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Global cases of the novel coronavirus reached over 8 million on Monday, as infections surged in Latin America, while the United States and China grappled with fresh outbreaks. Read more here.
Jun. 16, 2020
Nadezha Alyokhina was hauling a refrigerator home with a friend when the first of a string of deadly hostage dramas began to unfold in the south of Russia 25 years ago. Read more here.
Jun. 14, 2020
When Benjamin Schmerler sends an email, his words speak volumes about the current state of the world. Gone are the exclamation points or occasional emojis. The public-relations firm owner replaces his
May. 15, 2020
Lithuania will halt the traffic of international passenger trains due to a quarantine, which will be declared in Lithuania, the Lithuanian railways Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai said. “All the routes of inte
Mar. 16, 2020
French prosecutors have placed a Russian artist and his girlfriend under investigation over the leaking of a sex video that brought down a close ally of Emmanuel Macron. Read more here.
Feb. 18, 2020
The U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat says Washington remains committed to “a strong relationship” with Turkmenistan as officials in the Central Asian nation appear to be infuriated by a Netflix movie allegedl
Jan. 11, 2020
HELSINKI — Finland became the country with the world’s youngest sitting head of government on Dec. 10 when the Nordic country’s parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a prolific user of social me
Dec. 10, 2019
KRASLICE, Czech Republic — In the winter of 1978-79, Afghanistan’s communist regime deployed a hit squad to find and kill Babrak Karmal, the high-profile ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Read more here.
Nov. 4, 2019
A Russian soldier on Oct. 25 shot dead at least eight of his fellow soldiers at a military base in the far east of the country, according to the Defense Ministry. Read more here.
Oct. 25, 2019
There appear to be few signs that the Kremlin and Russia’s security agencies are ready to adopt a more relaxed approach to opposition groups and dissent, say analysts, notwithstanding that anti-govern
Oct. 22, 2019
Three pro-democracy protest leaders in Hong Kong were arrested in the early hours of Aug. 30, a few hours after protesters held citywide screenings of an Oscar-nominated documentary film about Ukraine
Aug. 30, 2019
Russia is attempting to gain influence in Africa and earn billions of pounds by selling developing nations nuclear technology that critics say is unsuitable and unlikely to benefit the continent’s poo
Aug. 28, 2019
Authorities in two U.S. cities scoured leads in a pair of weekend mass shootings that killed 31, trying to piece together the motives that led two young men to unleash violence on innocent people in c
Aug. 6, 2019
SZOLNOK, Hungary — Secretive, behind-the-lines mission rehearsals and other operations by 1,400 American and allied commandos to combat shifting Russian threats have laid bare a fundamental tension in
Jul. 12, 2019
Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi since June 20 in protest against Russian interference, the largest demonstrations in over seven years. Read more
Jun. 27, 2019
The United States Board on Geographic Names, or BGN, has changed its English spelling of Ukraine’s capital from Kiev to Kyiv, the Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S. announced in a statement on June 13. Th
Jun. 13, 2019
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The June 19 defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea included a promise to provide military assistance to one another – within days Pyongyang said it was sending troops to Ukraine.
Jun. 26