European Union countries are having reservations about committing a long-term fund of $21.4 billion of military aid for Ukraine as its grinding fight continues against Russia’s invasion. EU defense ministers…

Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency…

The British Defense Ministry is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin and former president Dmitry Medvedev have issued documents described by the British ministry as the “weaponization of history ……

North Korea’s foreign ministry on Saturday slammed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on Pyongyang’s relations with Moscow, saying the remarks would “only escalate the dangerous political and military…

Bar associations across Turkey reacted with demonstrations, marches and legal actions Friday to a constitutional crisis in which a lower-ranking appeals court filed an unprecedented criminal complaint against Supreme Court…

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to join a pro-Palestinian march in London on Saturday, a rally Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticized as disrespectful amid concerns it could…

Belgian anti-terrorism investigators on Friday were holding one alleged member of an extreme right group suspected of preparing bomb attacks and inciting violence.  The Belgian probe also found evidence allowing…

The number of rail freight cars heading to the ports of Ukraine’s Odesa region continued to rise over the past week thanks to the successful operation of the alternative Black…

A sweeping plain dotted with ruined houses stretched into the horizon and toward the blue expanse of the Dnipro River, where a clutch of Ukrainian forces were poised for Russian…

Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan are the top three recipients of Chinese development funding in the past two decades, but the crisis-riddled countries may be losing attraction for Beijing. China is…

French President Emmanuel Macron gave opening remarks on Thursday in Paris at an aid conference for Gaza, stressing that “all lives have equal worth.” Representatives from more than 50 nations,…

Turkey’s media regulator has voted to order the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, or DW, to obtain a broadcast license for its Turkish-language website. The Radio and Television Supreme Council…

Britain’s interior minister on Thursday accused the country’s largest police force of being more lenient toward pro-Palestinian demonstrators than other groups, deepening a political feud sparked by the Israel-Hamas war. …

Spanish police say that veteran right-wing politician Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, has been taken to the hospital after being shot in the face in Madrid. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, 78, a member of Spain’s…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Thursday rejected any calls for talks with Russia amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Those who argue that Ukraine should negotiate with Russia now are…

The sound of children’s footsteps echoed along a school hallway in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as pupils gathered to board a coach marked “Evacuation.” Nadiya Kondratkova stood surrounded…

Some 80 countries and international organizations meet in Paris on Thursday to coordinate aid and assess how to help the wounded in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, although expectations for…

Transsexual people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop. …

On Wednesday, the European Commission recommended opening European Union membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The news was welcome in Ukraine, which remains at war with Russia but wants to…

France has denounced an action taken by an Iranian court that sentenced a French national to five years in prison. Louis Arnaud, a banking consultant who has been held in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday encouraged a senior Chinese military leader to strengthen their nations’ military cooperation by collaborating on cutting-edge defense technologies.  In a televised speech ahead of…

The European Commission said Wednesday it recommended member states open membership talks with Ukraine once the country addresses several outstanding reform issues. The EU granted Ukraine candidate status last year,…