The CIA has reportedly removed its station chief in Vienna for not responding appropriately to an outbreak of the mysterious Havana syndrome.
Dozens of US personnel in the Austrian capital and their children have reported symptoms of the syndrome, (...)
Russia on Friday recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began with 828 lives lost over the previous 24 hours.
This brings the death toll from the pandemic in the country to 202,273, according to the official tally (...)
The European Union has threatened sanctions on Russia over "unacceptable" cyber attacks and espionage.
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday accused Russian organizations of trying to hack European politicians and spread (...)
The President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, lauded the world's embrace of online services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, in her high-level General Debate speech at the 76th United Nations General Assembly session.
Kaljulaid said (...)
Europe is battling a record-breaking surge in energy prices that threatens to derail the post-pandemic economic recovery, strain household incomes and even tarnish the nascent green transition.
A series of market, geographic and political factors (...)
A day after the 2016 US elections, Angela Merkel offered the newly elected president what observers described as a thinly-veiled warning: cooperation only "on the basis" of shared democratic values.
Just two weeks later, she announced plans to run (...)
Energy prices are skyrocketing, and as winter approaches, Europe is getting worried, a CNN report says.
The wholesale cost of natural gas has surged to record highs in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany and Italy. Bills for households and (...)
A top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shot at in an attempted assassination that left his car's driver wounded, Ukrainian police have said. Russia has denied having a role in the attack.
More than 10 bullets hit the vehicle (...)
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers want to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as the country's new UN ambassador.
The world body said the Taliban leaders (...)
The President of the General Court of Audit (GCA) Dr. Hussam Al-Angari chaired the 18th Meeting of PFAC held in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by US Comptroller and Auditor General Jene Dodaro with the participation of (...)
Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found, according to a BBC report.
Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who became a British citizen, died of polonium poisoning in 2006 in (...)
President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party looks set for another big win in the country's parliamentary elections, despite a drop in support, BBC reported.
The party claimed victory a few hours after the polls closed on Sunday evening.
Putin's (...)
US fears that this week's annual world leader jamboree at the United Nations could spark a super spreader event that will highlight the stark inequality of global access to Covid-19 vaccines, CNN reported.
Scores of presidents, prime ministers and (...)
Millions of Russians will cast their vote this weekend in a general election expected to bring little political change. Some 14 parties are fielding candidates for half of the 450 seats in the State Duma in an election scheduled to run until (...)
The White House said Friday evening that the US has been in contact with France over its decision to recall its Ambassador to the US Philippe Etienne for "consultations".
"We have been in close touch with our French partners on their decision to (...)
Around 50 women lose their lives to domestic violence every week, and 75 percent of women within a professional setting have experienced sexual harassment, according to a report by the European Parliament Thursday.
The report called for targeted (...)
North Korea tested a railway-borne missile system on the previous day, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday, a day after Japan and South Korea said the North launched two ballistic missiles into waters.
"The railway-borne (...)
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban movement rise to power have fundamentally changed the regional situation, said Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday.
This came in a speech by Putin during an online summit of the member states (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended the approval process for Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine.
A regional WHO official said the manufacturing process of the jab had not met the necessary standards.
Russia first applied for approval (...)
Dominic Raab has lost his job as the UK's foreign secretary amid a tense government reshuffle carried out by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. His replacement will be Liz Truss, formerly trade secretary.
Raab's demotion to justice minister followed a (...)
The clashes among global powers are instrumental in constantly changing the scenario in the world and its balance of power. As far as nations, peoples and societies are concerned, nothing remains the same and this is also the case with countries and (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will observe self-isolation for a certain period of time in connection with the COVID-19 cases detected in his entourage, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday.
Although the Russian president was not sick, a (...)
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday it summoned US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan over the US meddling in the upcoming Russian parliamentary elections.
According to the statement published by the ministry, Sullivan was summoned for a (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to President Vladimir Putin of Russian Federation on the death of Minister for Affairs for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of (...)
The President of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on Wednesday called for an end to nuclear tests, as ambassadors gathered to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on Aug, 29.
Despite recent developments (...)
