Germany’s far-right AfD becomes first party to be put under government surveillance since Nazi era
After four years ago becoming the first avowedly anti-immigrant party to enter the German parliament, the AfD now becomes the...
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Analysis: Late and leaky. How the UK failed to impose an effective quarantine system
The government issued a public appeal on Sunday, to trace someone who has been infected with a coronavirus variant first...
Russia launches satellite to monitor climate in Arctic
The Arctic has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average over the last three decades and Moscow...
Dutch parliament becomes second in a week to accuse China of genocide in Xinjiang
Activists and United Nations rights experts say at least one million Muslims are being detained in camps in the remote...
Suspect in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder pleads guilty
Attorney Marc Sant told CNN, "There was a plea bargain ... the agreement is 15 years imprisonment." Muscat will also...
Alexey Navalny remains in jail as court rejects his appeal. Then he’s fined $11,500 in defamation case
Then, in a separate case also heard on Saturday, Navalny was found guilty of defaming a World War II veteran...
Boris Johnson’s government is ‘gaslighting’ Britain about the realities of Brexit, critics say
In that time, British exporters have struggled with new trade barriers. In some cases, orders have been slowed down by...
The European countries caught in a vaccine no man’s land
Kosovo, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are still waiting to receive their first vaccine shipments, while rollouts in Albania and...
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny handed jail term, prompting protests across Russia
The court on Tuesday ruled that while Navalny was in Germany, he violated probation terms from a 2014 case in...
Analysis: Putin dismissed Navalny for years. Outrage over his jailing is now a big problem for the Kremlin
A recent exposé on an extravagant secret palace on Russia's Black Sea coast, which an investigation by Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation...
Russian protesters rally in support of opposition leader Alexey Navalny
According to OVD-Info, an independent site that monitors arrests, 1,009 people have been detained so far across the country over...
Russian activist Navalny’s foundation calls on Biden to sanction Putin’s closest allies
Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) said it had submitted a broader list of 35 people in total in a letter addressed...
A fight between the EU and UK reveals the ugly truth about vaccine nationalism
The ugly vaccine nationalism that the World Health Organization and other public health advocates feared is here. And it's beginning...
Poland puts new restrictions on abortion into effect
The unexpected announcement that the ruling would take effect on Wednesday sparked nationwide protests, with demonstrators gathering in front of...
Vatican bank’s former chief found guilty of money laundering, sentenced to nearly 9 years in prison
The 81-year-old was handed an eight year, 11 month jail term on Thursday, making him the highest-ranking Vatican official to...
World leaders welcome Biden with praise, pleas, and parting shots at Trump
Among most messages was a palpable sense of relief, as the international community embraced Biden's pledge to reenter a series...
Alexey Navalny detained on return to Moscow five months after being poisoned
Navalny was taken away by police officers without explanation, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh tweeted. His lawyer, who had also flown...
Dutch government resigns over child welfare fraud scandal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the Cabinet's resignation in an address Friday, saying that responsibility for the scandal "ultimately...
Alexey Navalny says he will return to Russia on Sunday after being poisoned
On Instagram, Navalny said that he purchased a plane ticket to Russia on Wednesday morning after realizing that "he is...
Pope Francis says he is in line to take Covid-19 vaccine
The pontiff made the comments during an interview with Italy's Canale 5 channel, set to air on Sunday night."It is...
