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Thousands rally in Serbia to protect the environment

Protesters in Serbia rallied Saturday demanding that the government protect the environment in a Balkan nation that has seen ...

Prosecutor: Salvini should not be tried for migrant policy

An Italian prosecutor on Saturday told a court in Sicily that there's no reason to order right-wing leader Matteo Salvini to ...

EXPLAINER: What is behind the latest unrest in N Ireland?

Young people have hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and set hijacked cars and a bus on fire during a week ...

The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated

PHILIPPINE SEA — The U.S. 7th Fleet that operates throughout the Indo-Pacific says more than 14,000 of its service members ...

Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast

Police in Northern Ireland deployed water cannons for the first time in six years Thursday as they tried to disperse ...

German industrial production down again in February

Industrial production in Germany dropped for a second consecutive month in February, official data showed Friday, a showing ...

Australia to buy extra 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

Australia said Friday that it has finalized a deal to buy an extra 20 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine as it rapidly ...

Water cannon deployed as Northern Ireland clashes flare

Authorities in Belfast saw another night of violence on Thursday, as demonstrators clashed with police in the Springfield ...

Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates

Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled ...

Turkey rejects claims of sexist snub towards von der Leyen

Turkey on Thursday strongly rejected accusations that it snubbed Ursula von der Leyen — one of the European Union’s most ...

Russia wants Slovakia to return its Sputnik V vaccines

Russia asked Slovakia on Thursday to return its Sputnik V vaccines it has received “due to multiple contract violations.” The ...

Lavrov says US policy towards Russia is 'dumb,' ineffective

Russia's top diplomat on Thursday described U.S. policy toward Moscow as “dumb” and warned that his country will retaliate ...

Israeli academic won't receive prize after signing petition

Israel's top court on Thursday upheld a Cabinet minister's decision to temporarily block a prominent academic from receiving ...

Snub in EU-Turkey meeting highlights gender equality issue

Gender equality issues took center stage Wednesday in Brussels a day after Ursula von der Leyen, one the EU's most powerful ...

Asia Today: India sees another record rise in virus cases

India reported a record daily surge in new coronavirus cases for the second time in four days on Wednesday, while New Delhi, ...

EU life expectancy drops across bloc amid virus pandemic

Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact of ...

Official: EU agency to confirm AstraZeneca blood clot link

A top official at the European Medicines Agency says there's a causal link between AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine and rare ...

World powers seek to bring US back into Iran nuclear deal

Officials from five world powers began a new effort Tuesday to try to bring the United States back into the foundering 2015 ...

Serbia's leader chooses Chinese-made vaccine for own shot

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic finally rolled up his sleeve for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday, seeking to encourage his ...

Stores in Greece open amid virus surge to help save economy

Retail stores across most of Greece were allowed to reopen Monday despite an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections, as the ...