Candidates for Istanbul Mayor Hold Rare Debate on Live TV
ISTANBUL — In a rare democratic experience for Turkish citizens, the two main candidates for mayor of Istanbul, gearing up for a repeat election on...
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German Court Fines Two Gynecologists for Abortion Ad
BERLIN — Two German gynecologists have been fined by a Berlin judge for promoting abortion services on their website, running afoul of a Nazi-era law...
U.K. Bans Advertisements Depicting Gender Stereotypes
Men unable to change diapers; women cleaning while men kick their feet up on the couch; women having trouble with parking: Scenes like these, which...
Amanda Knox Returns to Italy for First Time Since Her Acquittal
Amanda Knox, the American woman whose sensational murder case in Italy slalomed from conviction to her ultimate acquittal, returned on Thursday to the country where...
Russian Police Arrest Hundreds at Protest, Including Navalny, After Reporter’s Release
MOSCOW — The Moscow police arrested about 400 people, including the country’s main opposition leader, during a street protest on Wednesday against abusive police tactics....
Oak Tree Given to Trump by French President Has Died, Official Says
It wasn’t long after the oak tree arrived on the South Lawn of the White House, a gift from a World War I battlefield in...
The Race for U.K. Prime Minister: How It’s Likely to Play Out
LONDON — After Theresa May’s three-year nightmare as Britain’s prime minister, you might think that no one would want her job. But as the race...
Looking for Free Speech in Russia? Try YouTube
MOSCOW — Mainstream television in Russia, stage-managed by the Kremlin, barely mentions Pussy Riot, the anti-Putin punk band, or Aleksei A. Navalny, the country’s most...
Bulgaria Charges Teenager With Plotting Terrorist Attack
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian officials said on Saturday that they had arrested and charged a 16-year-old student who had been radicalized by the Islamic State...
Trump Says He and Queen Elizabeth II ‘Had a Great Time’
When President Trump visited Britain in 2018 and met Queen Elizabeth II, he caused a social media stir by walking in front of the British...