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China on Wednesday brushed away international criticism Beijing has received following race-based comments issued this week by a top diplomat who encouraged its Asian neighbors to drop their Western ties and strengthen allegiances with China.  Director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office Wang Yi raised international eyebrows Monday when he […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed a response after a Russian missile attack killed at least four people in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday. Those killed in the attack were between the ages of 21 and 95, officials said. It was the largest Russian strike on Lviv since Russian President Vladimir Putin began […]

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia while his troops remain at the camps where they stayed before the short-lived rebellion, the president of Belarus said Thursday. After stating last week that Prigozhin was in Belarus, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told international reporters Thursday that the warlord was in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Wagner’s […]

The United States military released new aerial footage on Wednesday that showed Russian fighter jets flying dangerously close to several U.S. drones over Syria. U.S. Air Forces Central said the video of the incident shows Russian SU-35 fighters moving into the drone’s flight path and setting off so-called parachute flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers […]

American tech firms have noticeably pulled back from a major Chinese tech conference in a move that plays off on tensions that have simmered in the industry for some time, according to experts.  “Beijing and Washington have long been on a collision course in terms of setting and shaping emerging technology standards, most notably those […]

A dual Israeli-Russian Princeton doctoral student, who went missing in Iraq while conducting academic research, was kidnapped by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday. Elizabeth Tsurkov disappeared in late March, and is still alive, according to the prime minister’s office, who is holding Iraq responsible for her safety […]

The tourist who was seen etching his name on a brick wall of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy has apologized for his actions, a letter shows. United Kingdom resident Ivan Danailov Dimitrov, 31, was caught defacing the ancient building in a video in June. His apology was published Wednesday by Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. In […]

The son of a jailed Belarusian presidential hopeful was convicted and sentenced Wednesday on charges that he and other activists rejected as trumped up. The Minsk District Court sentenced Eduard Babaryka, 34, to eight years in prison for “organizing mass riots” and “inciting hatred” — accusations that he denied. “I have not committed a single […]

Swedish prosecutors have charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobedience to law enforcement in connection with a protest in Malmö last month. Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported Wednesday that Thunberg was detained with other activists after they stopped traffic in the oil terminal of the port in Malmö on June 19. A short statement by Swedish […]

Thousands of Israelis came together in a mass protest Wednesday evening, as the country grapples with anti-government sentiment over proposed judicial reforms. Hundreds of protesters blocked Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv in response to the resignation of district commander Amichai Eshed on Wednesday night. Eshed, who was reportedly removed over his handling of anti-government demonstrations, […]