Iran Wraps Trial of Swedish EU Diplomat, Awaiting Defense
contact@hellonews.website Tehran, Iran — The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran on Sunday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the maximum penalty for the man accused of spying for…
EUROPE
North Macedonia Approves Caretaker Cabinet With First Ethnic Albanian Premier
Skopje, North Macedonia — North Macedonia’s parliament Sunday approved a caretaker government with a mandate to organize a general election in May. The government of the small Balkan country of…
Ukraine Says It Uncovered Massive Defense Procurement Fraud
Ukrainian officials say they uncovered a massive defense procurement scheme that saw tens of millions of dollars spent for weapons that never materialized. The discovery follows the downing of a…
Ukraine Says Embezzlers Stole $40M in Weapons Money
Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said Saturday that employees of a Ukrainian arms company conspired with officials to embezzle almost $40 million that had been earmarked for mortar shells to…
Spanish Opposition Protests Catalan a Amnesty Law
Madrid — Spanish opposition parties demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday in a last gasp effort to stop an amnesty for Catalan separatists over their role in a 2007 secession bid.…
2 Masked Assailants Attack a Church in Istanbul, Kill 1 Person
Istanbul — Two masked assailants attacked a church in Istanbul during Sunday services, killing one person, Turkish officials said. According to a statement posted on X by Interior Minister Ali…
Sinner Rallies From 2 Sets Down to Win the Australian Open Final
MELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first…
Activists Splash Soup on Glass-Protected Mona Lisa
Paris — Two protesters on Sunday hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy and sustainable food”, an AFP…
Finland Electing President Amid Tensions with Russia
Helsinki, Finland — Finns headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, an office whose importance has grown on increased tensions with neighboring Russia since the invasion of…
Danish Report Underscores 'Systematic Illegal Behavior' in South Korean Adoptions
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish report on Thursday said adoptions of children from South Korea to Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s was “characterized by systematic illegal behavior” in the…
Finns Choose New President for NATO Era With Russia in Mind
HELSINKI, FINLAND — Finland elects a new president on Sunday to lead the country in its new role within NATO after it broke with decades of non-alignment to join the…
Somali Parents Agonize Over Missing Migrants
On September 27, 2009, Abdulkadir Mohamud called his mother in Columbus, Ohio, to tell her he was boarding a boat from Libya that evening, along with his cousin Nasteha Mohamed…
Nazi Death Camp Survivors Mark Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
OSWIECIM, Poland — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony…
French Farmers to Keep Protesting Despite Government's Concessions Offer
PARIS — French farmers vowed Saturday to continue protesting, maintaining traffic barricades on some of the country’s major roads a day after the government announced a series of measures that…
Sabalenka Overpowers Zheng to Retain Australian Open Crown
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Aryna Sabalenka continued to be an irrepressible force at the Australian Open as she powered to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Chinese 12th seed Zheng Qinwen on…