Russian prosecutors called Thursday for the imprisonment of a prominent opposition activist as well as a Moscow City Council member who opposed the invasion. This is a clear sign that the Kremlin continues its crackdown on dissent. According to Sergei Badamshin,...

LONDON -- He was London's mayor, who revelled in hosting the 2012 London Olympics. And he was also the man who led Conservatives to a crushing election victory thanks to his pledge to "get Brexit done." Boris Johnson's tenure as prime minister was...

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi oil minister announced Thursday that the government would enforce a court decision to cancel oil contracts signed by the semiautonomous northern Iraqi Kurdish regions with international companies. Ihsan AbdulJabbar Ismail, the minister,...

PAMPLONA (Spanish city of Pamplona) -- Thursday saw the first bull run in three-years at the San Fermin festival. Although no one was gored by the bulls, several runners suffered hard falls and knocks as thousands revelled in one of Europe's most renowned...

BERLIN -- Germany's parliament elected Thursday a new anti-discrimination Commissioner to the government. This was a journalist who was controversially nominated last month for comments she made about Germans without immigrant roots. Ferda Ataman (42),...

RAMALLAH (West Bank) -- The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abdulbas and the Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met in the occupied West Bank on Thursday to discuss security coordination ahead U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to the region next Wednesday....

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- On Thursday, a NATO senior official stated that the war in Ukraine has not posed an imminent threat to Western Balkan nations. They are strategically important to the Western alliance. NATO's Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana...

PORT-AUPRINCE (Haiti) -- It has been a year since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in his private residence. There, he was protected by an elite security team. Authorities have failed to find and arrest those responsible for the murder, and Haiti...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- This scene stirs hope and relief for Muslims all over the world. One million pilgrims from all over the world gathered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday to perform the first rites for the hajj. This was the largest Islamic pilgrimage...

HELSINKI -- The Finnish Parliament has approved an amended bill on border security which allows for the closing of crossing points with Russia. This is in response to fears that Moscow might send large numbers of migrants to the frontier. This was just two...

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) -- The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has increased its interest rates to the highest level in over 20 years to control inflation, which has contributed to the country's economic woes. The recent price rises have been devastating, particularly...

Brittney Griner, WNBA star, said Thursday morning that she would plead guilty to drug charges in Russia. She stated that the vape cartridges containing cannabis oil had been unintentionally found in her luggage. Griner stated, "I would like pled myself guilty"...

SYDNEY -- Heavy rains threatened to flood towns north of Australia's largest city, Sydney. According to Dominic Perrottet, Premier of New South Wales, 60,000 people received evacuation orders and warnings to evacuate their homes by Thursday. This is...

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) -- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka said Wednesday that he called Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, to request credit support for fuel imports to the island nation which is currently in its worst economic crisis since memory....

ANKARA (Turkey) -- The Somalia president called on Turkey Wednesday to help combat severe droughts that are threatening the Horn of Africa. During his first trip to Turkey since May's election, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made these remarks. Over the past...

ROME -- The Italian Premier Mario Draghi's government has stopped the immediate possibility of an early election, after a key ally said he would stay in the coalition. Draghi spent more than an hour with Giuseppe Conte (previous Premier) who is now the...

MOSCOW -- The top Kremlin official warned Wednesday that the U.S. could be subject to the "wrath" of God if it continues to pursue efforts to establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia's actions in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Russian speaker...

IDLIB (Syria) -- Adila Afesh's family has seen their food assistance in Syria shrink by almost two-thirds over the past two years. She fears Russia, perhaps in retaliation against Western sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine, will block the renewal...

BERLIN -- A new migration bill approved Wednesday by the government will allow thousands of migrants who have lived in Germany for many years to be granted permanent residency. The Cabinet has approved the new regulation. It applies to approximately 136,000...

One of the most influential athletic federations in the world has taken a strong stance against transgender athletes. It has caused ripples across the sport world, and some are afraid it will bring about even more changes. International competitive swimming's...

PARIS -- Wednesday's speech by Elisabeth Borne, the French Prime Minister, pled Wednesday to support France in its efforts to increase jobs, reduce taxes, boost purchasing power, address climate issues, and better deal with the effects of the war in...

AMSTERDAM -- A number of environmental groups launched legal action against KLM, a Dutch airline, over advertising that promoted flying as a sustainable mode of travel. Fossielvrij NL is a Netherlands-based group that was supported by Reclame Fossielvrij...

MOGADISHU (Somalia) -- In the last two months, more than twenty-six children have been killed by hunger in one Somalia hospital. Yahye Abdul Garun watched as their parents, who were in desperate circumstances, stumbled into the hospital from rural areas that...

MANILA, Philippines -- Wednesday's meeting between Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the new Philippine president, and China's top diplomat was to discuss long-standing disputes in the South China Sea. He also discussed foreign policy issues that included the...