May 24, 2024 Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines, sources say Four sources say that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a negotiated ceasefire that recognizes current battlefield lines in order to halt the war in Ukraine.
May 24, 2024 German Chancellor Scholz warns next European Commission president against courting far-right support German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, warned the next European Commission president against seeking support from far-right parties.
May 23, 2024 In message to Russia, Chilean lawmakers meet in Antarctica to underline territorial claims Defense officials from Chile met in Antarctica in an attempt to bolster their territorial claims in the southernmost continent, amid escalating tensions over Russia's maneuvers in the region.
May 23, 2024 Kosovo's parliament passes a bill on leasing some of its prison space for Denmark's use Kosovo’s parliament has approved a bill that would allow leasing of some of the country's prison space to Denmark to help it with its overcrowded prison system.
May 23, 2024 Amal Clooney, the ICC’s shame and the real threat to Israel Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, whose husband is George Clooney, supported the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
May 22, 2024 Iranian crowd chants 'death to America' at funeral for dead president Mourners chanted "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel" at a funeral service for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others who died in a helicopter crash on Monday.
May 21, 2024 France is trying Syrian ex-officials for the torture and killing of a father and son. Here's why A Paris court, in a landmark trial, is seeking to determine whether Syrian intelligence officials were responsible for the deaths of a 20-year-old boy and his father.
May 21, 2024 Report says China is accelerating the forced urbanization of rural Tibetans A new report says China has accelerated the forced urbanization of Tibetan herders and villagers, adding to existing reports of efforts to control their culture and language to assimilate them.
May 20, 2024 Americans in alleged Congo coup plot formed an unlikely band In a weekend attack on Congo's presidential palace, three Americans formed an 'unlikely band' under the leadership of opposition figure Christian Malanga.
May 20, 2024 Kosovo closes 6 Serbian bank branches over currency crackdown Kosovar police on Monday closed six branches of the Serbia-licensed Postal Savings Bank in line with a crackdown on the use of the Serbian dinar currency.