Politics
Russia shuts mission to NATO in spy row retaliation
Russia said on Monday it would halt the activities of its diplomatic mission to NATO after the Western military alliance expelled eight ...Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell dies
Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due ...Life after COVID: EU re-thinks budget rules for new era
By Jan Strupczewski Reuters and Editing Assistance by KC Shreejana Often a source of internal disagreements among its members, the European Union ...Up to 17 U.S. missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti’s capital ...UN says Taliban to announce plans for girls’ education ‘soon’
The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan “soon,” a senior United Nations official said, after ...Sudanese protesters call for dissolving of joint government
Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets Saturday in the capital, Khartoum, to call for the dissolving of the joint military-civilian government ...Counter-terror police lead probe into UK lawmaker’s murder
Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the murder on Friday of British lawmaker David Amess but officers are keeping an open ...Lebanon pauses amid tense calm after deadly gun battles
Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed six people ...Japan dissolves parliament, setting stage for general election
Japan dissolved its parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for an election at the end of the month that will pit new ...EU executive summons Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian envoys over migration
The European Union’s executive summoned envoys from member states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia on Thursday over the fate of migrants stuck on ...














