Belarus Sentences RFE/RL Journalist to 10 Days in Prison

Belarus Sentences RFE/RL Journalist to 10 Days in Prison

The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has condemned the sentencing of a journalist who works for the independent network. ...

Migrant Advocates Accuse EU of Flagrant Breaches of Geneva Convention

Migrant Advocates Accuse EU of Flagrant Breaches of Geneva Convention

The migrant crisis on Poland’s border, which Western powers accuse Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of engineering, caught international attention in November. But asylum seekers...

German Court Convicts Ex-IS Member of Murder, Role in Yazidi Genocide

German Court Convicts Ex-IS Member of Murder, Role in Yazidi Genocide

A German court Tuesday convicted a former Islamic State member of the 2015 murder of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl. Taha...

As Syrian Rebels Face Defeat, Calls Grow for Turkey to Restore Ties with Assad

As Syrian Rebels Face Defeat, Calls Grow for Turkey to Restore Ties with Assad

With Syrian rebels facing defeat, Turkey – one of the rebels’ main backers – is now facing growing calls to...

A Futuristic Tool Helps Viewers Access Black History

A Futuristic Tool Helps Viewers Access Black History

To make Black history more accessible, an Oakland, California man designed his own augmented reality app. Matt Dibble has the...

Zemmour, French Far-right Pundit, Launches Presidential Run

Zemmour, French Far-right Pundit, Launches Presidential Run

A far-right former TV pundit with multiple hate-speech convictions officially entered the race for France’s presidency on Tuesday and warned...

Blinken in Latvia for NATO Security Talks

Blinken in Latvia for NATO Security Talks

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Latvia Tuesday for talks with the country’s leaders and a NATO ministerial...

New Twitter CEO Steps From Behind the Scenes to High Profile 

New Twitter CEO Steps From Behind the Scenes to High Profile 

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile...

Turkey’s Economic Turmoil Threatens to Stoke Refugee Tensions

Turkey’s Economic Turmoil Threatens to Stoke Refugee Tensions

Last week’s 10% drop in the value of the Turkish currency plunged it to historic lows, threatening an economic crisis....

Belarus Migrant Crisis Divides Polish Society

Belarus Migrant Crisis Divides Polish Society

Thousands of migrants continue to wait in Belarus to enter the European Union through Poland, a crisis in the central...

Israeli Supreme Court: Cable Car Survivor to Return to Italy

Israeli Supreme Court: Cable Car Survivor to Return to Italy

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld lower court rulings in the bitter custody battle surrounding a 6-year-old boy who survived...

Europe’s Populist Wave Shows Signs of Ebbing

Europe’s Populist Wave Shows Signs of Ebbing

Is the populist wave in Europe ebbing?  Two populist luminaries, who rode to power on waves of anti-elitism anger, have...

West Struggles to Counter Secessionist Threat in Bosnia

West Struggles to Counter Secessionist Threat in Bosnia

Western analysts say Bosnia-Herzegovina is facing its greatest crisis since the Dayton Accords ended a war there in 1995, with...

Twitter Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey Steps Down

Twitter Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey Steps Down

Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as the company’s leader.   In a news release, Twitter said...

Russia Says Latest Zircon Hypersonic Missile Test Successful

Russia Says Latest Zircon Hypersonic Missile Test Successful

Russia said Monday it had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, as world powers race...

In French Pantheon, Josephine Baker Makes History Yet Again

In French Pantheon, Josephine Baker Makes History Yet Again

France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into...

Talks on Iran Nuclear Deal Resuming in Vienna

Talks on Iran Nuclear Deal Resuming in Vienna

Talks about reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resume Monday in Vienna after a five-month break and for the first...

Taiwan, Europe Must Defend Democracy Together, President Says

Taiwan, Europe Must Defend Democracy Together, President Says

Taiwan and Europe must work together to defend against authoritarianism and disinformation, President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting lawmakers from the...

Katrin Jakobsdottir, Iceland’s Staunch Feminist PM, Begins Second Term

Katrin Jakobsdottir, Iceland’s Staunch Feminist PM, Begins Second Term

Katrin Jakobsdottir, a popular and fervent feminist who has become a unifying force after years of political upheaval, on Sunday...

Louis Vuitton Star Designer Virgil Abloh Dies After Battle With Cancer

Louis Vuitton Star Designer Virgil Abloh Dies After Battle With Cancer

Virgil Abloh, fashion’s highest profile Black designer and the creative mind behind Louis Vuitton’s menswear collections, died on Sunday of...

COVID-Positive Czech President Appoints New PM From Plexiglass Cubicle

COVID-Positive Czech President Appoints New PM From Plexiglass Cubicle

Czech President Milos Zeman appointed the leader of a center-right alliance Petr Fiala as prime minister on Sunday in a...

Swiss Vote to Approve COVID Restrictions as Infections Rise

Swiss Vote to Approve COVID Restrictions as Infections Rise

Swiss voters on Sunday gave clear backing to legislation that introduced a system with special COVID-19 certificates under which only...