NATO Ends Summit with Strengthened Posture Against Russia, China

NATO Ends Summit with Strengthened Posture Against Russia, China

NATO leaders concluded their three-day meeting in Madrid Thursday with the Western security alliance strengthening its defense against Russian aggression,...

Report: Only 15% of World Enjoys Free Expression of Information

Report: Only 15% of World Enjoys Free Expression of Information

A Britain-based group says its latest study of worldwide free expression rights shows only 15% of the global population lives...

144 Ukraine Fighters Freed from Russian Captivity in Prisoner Exchange

144 Ukraine Fighters Freed from Russian Captivity in Prisoner Exchange

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that 144 of the country’s fighters were freed from Russian captivity via “an...

US, NATO Trade Charges With China Over New Strategic Concept   

US, NATO Trade Charges With China Over New Strategic Concept   

The United States joined its NATO allies on Wednesday to issue a strong rebuke to “malicious hybrid and cyber” threats...

Instagram Hides Some Posts That Mention Abortion

Instagram Hides Some Posts That Mention Abortion

Instagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring its users to confirm their age...

US Boosts Deployments in Europe as NATO Summit Warns of Russian Threat

US Boosts Deployments in Europe as NATO Summit Warns of Russian Threat

The United States will strengthen its forces in Europe as NATO faces up to the threat from Russia following its...

Biden Thanks Erdogan for Dropping Veto on Sweden, Finland NATO Bids

Biden Thanks Erdogan for Dropping Veto on Sweden, Finland NATO Bids

U.S. President Joe Biden thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday for dropping his objections to the bids by...

US, Iran Indirect Talks to Revive 2015 Nuclear Pact End Without Progress

US, Iran Indirect Talks to Revive 2015 Nuclear Pact End Without Progress

Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at breaking an impasse about how to salvage Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact have...

Lone Surviving Attacker in Paris Massacre Guilty of Murder

Lone Surviving Attacker in Paris Massacre Guilty of Murder

The lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists was convicted Wednesday of murder and other charges and sentenced...

New NATO Strategic Concept Targets Russia, China

New NATO Strategic Concept Targets Russia, China

NATO heads of state and government meeting in Madrid on Wednesday approved a new Strategic Concept for the alliance, naming...

Scientists’ Model Uses Google Search Data to Forecast COVID Hospitalizations

Scientists’ Model Uses Google Search Data to Forecast COVID Hospitalizations

Future waves of COVID-19 might be predicted using internet search data, according to a study published in the journal Scientific...

UN: Climate of Fear and Impunity Reigns in Belarus

UN: Climate of Fear and Impunity Reigns in Belarus

A U.N. investigator warns that systematic and widespread repression in Belarus is eroding peoples’ civic and political rights. The investigator’s...

NATO Leaders Gather for Madrid Summit

NATO Leaders Gather for Madrid Summit

NATO leaders are gathering in Madrid, Spain, for a summit that will include discussion of support for Ukraine and how...

Biden Offers Alternative to China Development Juggernaut at G7 Summit

Biden Offers Alternative to China Development Juggernaut at G7 Summit

This week, the Group of Seven leaders launched a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative they say will compete with China’s...

German Court Gives 101-year-old Ex-Nazi Guard Five Years in Jail

German Court Gives 101-year-old Ex-Nazi Guard Five Years in Jail

A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest...

Finland, Sweden on Path to NATO Membership as Turkey Drops Veto

Finland, Sweden on Path to NATO Membership as Turkey Drops Veto

NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the...

US Accuses 5 Firms in China of Supporting Russia’s Military

US Accuses 5 Firms in China of Supporting Russia’s Military

President Joe Biden’s administration added five companies in China to a trade blacklist on Tuesday for allegedly supporting Russia’s military...

NATO Leaders Arrive in Madrid For Crucial Summit On Countering Russia, China

NATO Leaders Arrive in Madrid For Crucial Summit On Countering Russia, China

NATO leaders began arriving in Madrid Tuesday for a crucial summit on the alliance’s future – dominated by Russia’s invasion...

As Key French Terror Trial Ends, Europe Faces New Security Landscape 

As Key French Terror Trial Ends, Europe Faces New Security Landscape 

One of France’s most high-profile trials in history wraps up this week amid a sharply changing security landscape across Europe,...

G7 Summit Closes in Austria

G7 Summit Closes in Austria

Anita Powell reports from Telfs, Austria on the close of the G7 Summit and looks ahead to the NATO summit...

Zelenskyy Calls for Missile Defense System Ahead of NATO Talks

Zelenskyy Calls for Missile Defense System Ahead of NATO Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he stressed the need for a “powerful missile defense system for Ukraine to prevent...

G-7 Assures Aid to Ukraine, Pain to Russia, as Russia Strikes Ukrainian Targets

G-7 Assures Aid to Ukraine, Pain to Russia, as Russia Strikes Ukrainian Targets

Giving aid to Ukraine and pain to Vladimir Putin – those are the measures leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal...