s Governments Set to Spend Billions as Energy Crisis Deepens

Europe is being buffeted by unprecedented recovery-related energy price spikes, prompting rising alarm about whether families will be able to...

Lava, Smoke, Ash Cover La Palma as Volcano Threatens Banana Crop

Lava, Smoke, Ash Cover La Palma as Volcano Threatens Banana Crop

Jets of red hot lava shot into the sky on Spain’s La Palma on Thursday as a huge cloud of...

US, Russian Military Chiefs Meet in Helsinki for Six Hours

US, Russian Military Chiefs Meet in Helsinki for Six Hours

The top U.S. military officers from the United States and Russia held six hours of talks in Helsinki, Finland, on...

Lava Continues to Bear Down on Spain’s Canary Island

Lava Continues to Bear Down on Spain’s Canary Island

Lava continued to bear down Wednesday on La Palma, one of the Spanish Canary Islands, as residents fled following Sunday’s...

US, European Allies Navigate Australian Submarine Deal’s Wake

US, European Allies Navigate Australian Submarine Deal’s Wake

The United States and its European allies are navigating the diplomatic disturbance following an enhanced trilateral security partnership known as...

4 Migrants Found Dead Along Route Between Poland-Belarus Border

4 Migrants Found Dead Along Route Between Poland-Belarus Border

U.N. agencies are calling for an investigation into the deaths of four people whose bodies were found over the weekend...

Biden, Macron to Meet to Smooth Rift Over Submarine Sales to Australia

Biden, Macron to Meet to Smooth Rift Over Submarine Sales to Australia

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to meet in person next month in Europe after...

As Merkel Bids Farewell, German Women Wish for More Equality

As Merkel Bids Farewell, German Women Wish for More Equality

Angela Merkel, Germany’s first female chancellor, has been praised by many for her pragmatic leadership in a turbulent world and...

Gunmen Open Fire on Car of Ukrainian President’s Assistant

Gunmen Open Fire on Car of Ukrainian President’s Assistant

Gunmen opened fire Wednesday on a car carrying a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to national police. ...

World Leaders Address UN General Assembly

World Leaders Address UN General Assembly

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Malawi President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera are among the world leaders scheduled to take their...

After Merkel: Who Will Win the German Election?

After Merkel: Who Will Win the German Election?

Berlin is basking in late summer sunshine. Along the banks of the River Spree, residents enjoy the last warm days...