Category: 4. World

The United States will release Russian Alexander Vinnik, a suspected cybercrime kingpin, as part of an exchange with Russia that freed Marc Fogel, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld R. Kelly’s sex trafficking and racketeering conviction, saying extensive evidence supported keeping the former R&B superstar behind bars for decades.

 Ukraine’s security service (SBU) said on Wednesday it had detained a senior official at its anti-terrorist center on suspicion of spying for Russia, showing the continued threat posed by secret agents to national security.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russia’s sovereign wealth fund chief Kirill Dmitriev were involved in negotiations over the release of US teacher Marc Fogel from a Russian prison, a source close to the negotiations between Russia…

Talks to form Austria’s first coalition government led by the far Right Freedom Party (FPÖ) collapsed on Wednesday after negotiations with the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) had already ground to a halt, with each side blaming the…

International media highlighted the tense demeanor of Jordan’s King Abdullah II during his meeting with US President Donald Trump. The king appeared nervous, concerned and embarrassed, frequently blinking in tension as Trump presented…

The Hollywood premiere of Captain America: Brave New World on Tuesday was picketed by several dozen pro-Palestine protesters upset over the inclusion in the film of an Israeli superhero, Ruth Bat-Seraph, aka Sabra, played by Shira Haas,…

The 26-year-old accused attacker of author Salman Rushdie said “free Palestine” when being escorted past reporters in a courtroom on Monday.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told Japan’s parliament that Japan would be accepting wounded people from the Gaza Strip for treatment, Asahi Shimbun reported on Wednesday.

Berlin police broke up a demonstration in Berlin’s Wittenbergplatz on Saturday after chants in Arabic were heard in contravention of permits, which required that only German and English be used in the demonstration.