Year: 2023

With days left before new European Union internet legislation is enforced, concerns are growing about freedom of speech protection across the 27-nation bloc.

Ukraine’s president has confirmed that he had fired dozens of conscription officials accused of taking bribes and smuggling people out of the country to avoid being called to serve in the army. The announcement came as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues with attacks and counter-attacks reported by both sides.

Indian Christians have observed an annual “Black Day” to remember suffering Christians and Muslims among Dalits consigned by the Hindu hierarchy to the dirtiest occupations.

Dozens of migrants fleeing war, persecution, and poverty, including several children, have died after a boat carrying them sank off Italy’s Lampedusa Island in the Strait of Sicily, survivors said.

Norway’s prime minister warned his Nordic nation to prepare for more floods after a massive dam on a Norwegian river partly collapsed following heavy rain.

Russia sped up a space race Friday as it tried to reach the moon after nearly half a century ahead of an Indian spacecraft.

Local authorities in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region have declared Monday an official day of mourning after a Russian attack killed seven people, including a 23-day-old baby girl, her 12-year-old brother, and their parents. “Today, the Kherson region shuddered from terrible news,” Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on the social media network Telegram shortly after Sunday’s artillery strike.

The Biden administration has agreed to pay Iran $6 billion for the release of five imprisoned Americans, but experts say this will only encourage Iran to seek more hostages as a “lucrative means of international extortion for Iran’s supreme leader.”