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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Saturday that he and Poland’s president had agreed that sanctions ought to continue against Russia until Ukraine regained the territory it lost in Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.    Zelenskiy, accompanied by some members of his Cabinet, was on his first visit to Poland as president for political talks and to attend ceremonies planned for Sunday …

Italian bodybuilder, boxer and actor Franco Columbu, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s closest friends, has died at age 78.    Columbu died in a hospital in his native Sardinia on Friday afternoon after becoming ill while he was swimming in the sea.    His longtime friend Schwarzenegger tweeted:I love you Franco. I will always remember the joy you …

Turkey’s president threatened Saturday to launch a unilateral offensive into northeastern Syria if plans to establish a so-called safe zone along Turkey’s border fail to meet his expectations, including a demand that Turkish soldiers control the corridor.    Speaking to graduates of a military academy in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the U.S. had up …

Spain’s former monarch Juan Carlos I said Saturday that he was feeling phenomenal” withnew plumbing” after a successful triple bypass heart surgery.    It feels like a truck ran me over, but now it’s about getting rid of the truck and looking ahead,” the 81-year-old king emeritus said as he was driven out of a hospital in …

Current Time TV is a Russian-language network led by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA. MOSCOW — Thousands of Russians defied authorities and marched in central Moscow, ignoring officials’ warnings and pressing demands to let independent candidates run in upcoming city council elections.Police did not interfere with the August 31 protest, which was markedly smaller than …

This story originated in Russian military vehicles and personnel are reportedly seen from a birds-eye view near the village of Chorchana, Khashuri municipality, Georgia. (Social media)Georgian police had quickly erected the tower after observing the “mobilization of military equipment and personnel” by Russia near the village of Chorchana, in Georgian territory, about three kilometers south …

In Russia, countrywide celebrations have been held to mark the 350th anniversary of the national flag. Yet, only 50 percent of respondents polled in a recent survey could correctly name the sequence of the colors on the flag. Russia recently saw a surge of patriotic celebrations orchestrated by local and federal authorities. Yulia Savchenko has …

The United States and Poland may sign an agreement aimed at securing 5G networks when U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits Warsaw in the coming days, a senior White House official said Friday. Pence leaves Saturday night on a trip to Poland, Ireland, Iceland and Britain. President Donald Trump had planned to make the trip himself, but Pence is going …

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg joined several hundred other young people Friday outside the United Nations to demand action on global warming.    To chants of “Greta! Greta!” the petite 16-year-old climate rock star made her way through a sea of young people, many of whom said they had drawn inspiration from her activism.    …

British lawmakers will next week pull the trigger on their plans to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson leading the country out of the European Union without an exit deal. Johnson says he still wants to convince Brussels to give him an improved exit agreement, but will leave without one on Oct. 31 if he has …

Britain’s politicians are gearing up for what is being dubbed the mother of all battles in the mother of parliaments — a clash that could reshape Britain’s democracy for decades to come by deciding whether the House of Commons or the government has the upper political hand.      The outcome of the high-stakes parliamentary tussle next …

Greg Craig is an improbable figure in the national saga formerly known as the “Russia Investigation.”While almost everyone caught in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s cross-hairs — from Paul Manafort to Roger Stone — had close ties to President Donald Trump’s orbit, Craig was a conspicuous outsider.The 74-year-old veteran Washington lawyer and Democratic insider served in prominent …

Hundreds of people arrived in more than a dozen dinghies to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos in a single afternoon, Greek authorities and aid groups said Friday, a significant increase in the numbers of refugees and migrants heading to Greek islands from the nearby Turkish coast.   The coast guard confirmed that 13 boats …

European Union foreign ministers on Friday urged Serbia not to stray from its EU membership path as the Balkans country readies to sign a trade agreement with a Russian-led economic bloc.Serbia is expected to sign the pact with the Eurasian Economic Union _ made up of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan _ on Oct. …

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was pulling out of attending events in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II so that he could ensure all federal resources were focused on the arrival of Hurricane Dorian, which was heading to Florida from the Caribbean. At the start of a White House Rose Garden event to launch …

Ukrainian prisoners, including sailors and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, are flying back to Ukraine after a prisoner swap was completed with Russia, according to comments that were reposted on Facebook by Ukraine’s general prosecutor.Neither the general prosecutor’s spokesman nor Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s spokeswoman were immediately available for comment.Russia had transferred Sentsov from a remote Arctic …

Outgoing prime minister Giuseppe Conte has accepted a fresh mandate from Italy’s head of state to form a new coalition government backed by the populist Five Star Movement and the center-left Democrats party. Markets reacted positively the end to the 3-week political crisis, which could have triggered a snap election. But many in Italy are …

This story originated in U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Aug. 25, 2019.The conciliatory remarks followed a fractious G-7 summit in Biarritz, where President Donald Trump’s openness to a proposed summit with Iranian leaders — an idea …

U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser visited Belarus Thursday, receiving an enthusiastic welcome from its autocratic leader who has faced Western criticism over the nation’s democratic record.John Bolton met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the nation of 10 million with an iron hand for a quarter century, showing little tolerance for …

Ukrainian lawmakers have approved 35-year-old lawyer Oleksiy Honcharuk as the country’s new prime minister during parliament’s first session since elections last month.Honcharuk, a political newcomer who previously worked in the presidential office, was nominated on August 29 by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian-turned-politician who has pledged to “break the system” in Ukrainian politics.Despite his lack …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continued to face mounting criticism Thursday over his move to suspend parliament until mid-October, only weeks before Britain’s scheduled departure from the European Union.Wednesday’s move quickly drew anger from lawmakers opposed to his planned withdrawal from the EU on October 31 without a deal and cuts the time they will …

France and the United States are taking leading roles in talks aimed at reaching a deal on a global digital tax by mid-2020.   French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday that both countries will be working in a task force with the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.   Le Maire will …

Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York on Wednesday after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a zero-emissions sailboat to attend a conference on global warming.    The 16-year-old Swede set sail from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14. At 4 a.m., she tweeted:Land!! The lights of Long Island and New York City ahead. pic.twitter.com/OtDyQOWtF5— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) August 28, 2019Thunberg came …

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the two U.S. senators who claim that their visas applications were denied knew that they were on a list of officials barred from Russia.Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told journalists Wednesday that Sens. Ron Johnson and Chris Murphy “knew well that they are figures on the Russian list.” She said the list was …

White House national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that he had discussed Washington’s concerns about the threat of “unfair Chinese trade practices” with Ukrainian officials during his trip to Kyiv.    Asked about a possible acquisition by China of Ukrainian defense company Motor Sich, Bolton said he did not want to discuss specific companies and that such deals …

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that he had accepted the help of four Chilean aircraft in the fight against wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, and he renewed his criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron.    Bolsonaro again accused the French leader of calling him a liar over a dispute about how to contain the raging wildfires. He said Macron believed himself to be “the one and only person …