Europe
Turkey summons U.S. ambassador over statement on Iraq killings
Turkey summoned the U.S. ambassador to Ankara on Monday to convey “in the strongest terms” its reaction to a statement on the ...Kosovo election pits new generation against an old guard
The general election comes after a year in which the coronavirus pandemic has deepened social and economic crises in the former Serbian ...Syrian who fled to Germany 5 years ago runs for parliament
Five years ago, Tareq Alaows crossed the Mediterranean in a flimsy rubber dinghy and trekked north through the Balkans toward Germany, fleeing ...Russian court jails Kremlin critic Navalny, sparking Western outcry
A Moscow court on Tuesday jailed the Kremlin’s most prominent critic Alexei Navalny for nearly three years, triggering fierce condemnation from the ...Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has 92% efficacy in trial
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6% effective in preventing people from developing COVID-19, according to peer-reviewed results from its late-stage clinical trial ...AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive in France by next week
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which was approved by the European Commission last week, will start arriving in France next week at the ...Russia arrests over 4,500 at wide protests backing Navalny
Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed ...EU drugs regulator approves AstraZeneca vaccine
Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. Europe urgently ...Navalny defiant as Russian court rejects his bid for freedom
A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by opposition leader Alexei Navalny for his release from jail, while authorities detained several ...EU pushes for access to AstraZeneca COVID vaccines from UK plants
The European Union is pushing AstraZeneca to supply the bloc with more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine from plants in Europe and ...














