Russian Sports Minister Promoted To New Deputy-Prime-Ministerial Post
Russia’s controversial Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has been promoted to a newly created deputy prime minister’s post. …
continue readingRussia’s controversial Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has been promoted to a newly created deputy prime minister’s post. …
continue readingA Kyrgyz family had to bury a mother three times in different cemeteries over her choice of faiths, highlighting an all-too-common discrepancy between law and local practice. …
continue readingA Czech police video has identified an alleged Russian hacker arrested in Prague as “Yevgeniy N.” A spokesman said the man was briefly hospitalized after being detained in a restaurant…
continue readingAnti-Americanism is the Marxism of the Russian Spring and the religion of the “postmodern,” postcommunist Russian rebirth. It is both an instruction manual for any action and a universal excuse.…
continue readingOfficial results from Montenegro’s parliamentary elections have confirmed that the pro-Western party of Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic won the most votes, but must seek an alliance to form a majority…
continue readingBelarus has welcomed a U.S. decision to prolong the suspension of sanctions against nine Belarusian companies. …
continue readingNATO has confirmed that a gunmen has killed one U.S. soldier and one U.S. civilian near a military base in Kabul used by NATO-led coalition forces. …
continue readingCynthia Salcido may make a living cleaning casino restrooms and picking up broken glass, but she and the members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 make up the backbone…
continue readingThe third and final presidential debate is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, home to the United States’ famous casinos. During the 2008 recession, the state was hit hard, with…
continue readingAs the sun dyes the early morning sky a reddish hue, Angelica Pereira carries her 1-year-old daughter out of the tiny white house sitting on a dirt road where piles…
continue readingThousands of people have fled the Mosul area in northern Iraq, where an offensive is underway to drive out the Islamic State (IS) group. …
continue readingThousands of people have paid their last respects to a top separatist commander in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. …
continue readingWhy should Turkmen voters show up at polling centers on February 12 to cast their ballots for the current president, the person they called “Arkadag” (The Protector)? I am not Gurbanguly…
continue readingThe Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with Czech police, arrested a Russian citizen in Prague on Wednesday in connection with attempted cyber-attacks against the United States. Last week, the Obama…
continue readingKurdish forces retaking villages in the battle towards Mosul are finding that fleeing Islamic State fighters have left destruction in their wake. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports. …
continue readingSave The Children said Wednesday thousands of people have fled the Mosul area in order to escape an offensive by Iraqi and Kurdish forces to retake the city from Islamic…
continue readingRussian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said Moscow is able to take “asymmetrical” and “painful” measures if the United States imposes tougher sanctions on the country. …
continue readingPolice in the Czech Republic’s capital have detained a Russian citizen suspected of hacking U.S.-based websites. The arrest was carried out in cooperation with the FBI. Interpol had issued a…
continue readingRussia says it does not expect any breakthrough in resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine at an upcoming summit in Berlin. …
continue readingThe United Nations says government forces are responsible for a growing share of civilian casualties in the Afghan conflict. …
continue readingWe may be witnessing the end of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) as we know it. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views…
continue readingRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed instituting term limits on members of Congress as part of a multi-pronged package he says will clean up American politics. “The time for…
continue readingDemocrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump meet in their third and final presidential debate Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trump trails Clinton in public opinion polls, and Wednesday’s debate…
continue readingDemocrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, Wednesday for their third and final presidential debate Wednesday. Trump continues to trail Clinton in public opinion polls…
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