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Russia on Friday added the World Wildlife Fund to its register of foreign agents, along with a prominent Kremlin critic, a renowned economist and a few others. Russian law requires individuals and organizations that are determined to have received foreign funding and to have engaged in loosely defined “political activity” …

Russia is looking to destabilize Moldova, another country in Eastern Europe that has a troubled relationship with Moscow. The former Soviet republic’s interior minister said the current environment in Moldova is “extremely volatile” and that Russia plans to foment a coup to overthrow the pro-European government. Although the U.S. does …

Poland’s lawmakers agreed to relax the rules for installing onshore wind turbines, a move encouraged by the European Union to promote renewable energy in the coal-reliant country. Members of the Sejm, the lower house of Poland’s parliament, voted 231-209 with two abstentions late Thursday to allow turbines to be erected …

The death toll from several attacks this week by extremist rebels in eastern Congo has risen to at least 45 people, local officials said on Friday. Dozens of people were killed by rebels using machetes over two days when rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, a militia with links to …

Belgium is banning TikTok from government phones over worries about cybersecurity, privacy and misinformation, the country’s prime minister said Friday, mirroring recent action by other authorities in Europe and the U.S. The Chinese-owned video sharing app will be temporarily prohibited from devices owned or paid for by the Belgium’s federal …

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province and two other people at his office. The regional affiliate of IS — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province — is a key rival of the Taliban. The …

A U.S. free speech and literary organization has called on Egypt to release a well-known poet and songwriter who is on a hunger strike to protest his five-year incarceration. PEN America demanded Thursday that Egyptian authorities release Galal al-Behairy, who was first detained in March of 2018 and later handed …

Authorities in Haiti have identified new suspects in the July 2021 killing of President Jovenel Moïse, including a pastor and a well-known gang leader. Police spokesman Garry Desrosiers said in an interview Friday with Radio Télévision Caraïbes that warrants also have been issued for eight police officers. None of the …

A Palestinian man who entered a settlement in the occupied West Bank armed with knives and explosive devices was shot and killed by an Israeli settler on Friday, the Israeli military said. The shooting came just hours after a Palestinian gunman shot and wounded Israelis in downtown Tel Aviv. The …

Seven people were killed, including an unborn child, after a gunman opened fire during a Jehovah’s Witness hall meeting in Hamburg, Germany reports said Friday. The gunman, identified only as Philipp F. due to German privacy laws, fired over 100 rounds in what is believed to have been a solo …