February 4, 2017 0 UN Refugee Chief Doubtful About Trump Plan For ‘Safe Zones’ In Syria U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants to establish safe zones for refugees in Syria to discourage them from fleeing to ...
February 4, 2017 0 U.S. Defense Chief Says Won’t Boost Middle East Forces Over Iran Concerns U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he is not considering increasing U.S. forces in the Middle East in response Iran’s ...
February 4, 2017 0 NATO Chief Urges Serbia, Kosovo To Ease Tensions After Failed Talks The head of NATO urged Serbia and Kosovo to ease tensions and revive their efforts to normalize relations after talks aimed at ...
February 4, 2017 0 U.S. Court Suspends Trump Order Barring Entry For Visitors, Refugees A U.S. court late on February 3 temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s week-old executive order barring refugees ...
February 4, 2017 0 European Police Now Patrolling Border Between Greece, Macedonia Officers from European border agency Frontex have begun patrolling the border between Greece and Macedonia to deter illegal ...
February 3, 2017 0 Rebel, Kurdish Areas in Syria Hit by Heating Fuel Shortages Wracked by civil war and Islamic State occupation, Syrians living in areas under Kurdish or rebel control are suffering from a ...
February 3, 2017 0 Alaska’s Busy Volcano: Seawater, Magma Figure in Eruptions Alaska’s remote Bogoslof Island is only 169 acres, a third the size of the average American farm. And it’s highest ...
February 3, 2017 0 Afghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack in Helmand Province Afghan forces claim to have repulsed a Taliban attack on a district in Helmand province. The attack on Garmsir district Thursday ...
February 3, 2017 0 Life at Brazilian Prison Where ‘the State Has Lost Control’ For nearly two years, guards didn’t dare enter the cell blocks at the Alcacuz prison in northeastern Brazil. And with good ...
February 3, 2017 0 China’s 2 Child Policy Shift May be Too Little, Too Late China saw a smaller than expected uptick in the number of births following its landmark decision to end the country’s ...
February 3, 2017 0 Kyiv Raises Death Toll As ‘Escalation’ In Eastern Fighting Continues Kyiv has warned that an escalation of fighting it blames on “Russian occupational forces” is continuing in eastern ...
February 3, 2017 0 Anticorruption Protests Continue In Romania For a third straight night, anticorruption protesters demonstrated in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. Tens of thousands of ...
February 3, 2017 0 Police Say Taliban Killed Eight Afghan Security Forces In North At least eight Afghan security force members have been killed by the Taliban in the northwestern province of Faryab, a police ...
February 3, 2017 0 ‘Our Tanks Are Ready’: Ukraine Braces For Escalation In Eastern War The outburst of violence since January 29 has shattered a monthslong relative lull in fighting, pushed the city of Avdiyivka to ...
February 3, 2017 0 The Daily Vertical: There’s Only One Reason Why There’s War In The Donbas The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. ...
February 2, 2017 0 Newest Member of Brazil’s Top Court to Head Corruption Probes The Supreme Court picked its newest member Thursday to take over the investigations of politicians implicated in Brazil’s ...
February 2, 2017 0 Black History Month’s Origins Traced to Scholar’s Efforts in 1926 Like his predecessors, President Donald Trump plans to commemorate Black History Month with an official proclamation, a gala and ...
February 2, 2017 0 Weakened Graft Law Ignites Furor, Criticism in Romania Romania’s new decree diluting the country’s corruption law ignited a furor Thursday, prompting strong criticism from ...
February 2, 2017 0 US Condemns Russian Aggression in Eastern Ukraine The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations took a firm stance Thursday against Russian military action in eastern Ukraine, ...
February 2, 2017 0 Kosovo Wants EU, NATO to Warn Serbia Against Escalation Kosovo’s president called on the European Union and NATO on Thursday to warn Serbia against inciting a new conflict in ...
February 2, 2017 0 Intense Fighting Prompts Evacuations In Eastern Ukraine For days, fighting has intensified between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists. Civilians in villages near ...
February 2, 2017 0 Hungarian Leader Calls For Improved EU-Russia Ties During Putin Visit Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he hopes relations between the European Union and Russia will improve in the near ...
February 2, 2017 0 U.S. Treasury Eases License Sanctions On Russian Security Agency The U.S. Treasury Department has eased some financial sanctions imposed on Russia’s lead security agency, a move one expert ...
February 2, 2017 0 U.S. Travel Ban Stands Between Iranian Cancer Patient And Her Grandmother When U.S. doctors detected a return of her teenage daughter’s lymphoma cancer, the transplanted Iranian family was in ...