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A German diplomat has taken office as the top international official in Bosnia.

A German court has set a trial date for a 100-year-old man who is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin during World War II.

Britain has opened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from the U.S. and the European Union.

The majority of low-income families in the European Union can’t afford a summer holiday, according to a study by the the European Trade Union Confederation.

European Union officials have pledged millions of euros to help Lithuania tackle a migrant crisis that it blames on the government of neighboring Belarus and its authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko.

The Biden administration is expanding efforts to help Afghan citizens flee increasing Taliban violence as the U.S. military pullout looms at the end of the month.

A giant panda on loan from China has given birth to female twin cubs at a French zoo.

Poland has granted a visa to a Belarusian Olympic sprinter who said she feared for her safety and that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home.

The European Union is slapping sanctions on Nicaraguan first lady and Vice-President Rosario Murillo and seven other senior officials accused of serious human rights violations or undermining democracy.

Firefighters in Turkey are battling for the sixth straight day to control wildfires that are tearing through forests near some of the country's top beach resorts.

The IOC says the Olympics are only about the sports, and that no politics are allowed.

Millions of refugees living in crowded camps are waiting for their COVID-19 vaccines.

Wildfires are raging near Turkey’s holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla and in the surrounding countryside for a fifth day.

Iran’s outgoing president has acknowledged his nation at times “did not tell part of the truth” to its people during his eight-year tenure.

The United States has joined the United Kingdom and Israel in accusing Iran of carrying out a deadly drone strike that killed two aboard a tanker off Oman.

Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what she saw among the attackers: children.

Italy and France are introducing Europe's toughest vaccine pass regimes for normal social activities like dining indoors at restaurants, visiting museums and attending sporting events.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has formally apologized for a racially charged part of the nation’s history, known as the Dawn Raids.

China and India have missed a U.N. deadline to submit fresh targets for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

Alice Dearing is the first Black female swimmer to make Britain's Olympic team, but the ambassador for a bathing cap for natural hair won't be able to use the covering in competition.

Estonia’s second-largest city of Tartu is making rapid progress in vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 ahead of the school year that begins Sept. 1.

At first, this remote village in Serbia seems sleepy and almost abandoned like many other in the Balkan country.

Thousands of new coronavirus cases have been reported in West Africa in recent weeks amid low vaccination rates and the spread of the delta variant.

The Tokyo Olympics are using about 100 interpreters to render joy and heartbreak into 11 languages.