EU to extend sanctions against Russia by six months over Crimea annexation
European Union leaders are likely to extend sanctions against Russia over the annexation of Crimea by another 6 months on Thursday, senior EU official said. ...
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Saudi Arabia rebuffs U.N. expert’s report on Khashoggi ******
Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs on Wednesday rejected a U.N. report that said there is credible evidence Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other high-level officials are liable for the ****** of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ...
Tired of treading softly, Turkey’s Erdogan back on election warpath
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has gone on the warpath against the main opposition days ahead of a re-run of a mayoral vote in Istanbul, scrapping plans to avoid divisive rhetoric that some officials in his ruling AK Party believed would alienate vot... ...
Serbian schoolchildren protest over maths test leak
Dozens of primary school students rallied for a second day on Wednesday in downtown Belgrade, demanding the resignation of the education minister after authorities postponed a mathematics exam that was leaked on social media. ...
U.S. Navy says mine fragments suggest Iran behind Gulf tanker attack
The United States sought on Wednesday to bolster its case for isolating Iran over its nuclear and regional activities by showing limpet mine fragments it said came from a damaged oil tanker and saying the ordnance looked Iranian in origin. ...
Russia says findings of MH17 crash investigation are groundless
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that it regretted the findings of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash investigation and called ****** charges against Russian suspects groundless. ...
New York jury begins deliberations in trial of accused cult founder
Jurors on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of Keith Raniere, the New York man accused of running a cult-like group in which women were kept on starvation diets, branded with his initials and ordered to have *** with him. ...
UK man becomes first convicted in Britain of making 3D-printer gun
A 26-year-old man has become the first person in Britain to be convicted of making a firearm with a 3D printer that was capable of firing a lethal shot, police said on Wednesday. ...
Brazil justice minister says nothing to hide over leaked messages
Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Wednesday that he has nothing to hide regarding allegedly leaked personal messages with prosecutors from when he was the judge leading the bribery trial that jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Sil... ...
Russians, Ukrainian to face ****** charges over downing of flight MH17
Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face ****** charges for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine which killed 298 people, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said on Wednesday. ...