Advocates sound alarm over Kosovo’s new media law
Pristina, Kosovo/Washington — Journalists and media advocates are concerned that a new law in Kosovo could give the government greater control. The new law seeks toчитати
Former lead BBC news presenter pleads guilty to 3 counts of making indecent images of children
London — Huw Edwards, the BBC’s former top news presenter, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of making indecent images of children. The offenses he pleadedчитати
An ‘Undue Burden’
Prague/Washington — Portraits of Alsu Kurmasheva are scattered throughout the Prague apartment she shares with her husband and two daughters. But the journalist has not setчитати
Duty-hardened French troops face new challenge: Keeping Olympics safe
Only days into the Paris Olympics, France has already weathered attacks on its rail and internet service. But it’s also mounted a massive security umbrellaчитати
Ukraine’s Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence at Paris Games
Paris — The head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics — who must compete as neutrals —читати
3rd child dies after stabbing attack on UK dance class
LONDON — A 9-year-old girl wounded in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in northwestern England died Tuesday, bringing the deathчитати
Russia’s alleged sabotage attacks stoke fear among refugees in Europe
London police in April said they had charged two British men with aiding Russian intelligence following a suspected arson attack on a business with tiesчитати
Armenia steps up its push to pivot away from Moscow, look West
Armenia’s military exercises with the United States in July and increased diplomatic contacts with Western Europe suggest Yerevan continues its efforts to pivot away fromчитати
US announces new Ukraine aid package valued at up to $200 million
washington — The United States announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday that is valued at up to $200 million and includes airчитати
UK police arrest man after 8 stabbed in ‘deeply shocking’ incident
London — British emergency services said a man had been arrested after at least eight people were stabbed in Southport, northwest England, on Monday, with aчитати
Vandalism hits communication lines in France during Paris Olympics
Paris — The French government says multiple telecommunications lines have been hit by acts of vandalism, affecting fiber lines and fixed and mobile phone lines asчитати
Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast, push to free prisoners
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing their anger on Sunday at a ceremonyчитати
Putin vows ‘mirror measures’ if US deploys missiles in Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country may deploy new “strike weapons” in response to a U.S. plan to place missiles in Germany. Both theчитати
5 killed, dozens wounded in Ukraine’s Donetsk region; Russia claims gains
KYIV — Five civilians died and 15 more were wounded following Russian strikes Saturday and overnight in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, its governor said, as Moscowчитати
France showcases fighter jets in the Philippines, defends freedom of navigation
CLARK, Philippines — France renewed a commitment to help defend freedom of navigation and overflight in the Asia-Pacific Sunday and said that its supersonic fighter jetsчитати
Mali army, Russian allies suffer heavy losses in country’s north, sources say
Dakar, Senegal — Mali’s army and its Russian allies suffered a major setback and significant losses on Saturday while fighting separatists in the country’s north, aчитати
Russian warships make routine visit to Cuba
HAVANA — Havana residents watched from shore on Saturday as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months in a visit that Cubaчитати
Hungary’s Orban: Russia stands to gain as ‘irrational’ West loses power
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that Russia’s leadership was “hyper rational” and that Ukraine would never be able to fulfillчитати
Global cruise industry sees growing demand, wary of port protests
MADRID — The global cruise industry expects to carry 10% more passengers by 2028 than the 31.7 million who took cruise holidays in 2023, when theчитати
Ukrainian adviser says agreement with Russia is ‘deal with the devil’
KYIV, Ukraine — Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil, a top adviserчитати
Recycled Russian conspiracy theories falsely accuse Ukraine of child organ harvesting
On March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova.читати
For Ukrainian athletes, joy mixes with sorrow at the Paris Olympics
Paris — For Ukrainian competitors in Paris for the Olympics, joy goes hand in hand with sorrow. Athletes are striving to enjoy the dream of competingчитати
Russian drones attack Ukrainian power facilities overnight, causing disruptions
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia overnight attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in two regions with drones, disrupting electricity supplies, Ukraine’s national power grid operator said Friday. Power suppliesчитати
‘Sabotage’ hits French trains hours before Olympics
PARIS — Arson attacks scrambled France’s high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what officials called premeditated acts of “sabotage” justчитати
Rights advocates cite uptick in Uyghur refugee detentions in Turkey
Washington — Over the past three weeks, Shirali Abdurehim, a 39-year-old Uyghur honey seller in Istanbul, has been detained in an immigration detention center. Abdurehim, aчитати
2 years after Ukrainian POW prison attack, survivors and leaked UN analysis point to Russia as culprit
kyiv, ukraine — The former prisoners of war still puzzle over the strange events leading up to the night now seared into their memories, when anчитати