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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
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to add a comment from the State Department. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, has alleged
May. 27, 2019
The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair – the old Shah, in the 1930s, bann
Feb. 8, 2019
A raft of European nations recognized Venezuela’s opposition leader as the country’s interim president Monday, piling western pressure on authoritarian incumbent Nicolás Maduro as the European Union c
Feb. 4, 2019
UNITED NATIONS – The United States is pushing for a United Nations Security Council statement expressing full support for Venezuela’s National Assembly as the country’s “only democratically elected in
Jan. 26, 2019
In 2014 and 2015, the French national and Afghanistan war veteran Victor Alfonso Lenta was in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region where he, with a handful of compatriots, worked to establish a so-called “
Jan. 14, 2019
HONG KONG – Thousands of demonstrators marched in Hong Kong on Jan. 1 to demand full democracy, fundamental rights, and even independence from China in the face of what many see as a marked clampdown
Jan. 1, 2019
A further drone sighting has again disrupted the UK’s second biggest airport, with flights grounded and passengers unable to fly. Read more here.
Dec. 21, 2018
President Donald Trump said a second summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will likely take place in January or February. “We’re getting along very well,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One dur
Dec. 3, 2018
Poland
It was a time of dramatic changes. In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Two years later, the Soviet Union collapsed, giving birth to 15 newly independent states. In this heady environment, Poland and Ukrain
Oct. 19, 2018
LONDON – The Russian news website Fontanka named on Oct. 10 a third GRU military intelligence operative, Sergey Fedotov, as having been involved in trying to kill ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the English
Oct. 10, 2018
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In a newly intercepted conversation, a Russian commander threatens the soldier that the barrier troops will kill him and his comrades if they refuse to go on assault in the Kharkiv region.
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