Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Tuesday imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at the first…
continue readingGiovanni Guerrero says he has been “staying in more and more lately.” The third-year aerospace engineering student at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo is both a member…
continue readingFrance is Western Europe’s top exporter of jihadists, but it’s a regional laggard when it comes to programs to combat radicalization. That’s changing – but maybe not fast enough. With…
continue readingMore than 600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity, according to the International Energy Agency. But new technology could provide the solution. So-called off-grid solar systems have plummeted…
continue readingPortugal’s António Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth U.N. secretary-general. The former prime minister and U.N. refugee chief beat out more than a dozen other candidates to lead…
continue readingA handwritten and hand-illustrated volume of stories given by J.K. Rowling to the editor who launched her career sold at auction Tuesday for 368,750 pounds ($467,965). Sotheby’s sold one of…
continue readingA handwritten and hand-illustrated volume of stories given by J.K. Rowling to the editor who launched her career sold at auction Tuesday for 368,750 pounds ($467,965). Sotheby’s sold one of…
continue readingThe world governing body for bobsled and skeleton bobsled says it will move the upcoming world championships out of Russia amid growing concerns about Russian doping. …
continue readingThe Pentagon says a U.S.-led coalition drone strike in Syria has killed three Islamic State (IS) militant leaders involved in plotting foreign attacks — including two men who helped facilitate…
continue readingUkraine’s Defense Ministry says its website was temporarily knocked out of service by cyberattacks that appeared to be aimed at preventing the release of news about Kyiv’s conflict in eastern…
continue readingUkraine’s Defense Ministry says its website was temporarily knocked out of service by cyberattacks that appeared to be aimed at preventing the release of news about Kyiv’s conflict in eastern…
continue readingSpeaking to RFE/RL on December 13, Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko, who was jailed in Russia in 2014 and became a national symbol of resilience before her release in May, rejected…
continue readingSpeaking to RFE/RL on December 13, Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko, who was jailed in Russia in 2014 and became a national symbol of resilience before her release in May, rejected…
continue readingEuropean Union states have failed to agree on the latest European Commission recommendations about EU enlargement after Austria said it wants to freeze accession negotiations with Turkey. …
continue readingRussia has struggled to replace many imports hit by the Western sanctions imposed over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Replacing Zapf Dingbats or Comic Sans doesn’t appear to be…
continue readingRussia has struggled to replace many imports hit by the Western sanctions imposed over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Replacing Zapf Dingbats or Comic Sans doesn’t appear to be…
continue readingImprovised explosive devices (IEDs) have become militant group Islamic State’s signature weapon in Syria and Iraq. Made of easily acquirable components, thousands of IEDs can be quickly manufactured and deployed…
continue readingAs reports swirl that the Syrian government is poised to retake besieged, rebel-held areas of Aleppo, some of the residents still in that devastated city have taken to social media…
continue readingKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has enacted an amnesty for tens of thousands of people who are behind bars in the Central Asian nation. …
continue readingForeign ministers of the 12-nation Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation met in Belgrade to discuss a series of issues, including emergency management. Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic hosted the…
continue readingThe Iranian president has ordered the country’s scientists to start planning the development of nuclear marine propulsion in response to what he called the United States’ violation of last year’s…
continue readingBelarusian authorities have launched investigations of about 10 Belarusian citizens suspected of fighting in eastern Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister says. …
continue readingAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has held talks with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Baku. …
continue readingRising temperatures that melt sea ice in the Arctic will probably reduce the polar bear population by a third over the next few decades, and the same warming trend is…
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