Putin’s warlord ally adds 3,000 former Wagner mercenaries to his forces: ‘Fulfilling the task of the state’
A Chechen warlord has added 3,000 former Wagner mercenaries to his growing forces, giving him control over a sizable force...
Europe
US-China trade tensions escalate over surging production of electric vehicles
China's burgeoning production of electric cars and other green technologies has become a flashpoint in a new U.S.-China trade fight,...
Ukraine denies Russian claim of drone strikes on Europe’s largest nuclear plant
A senior Ukrainian official has denied Russian accusations that his country’s army fired exploding drones at Europe’s largest nuclear power...
Blowing ‘smoke’: Mount Etna puts on a show by emitting rare rings into the sky
Tourists in Italy have been treated to quite the show as Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, has...
WWIII could start over Philippines dispute in South China Sea, China ‘not respecting’ treaties, expert says
Beijing warned that World War III could break out in the South China Sea as it increasingly shifts its attention...
22 arrested across Europe after allegedly stealing $650M in Italy’s pandemic relief funds
Police in Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia arrested 22 people Thursday as part of an investigation into the suspected siphoning...
NATO turns 75 as Ukraine decisions sow disagreement among members
NATO marked on Thursday 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing to...
Report by Bitget Reveals 1.5 Million Daily Active Crypto Traders in Western Europe
According to a recent report by Bitget Research, Western Europe is witnessing a significant rise in daily active crypto traders,...
Situation in Ukraine is ‘dire’ as ammunition supplies drop on US, Europe ‘starvation diet’
Ukraine has been fighting the war against Russia for over two years with defensive aid supplied by the U.S. and...
More and more Americans are held in Russian jails as relations between countries continue to sink
A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a...
Bulgarian authorities seize $6.8M worth of cocaine hidden in banana shipment from Ecuador
Bulgarian customs officials confiscated about 370 pounds of cocaine from a ship transporting bananas from Ecuador, prosecutors said Tuesday.District prosecutor...
Taliban vows to publicly stone women to death in direct message to Western democracies
In a direct message to Western democracies, the Taliban’s supreme leader over the weekend said his government would officially re-implement...
Coffee producers worldwide grapple with new environmental laws aimed at protecting forests
Le Van Tam is no stranger to how the vagaries of global trade can determine the fortunes of small coffee...
EU plan to address climate change is shelved following farmer protests across Europe
A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely...
