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Russia says it is expelling 40 German diplomats in retaliation for similar steps taken by Berlin against Moscow's foreign envoys over the Kremlin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Imagine standing at baggage claim and looking for your "Fire" Carry on suitcase?

With warm temperatures returning to North Carolina, state officials are reminding residents to watch out for ticks and mosquitos.  Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed April as Tick and Mosquito Awareness Month. Preliminary data shows that in 2021 there were more than 1,000 cases of tick and mosquito-borne diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus.

The Minsk-based Vyasna human rights center says two people associated with it have gone on trial along with a group of eight others for their activism against the regime of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

From cyberattacks in Europe to extradition deals in South and Central Asia, a new report shows just how far Beijing's campaign of transnational repression has spread.

Kazakh authorities have rejected a request by the family of Zamanbek Nurqadilov to launch a new probe into the 2005 death of the opposition leader, which was ruled a suicide even though the government critic was found shot three times.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Iran to release a U.S. citizen he said had been held for years as a "political pawn."

The United States' top diplomat and defense chief are set to make their first wartime visits to Kyiv since Russia launched its unprovoked war on Ukraine two months ago, with fierce battles raging in the east of the country.

Dmitry Medvedev, the Putin "tandem" partner and single-term president whose liberal talk briefly bought hopes for change in Russia, has been unleashing poisonous rants against Kyiv and the West amid the war in Ukraine. What's behind the transformation -- if that's what it is?

Millions of Russians have blood ties to Ukraine. One student from Tatarstan tells how the war there has affected her family, some of whom are living under bombardment in Ukraine while others are now refugees. One relative is a Russian officer organizing the return of bodies of slain soldiers.