
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins repeat election, securing clear parliamentary majority in early results
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's center right New Democracy party, has won a second four-year term as prime minister in a resounding electoral victory Sunday, preliminary results show.
2023-06-26 04:19

Nine dead, dozens injured after Russian warplanes attack near Syrian market
Nine people have been killed and dozens injured after Russian fighter jets bombed a city in Syria's rebel-controlled northwestern Idlib province, according to the local White Helmets emergency response group.
2023-06-26 01:26

Bizarre and chaotic 36 hours in Russia feels like the beginning of the end for Putin
Desperately projecting that everything is as it was, the Kremlin is only emphasizing how much has changed.
2023-06-25 22:45

Netanyahu urges Israeli settlers not to 'grab land illegally,' following West Bank violence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning Sunday instructing Jewish settlers not to "grab land illegally" in the occupied West Bank, after humanitarian bodies raised the alarm over a series of deadly attacks on Palestinian villagers.
2023-06-25 21:54

Belarus leader Lukashenko's purported mediation in Kremlin crisis stretches credibility to the limit
Nearly three years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin stood by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in his hour of need, backing Europe's longest-running dictator as he faced a wave of street protests.
2023-06-25 21:26

Russia pulls back from brink of crisis after deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin's grip on power appeared to be under serious threat, as thousands of Wagner fighters led by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin closed in on the country's capital.
2023-06-25 14:26

Moscow has stepped back from civil war with Wagner. But the danger's not over, experts warn
Within a remarkable day and a half, Russia faced the very real threat of an armed insurrection, with President Vladimir Putin vowing to punish Wagner fighters marching toward Moscow and occupying cities along the way -- before a sudden deal with Belarus seemed to defuse the crisis as rapidly as it emerged.
2023-06-25 12:25

From 'brain death' to innovator, the Ukraine war has transformed NATO
Ever since President Vladimir Putin gave the order for Russian troops to invade Ukraine, the international response has understandably focused on how best to end the land war. That has meant sending conventional military hardware -- tanks, missile systems, artillery -- and training Ukrainian soldiers.
2023-06-25 12:21

FTX sues ex-Clinton aide's investment firm for $700 million
(In June 22 story, final paragraph, corrects amount of museum donations to be returned to $550,000 not $550 million) By
2023-06-25 04:50

Cesar Azpilicueta could leave Chelsea this summer for the Serie A
Cesar Azpilicueta could leave Chelsea this summer for the Serie A
2023-06-25 03:56

Irish government orders review of RTÉ over Ryan Tubridy payments
The review will examine the culture and governance at Ireland's national broadcaster.
2023-06-25 01:50

Putin has only himself to blame as infighting engulfs Kremlin insiders
Vladimir Putin, meet the Law of Unintended Consequences.
2023-06-24 23:56