Russia on Thursday declared Britain’s defense attaché persona non grata and gave the diplomat a week to leave the country in response to London’s decision to expel the Russian defense attaché earlier this month over spying allegations.Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it summoned a representative of the…

Panama President-elect Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday pulled business leaders and an economist into his ranks, the first cabinet selections in what Mulino has promised will be an administration friendly to the private sector.Mulino, whose government will begin the transition process next month, tapped business leader Felipe Chapman for the…

Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just weeks before an election.Here’s a global look at other notable political assassinations and attempts during the 21st century:— Sept. 1, 2022: Argentina’s then-Vice President Cristina Fernández…

Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests.One lawyer was arrested at the bar association headquarters, while the other was allegedly hospitalized due to injuries from the arrest.The National Bar Association called for nationwide strikes and staged a “day of anger” with…

Peeking out from under a hat and with his face covered, the Russian fighting for Kyiv described unrelenting battles in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where Moscow’s forces opened a new front last week.”The situation is difficult, the intensity is very high, there is fighting almost every ten minutes,”…

The Adriana was an overcrowded fishing trawler that sank in the Mediterranean while carrying from around 500 to more than 700 migrants to Italy. Only 104 survived, and 80 bodies were recovered.Nine Egyptian men who were identified as crew members by other survivors are due to go on trial for…

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska dismissed the latest U.S. sanctions on a series of companies that the U.S. Treasury said were connected to a scheme to evade sanctions and unlock frozen shares as nonsense.”This balderdash isn’t worth the time,” Deripaska said by message via a spokesperson in response to a Reuters…

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said he would like cannabis to be relisted as a narcotic again by the end of this year.The pro-cannabis group that rallied at the Thai health ministry said they agreed cannabis should be properly regulated, but that doesn’t require the rescheduling of the plant as a…

The government of the United Kingdom is instructing schools not to teach children about concepts of gender theory as part of an overhaul to sex education. The Department of Education’s guidance for Relationships, Sex and Health Education is being changed to exclude controversial viewpoints and inappropriate content.”Following multiple reports of disturbing…

Human Rights Watch has urged Thailand to stop forcing dissidents back to dangerous home countries, citing violations of international law.A report documented cases of Thai authorities expelling dissidents awaiting resettlement, often involving Cambodians.The Thai government allegedly collaborated with neighboring countries to spy on dissidents.A leading international human rights organization on…