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Amid an epidemic of ransomware attacks, the US is sitting down to talk cybersecurity strategy this week with 30 countries while leaving out one key player: Russia.The country that, unwittingly or not, hosts many of the criminal syndicates behind ransomware attacks was not invited to a two-day meetin...
Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia increased Wednesday after police in Kosovo clashed with ethnic Serbs during a police operation against the smuggling of goods. At least seven people were injured.The violence prompted an angry response from Serbia for the international community, including NATO-led...
German authorities said Wednesday that the number of migrants arriving in the country via Poland and Belarus has gone up during the months that several European Union nations have accused the Belarusian government of encouraging people to cross into the EU from its territory.German federal police sa...
Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The Happiest Man on Earth,” has died in Sydney, a Jewish community leader said. He was 101.“Eddie Jaku was a beacon of light and hope for not only our community, but the world,” New South Wales s...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed powerful missiles developed to launch nuclear strikes on the US mainland, as he vowed to build an “invincible” military to cope with what he called persistent US hostility, state media reported Tuesday.In an apparent continued effort to drive a we...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday implored Israel not to “lose sight” of the need to establish a Palestinian state, as she wrapped up a two-day farewell visit.Merkel’s support for a two-state solution has been one of the key disagreements with Israel’s leadership duri...
Russia’s daily coronavirus infections and deaths hovered near all-time highs Monday amid sluggish vaccination rates and the Kremlin’s reluctance to toughen restrictions.Russia’s state coronavirus task force reported 29,409 new confirmed cases — the highest number since the ye...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration belatedly congratulated journalist Maria Ressa Monday for being one of two winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her fight for freedom of expression under grave risks.However, it rejected criticism that it was a s...
Voter turnout in Iraq’s elections was 41 percent, according to preliminary results announced Monday, a record low in the post-Saddam Hussein era, signaling widespread distrust of the country’s leaders and the vote for a new parliament.The weekend’s election was held months ahead of...
Hundreds of protesters from climate activist group Extinction Rebellion blocked a busy intersection Monday near the temporary home of the Netherlands’ parliament, marking the start of a week of protests the group plans in The Hague before a UN climate conference that opens on Oct. 31.The demon...
Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of Lebanon’s main oil facilities in the country’s south Monday after it sent orange flames and a thick black column of smoke into the sky.Energy Minister Walid Fayad said the fire broke out when workers were t...
Dozens of large German companies have urged the country’s next government to put in place ambitious policies to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate accord.The 69 companies said in an open letter Monday that the next government needs to put Germany “on a clear and reliable path to cl...
Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, died Sunday after a lengthy illness, the country’s interior minister said. He was 85.Khan launched Pakistan on the path to becoming a nuclear weapons power in the early 1970s. Interior Minister Shei...
Czech President Milos Zeman was rushed to the hospital on Sunday, a day after the parliamentary election at a time when he has a key role in establishing a new government.Prague’s military hospital confirmed Zeman was transported there from the presidential chateau in Lany, near Prague. Zeman&...
After water levels at a California dam fell to historic lows this summer, the main hydropower plant it feeds was shut down. At the Hoover Dam in Nevada — one of the country’s biggest hydropower generators — production is down by 25%. If extreme drought persists, federal officials s...
The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the US to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August.Senior Taliban officials and US, repre...
President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of Native peoples.The day will be observed Oct. 11,...
France’s ambassador to Australia says Australian officials lied to his face and raised the risk of confrontation in Asia by crafting a secret submarine deal with the United States and Britain that undermined trust in democratic alliances.France is determined to protect its interests in th...
Guards at a Libyan detention center for migrants shot dead at least six people amid chaos in the overcrowded facility, UN officials said Saturday, the latest tragedy involving migrants in the North African country.The development comes a week after authorities rounded up more than 5,000 migrants in ...
When Russian regulators approved the country’s own coronavirus vaccine, it was a moment of national pride, and the Pavlov family was among those who rushed to take the injection. But international health authorities have not yet given their blessing to the Sputnik V shot.So when the family fro...
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