BISMARCK, N.D. — A retired Republican state senator from North Dakota has been charged with traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor and with receiving images depicting child sexual abuse, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. Longtime state Sen. Ray Holmberg, 79, was arrested Monday and released after…
Peace Europe Seeking neutrality, Kremlin stays on sidelines of Israel-Hamas war | View caption Hide caption The Kremlin has cultivated warm ties with both Israelis and Palestinians, which it hopes to maintain by staying out of the current war. Public opinion seems to approve. As the West, led by the United States, lined up unequivocally…
Integrity Europe As corruption costs lives on battlefield, Ukrainians demand change | View caption Hide caption For many Ukrainians, the war they are currently fighting involves two foes. One is Russia. The other is their country’s chronic corruption, which can be deadly. But while war usually grows corruption, Ukraine is making headway against it. The…
terrorists were under the influence of a stimulant drug called Captagon as they carried out their October 7 terrorist attack in , it has been reported. Captagon is a synthetic amphetamine-type stimulant that has been illegally produced in southern Europe. It has reached the Middle East after being trafficked there through Turkey. The pills were…
Community Europe In Pictures: Why Yazidi herders still traverse Armenian mountains | View caption Hide caption The Yazidi people are no strangers to religious and ethnic persecution. In the mountain pastures of Armenia, Yazidi herders are free to live as generations before them have done. The shepherds begin each day with prayer, a tribute to…
First Look UK Supreme Court listens to arguments on Rwanda deportation policy The British Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week around an agreement made last year to send failed asylum seekers in Britain to Rwanda. No one has yet been deported as court battles have delayed the implementation of the policy. | View caption Hide…
Cooperation Europe With wary eye on Moscow, European Union opens door to Ukraine | View caption Hide caption Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is opening the European Union’s doors to Kyiv. Other candidate countries are clinging to its coattails. Joining the EU would take years, but the process would redraw the European map. The vision is…
Safety Europe For these Ukrainian volunteers, mission is to bring elders out of harm’s way | View caption Hide caption Fleeing one’s home in war is often a difficult choice to make, but it is particularly so for Ukraine’s seniors, who have survived hard times before. It often falls upon volunteers to bring them to…
First Look For the first time, women will have a seat at the Vatican’s table Pope Francis will open a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople this week to discuss the future of the Catholic Church. Women’s voices and votes will take center stage for the first time this year, in a historic move…
Compassion Europe Wanted: A humane and sustainable policy on refugees | View caption Hide caption In the United States and Europe, the rising number of refugees is prompting a political backlash. How can a humane policy be made politically sustainable? It was that the economically developed nations of the West are facing migration pressures that…