Europe

VOA Kurdish: Erdogan will renegotiate relationship with Trump administration

Ukraine reports downing 93 Russian drones

Russian officials say Ukrainian drone attack injures one person in Belgorod

Pope calls for Gaza ceasefire to be 'immediately respected'

Expressing gratitude to mediators, the pontiff also urged a boost in humanitarian aid as well as the return of hostages

23-year-old American loses nearly all eyesight defending Ukraine

At 23, American Army veteran Manus McCaffery volunteered to join the fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine. In 2022, a Russian shell left him partially blind, but despite that he continues to fight for those on the front lines. Ivanna Pidborska met with McCaffery. Anna Rice narrates her story.

Macron praises World War II French Resistance activist, author

She participated in the escape of 200 people

Swedish forces in Latvia make their largest NATO deployment to date

The 550 Swedish troops join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank

Far from home, exiled journalists say Russia is always on their minds

About 1,500 Russians are now in exile, trying to start a fresh life while reporting on events in their homeland

3 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv, officials say

Russia said the attack was retaliation for Ukraine’s use of US-supplied missiles in strikes on Russian territory

Belgium's pastoral pastime of pigeon racing faces high anxiety over crime wave

The sport is grappling with an unprecedented wave of unsolved pigeon pilfering that has hit several of the best birds in the business

Russia adds VOA, Current Time, BBC journalists to register of 'foreign agents'

Russia names six more journalists as so-called foreign agents, including reporter at VOA

Journalists in Azerbaijan face trials, jailings, travel bans

More than a dozen journalists are imprisoned in Azerbaijan and others are questioned about their work, analysts say