Kentucky governor predicts trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments

Gov. Andy Beshear is predicting that his recent economic development trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments in Kentucky

Exiled Belarus opposition leader says she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for over 400 days

Belarus’ exiled opposition leader says that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days

Russian state media is posting more on TikTok ahead of the U.S. presidential election, study says

A study by the nonprofit Brookings Institution says Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election

Liberia passes a law setting up a long-awaited war crimes court

Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars

Thousands rally in Slovakia to protest a controversial overhaul of public broadcasting

Thousands have rallied in the Slovak capital to protest – again – a controversial overhaul of the country’s public radio and television services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the...

Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced

Gangs in Haiti have laid siege to several neighborhoods in the capital, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced

NATO members 'deeply concerned' by activities such as sabotage on alliance soil. They blame Russia

NATO countries say they are deeply concerned by a campaign of hybrid activities on the military alliance’s soil they attribute to Russia, and which they say constitute a threat to their security

Senators want limits on the government's use of facial recognition technology for airport screening

A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration

Landmark Google antitrust case ready to conclude

Lawyers for both the Department of Justice and Google will present arguments Thursday and Friday to conclude the biggest antitrust case in a quarter century

Serbia lawmakers elect Balkan country's new government with pro-Russia ministers sanctioned by US

Serbian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that reinstated two pro-Russia officials who are sanctioned by the United States

Send us Patriots: Ukraine's battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks

Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the damage from intensifying airstrikes aimed at pulverizing Ukraine’s energy grid

Senators want limits on the government's use of facial recognition technology for airport screening

A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration

Landmark Google antitrust case ready to conclude

Lawyers for both the Department of Justice and Google will present arguments Thursday and Friday to conclude the biggest antitrust case in a quarter century

Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI

Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan government of inadequate response to flooding

Human Rights Watch has accused Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season

Norway to add millions more to historic increase in defense spending announced last month

The Norwegian center-left government says it wants to add 7 billion kroner, or $630 million to the Scandinavian country’s armed forces over the next 12 years amid increased tensions in the region

As Hamas considers cease-fire, question hangs: Will Israel end war without the group's destruction?

Hamas says it is considering the latest proposal for a cease-fire with Israel that the United States and other mediators hope will avert an Israeli attack on the Gaza town of Rafah

Japan says a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly April crash of 2 navy helicopters

Japanese investigators have determined that a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly crash last month of two Japanese navy SH-60K Seahawk helicopters

Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI

EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration

The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to strengthening border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked...

Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols

Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden