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MADRID — Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swingчитати

BAGHDAD – Demonstrators marched in the Iraqi and Iranian capitals Friday to denounce Sweden’s permission for protests that desecrate the Quran, as Stockholm withdrew staffчитати

The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that millions of people are at risk of hunger and death as a consequence of Russia’s withdrawal from theчитати

BAGHDAD — Muslim-majority nations expressed outrage Friday at the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. Some prepared for street demonstrations following middayчитати

STOCKHOLM — A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction inчитати

Media associations are warning that a rise in visa rejections for Turkish citizens is affecting the ability of the country’s journalists to work. The numberчитати

African leaders are to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg at the end of this month for a summit, billed as strengtheningчитати

Latest developments: Belarus says its military is training with fighters from Russia’s Wagner mercenary group at a site near the Belarus-Poland border. European Union foreignчитати

TAIPEI – As the war in Ukraine rages on, China and Russia are hosting joint military exercises in the Sea of Japan that analysts sayчитати

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish Embassy compound in Baghdad early Thursday morning and set a building on fire, a source familiar with the matterчитати

CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned rights researcher Patrick Zaki a day after he was handed a three-year prison term on chargesчитати

Ukraine is calling for its grain exports to continue passing through the Black Sea after Russia’s withdrawal this week from an agreement allowing safe passage.читати

More than 700 people have been sentenced to prison over riots in France late last month, the country’s justice minister said Wednesday, lauding the “firm”читати

Latest developments:                       U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis’ peace envoy, for talks about Vatican efforts to provide humanitarian aid inчитати

The Russian private military force known as the Wagner Group captured the world’s attention with its open mutiny and march on Moscow, averted at theчитати

Belarusian authorities have detained a prominent journalist who used to work for outlets including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty or RFE/RL. Police on Monday raided theчитати

Italy and France are each sending two firefighting planes to Greece to help it cope with wildfires burning on multiple fronts around Athens, with moreчитати

Britain’s Illegal Migration Bill, aimed at stopping thousands of migrants arriving in the country, is at odds with London’s obligations under international law, the Unitedчитати

Russia on Monday ended the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which guaranteed the free flow of Ukrainian grain to the rest of the world. Poor nationsчитати

Russia said Monday it is ending its participation in a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine safe passage to export grain from three Ukrainian ports pastчитати

Elton John briefly testified Monday for the defense at Kevin Spacey ‘s sexual assault trial as the actor’s lawyer attempted to discredit a man whoчитати

Leaders from the European Union and Latin America were gathering for a major summit of long-lost relatives starting on Monday. Whether it will be aчитати

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Russia has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and the right to use them if cluster munitions are used against its forces inчитати

European leaders and Tunisia’s president announced progress Sunday in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often-lethalчитати

Russia has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and the right to use them if cluster munitions are used against its forces in Ukraine, Russianчитати

Britain on Sunday officially joined an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations during a meeting in New Zealand. The trade blocчитати

Tourists are waiting more than two hours to visit the Acropolis in Athens. Taxi lines at Rome’s main train station are running just as long.читати

Thousands of participants of the Budapest Pride march wound through the streets of the Hungarian capital on Saturday with marchers voicing their anxiety over theчитати

Tens of millions were battling dangerously high temperatures in the United States on Saturday as record heat forecasts hung over Europe and Japan, in theчитати

The U.K.’s oldest medical union Saturday hit out at government plans to increase the amount migrant workers pay to use the state health care service,читати

Even on the streets of London, Finn Lau does not feel safe from the reach of the Chinese Communist Party. He is among the exiledчитати

The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestockчитати

The United States took custody Friday of a Russian national extradited from Estonia and suspected of being an intelligence agent as the Biden administration pursuesчитати

LATEST DEVELOPMENT:   France has posthumously awarded the Legion of Honor, the country’s highest award, to Arman Soldin, an Agence France-Presse journalist who was killedчитати

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered mercenary fighters with the Wagner Group the opportunity to remain serving together in Russia after their revolt, he said inчитати

A Russian general in charge of forces fighting in southern Ukraine has been relieved of his duties after speaking out about problems faced by hisчитати