NATO Expansion in Focus as Blinken Travels to Europe for Talks on Russia-Ukraine War

NATO Expansion in Focus as Blinken Travels to Europe for Talks on Russia-Ukraine War

The possible expansion of NATO will be a focus of talks Saturday, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads...

Russia Takes Losses in Failed River Crossing, Officials Say 

Russia Takes Losses in Failed River Crossing, Officials Say 

Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to...

Turkey’s Erdogan Says He Opposes NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland

Turkey’s Erdogan Says He Opposes NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland

Veto-wielding NATO member Turkey is voicing opposition to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Amid War, Ukraine Is Trying to Save Its Cultural Artifacts From Destruction

Amid War, Ukraine Is Trying to Save Its Cultural Artifacts From Destruction

The Next New Thing: Companies Are Building the ‘Metaverse’ but What Is It?

The Next New Thing: Companies Are Building the ‘Metaverse’ but What Is It?

The “metaverse” has been touted as the next digital shift, 3-dimensional online spaces where people will shop, work, play games,...

EU Says Talks With Iran ‘Positive Enough’ to Reopen Nuclear Negotiations

EU Says Talks With Iran ‘Positive Enough’ to Reopen Nuclear Negotiations

The EU’s foreign policy chief said on Friday that he believed there had been enough progress during consultations between his...

Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow Extended for 1 Month

Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow Extended for 1 Month

The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month....

US, China Vie for Africa Mobile Phone Sector

US, China Vie for Africa Mobile Phone Sector

Africa, in recent years, has become the new frontier where China and the United States, the world’s two biggest economic...

Musk Says $44-billion Twitter Deal Temporarily On Hold

Musk Says $44-billion Twitter Deal Temporarily On Hold

Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam...

US Senator Delays $40 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine

US Senator Delays $40 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Thursday blocked a vote on a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine, slowing U.S. efforts to...

Death Toll in Slovenia Factory Blast Rises to 6

Death Toll in Slovenia Factory Blast Rises to 6

A worker hurt in an explosion at a chemical factory in Slovenia has died from his injuries, bringing the total...

Hermit, Martyr and Journalist Among New Catholic Saints

Hermit, Martyr and Journalist Among New Catholic Saints

A Frenchman murdered in the desert, a Dutch priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp and an Indian lay convert are...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 13

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 13

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Europe Aims to Reverse Dependence on China for Electric Battery Mineral

Europe Aims to Reverse Dependence on China for Electric Battery Mineral

An obscure mountain in the remote far west of Spain could prove to be a game changer in the race...