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Renewed military support for Ukraine will top the agenda as NATO prepares for its annual two-day summit July 11 and 12 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Kyivчитати

Latest developments:     Russia reiterates demand for state agricultural bank to be reconnected to global payment system as expiration of Black Sea Grain Initiative looms.   Russianчитати

Andy Murray said he had an emotional meeting with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years in an Iranian jail cell, after inviting her to watchчитати

Dozens of people with flowers, many unable to hold back tears, bid farewell Tuesday to an award-winning Ukrainian writer who was among those killed byчитати

Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) on Wednesday marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world’s firstчитати

NATO announced Tuesday that Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will remain the alliance’s chief for another year, extending a term that was due to expire at theчитати

Kyiv and its Western allies have opened a new center in The Hague that will investigate Russia’s leaders for the crime of aggression, following itsчитати

Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said Monday, adding that the pace of executionsчитати

Iran’s foreign ministry lambasted France on Monday for hosting a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group that Tehran considers a “terrorist” organization.   Onчитати

Germany’s government accused Poland on Monday of failing to stop the dumping of pollutants that contributed to the deaths of hundreds of tons of fishчитати

Latest developments: U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Europe for a three-country trip to strengthen the international coalition against Russian aggression as the war inчитати

Nick Kyrgios pulled out of Wimbledon the night before the tournament’s start, citing a wrist injury, a year after he reached his first Grand Slamчитати

It took a late breakaway by Victor Lafay for French team Cofidis to end its 15-year winless streak at the Tour de France.  Cofidis wonчитати

A U.S.-based group that tracks how the Catholic hierarchy deals with allegations of sexual abuse by clergy says Pope Francis made a “troubling” choice inчитати

Poland said on Sunday it will send 500 police to shore up security at its border with Belarus to cope with rising numbers of migrantsчитати

Novak Djokovic says he is still “hungry” for Grand Slam glory as Wimbledon rivals queue up to hail him as the “greatest” and his achievementsчитати

KYIV, UKRAINE – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Saturday that a “serious threat” remained at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and that Russia wasчитати

BELGRADE, SERBIA — Thousands of people in Serbia’s capital rallied Saturday outside a pro-government TV station that protesters say promotes a culture of violence andчитати

More than 1,300 people were arrested in France during a fourth night of rioting and President Emmanuel Macron canceled a trip to Germany on Saturdayчитати

Latest developments: The United States is confident Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is making progress despite the lack of any significant break in the Russian lines.читати

BASRA, IRAQ – Thousands of followers of a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric rallied in major cities in Iraq on Friday, condemning the burning of a Quranчитати

LONDON — Most Europeans see Russia as an adversary following its invasion of Ukraine, according to a survey of over 16,000 people across 11 Europeanчитати

Iran will be formally approved as a member of the regional Shanghai Cooperation Organization with China, Russia and Central Asian countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergeiчитати

NATO is attempting to choose a new leader, as the term of the current secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, is due to end later this year. However,читати

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Austrian authorities said Thursday they had seized hundreds of weapons, ammunition and Nazi memorabilia and arrested six people after raids on several premisesчитати

WASHINGTON – Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Thursday that Putin has been “somewhat weakened” by anчитати

A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced a Russian media publisher to eight years in prison in absentia for criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ilya Krasilshchik,читати

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane as the companyчитати

A British court ruled Thursday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to theчитати

Latest developments:   European Union leaders to discuss security assistance for Ukraine at summit.  U.S. State Department approves sale of up to $15 billion in Patriotчитати

PARIS – Protesters shot fireworks at police and set cars ablaze in the working-class Paris suburb of Nanterre on Wednesday, in a second night ofчитати

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged NATO on Wednesday to send Ukraine a clear signal at a summit next month that it can join the military allianceчитати

France’s government on Wednesday announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and called for calm after scattered violence erupted over the deathчитати

Latest developments:  Pope Francis’ peace envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi traveled to Moscow weeks after a visit to Kyiv, with the Vatican saying he seeks “aчитати

As a veteran correspondent for National Public Radio, Sylvia Poggioli spent the bulk of her 41-year career at the American broadcaster living and reporting in Italy.читати

The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals toчитати