Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday.
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Husband, 3 Others Charged With Killing Woman During Attempted Exorcism Nearly 5 Years Ago in Germany
German authorities have charged four people in the death of a young woman who died in an apparent exorcism ritual almost 4.5 years ago.
Jews from Around the World Gather to Celebrate the Beginning of Hanukkah with Giant Menorahs Lit in London, Berlin, Moscow and Jerusalem
Jewish people from around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival today, lighting the first candles of the menorah which symbolizes triumph over oppression.
Seven of the Migrants Who Were Found Frozen to Death in Truck Tragedy While Trying to Enter UK are Identified
Hoping for a better life, here are the faces of the 39 people who are believed to have frozen to death in the back of a truck after a desperate attempt to reach Britain.
Jesse Jackson Pays Homage to Roma People at Auschwitz Ceremony
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — American civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson prayed and mourned at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday as he joined survivors paying homage to an often forgotten genocide — that of the Roma people — on a key 75th anniversary.
Melania Trump’s Slovenian Hometown Reveals Hand-Carved Wooden Statue of Her to Mixed Reviews
First lady Melania Trump is back in her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia — as a life-sized, hand-carved wooden statue rising out of a tree stump. A new statue in the likeness of the first lady has been erected this week.
Trump Administration Orders U.S. Embassies Not to Fly LGBT Pride Flag on Flagpoles
The Trump administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, three American diplomats told NBC News.
Yazidi Women Sue Germany for Failing to Prosecute ISIS Fighters for War Crimes Against Their People
A coalition of Yazidi women filed a lawsuit against two top German government officials for failing to hold suspected German Islamic State fighters accountable for the genocide committed against Yazidis in Iraq and Syria.
Composer Genius and Musical Jack-of-All-Trades, André Previn, Dies at 89
André Previn, who blurred the boundaries between jazz, pop and classical music — and between composing, conducting and performing — in an extraordinarily eclectic, award-filled career, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 89.
WATCH: 7-Year-Old Rudolph ‘Blaze’ Ingram Sprints 100 Meters in 13.48 Seconds
Little Rudolph ‘Blaze’ Ingram is 1.5 seconds closer to following in the footsteps of Usain Bolt as the fastest man on earth and he’s only seven years old.
8 Influential African American Christian Leaders Who Have Contributed to U.S. History
As the United States observes Black History Month, many are looking back in time to learn more about those who’ve shaped our nation.
4 Men Put on Trial Over Theft of Huge Gold Coin From Berlin Museum
Four young men went on trial in Germany Thursday over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin that disappeared from a Berlin museum two years ago.
