European Union lawmakers have called for an independent investigation into alleged vote-rigging in Serbia’s recent elections.They demanded that EU funds be cut off if authorities in Belgrade fail to cooperate with the inquiry or are implicated in election irregularities.International rights watchdogs reported harsh rhetoric, media bias, pressure on public sector…

Boris Nadezhdin, a Russian presidential hopeful, met with soldiers’ wives opposing Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, criticizing the government’s decision to keep soldiers in the ranks.Nadezhdin, who is collecting signatures to challenge Putin in the upcoming election, said there is a need for decent treatment of soldiers.Yekaterina Duntsova, another peace advocate,…

The German Navy frigate Hessen has departed from Wilhelmshaven towards the Red Sea for a European Union mission aimed at defending cargo ships from Houthi rebel attacks.Approximately 240 personnel are aboard the Hessen, awaiting official approval from both the EU and the German parliament to join the mission.EU foreign ministers…

Ingo the Flamingo, the oldest resident of the Berlin Zoo, died at approximately 75 years old, having lived there since the mid-1950s.Ingo arrived at the Berlin Zoo in 1955 from the Tierpark zoo in East Berlin, and the inscription on his ring was only discovered recently.He lived well beyond the…

Thousands rallied in front of Slovakia’s Parliament on Wednesday to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to eliminate the office of the special prosecutor dealing with major crime and corruption.The rally took place as lawmakers concluded a debate over that and other proposed…

As the 2nd anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, more evidence has emerged that Moscow’s goal is to redraw the map of Europe and erase Ukraine, according to the testimony of three formerly abducted Ukrainian teenagers.Authorities in Kyiv have provided evidence to the International Criminal Court that more than…

The number of monarch butterflies at their wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest level since record keeping began, experts said Wednesday, blaming heat, drought and loss of habitat.The butterflies’ migration from Canada and the United States to Mexico and back again is considered…

Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after Panama’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence.Martinelli’s attorney Shirley Castañeda said outside the Nicaraguan embassy Wednesday that “his political asylum had already been granted.” Asked why Martinelli had…

Former President Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy decisions during his time in office is making it difficult for America’s adversaries to plan what a second term could look like, a defense expert told Fox News.”No one in the world can model him as a rational actor, without being insulting. It’s just…

Ecuador’s high court on Wednesday decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and regulations for the procedure.The decision of Ecuador’s highest court came in response to a lawsuit from a terminally ill woman diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ASL, who had argued that…