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LONDON — A British court ruled on Monday that the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal a decision that would allow for his extradition to the United States to face charges under the Espionage Act in connection with obtaining and publishing secret government documents. The latest twist in the long-running case comes after a decision…

LONDON — A British court ruled on Monday that the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal a decision that would allow for his extradition to the United States to face charges under the Espionage Act in connection with obtaining and publishing secret government documents. The latest twist in the long-running case comes after a decision…

As a keen equestrian, I felt a little odd to be pulling on hiking shoes, rather than riding boots, as I prepared for a day out with horses. But this wasn’t going to be an ordinary hike. My new friend Jacko snorted and threw his head to the side to watch as I carefully packed…

NUREMBERG, Germany — Maria Liebermann came wrapped in fairy lights and waved a peace flag featuring a white dove. Martin Schmidt carried a Germany flag with the word RESIST scrawled across it in capital letters. She is a self-described “eco-leftist.” He votes for the far-right Alternative for Germany. They disagree on everything from immigration to…

The British Embassy in Ukraine announced Monday that it will withdraw some staffers from Kyiv in response to the growing threat from Russia—just a day after U.S. officials told Fox News that the State Department ordered families of U.S. Embassy personnel in the city to begin evacuating. FILE: The British Embassy in Ukraine announced that…

On Jan. 19, Mr. Savin posted his last diary entry on Facebook. “I’ve run into some problems in the last 10 or so days,” he wrote. “The solar collector (which should recharge the battery of my water desalination system) has stopped working. I have been forced to use my manual desalinator, but that takes all…

A potential pivot on Ukraine President Biden is considering sending thousands of troops, warships and aircraft to the Baltics and Eastern Europe in response to Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine. The move would signal a major pivot for his administration, which until recently was taking a restrained stance on Ukraine, out of fear of provoking Russia…

Pakistani officials have introduced a series of tough new coronavirus restrictions — including barring anyone not fully vaccinated from entering mosques for prayer — after recording the country’s highest known daily number of new cases since the pandemic began. The government banned indoor gatherings, including weddings, and ordered schools to be closed and contact sports…

They’ve come too far, for far too long, to mess it all up now. And so the eight members of the Canadian men’s curling team are spending the three weeks before the Winter Olympics sequestered in a rental home in Vancouver. They train only when the rink nearby is empty and otherwise pass the time…

Russian troops poised for possible Ukraine invasion Senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot discusses the meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergeĭ Viktorovich Lavrov. The U.S. State Department has ordered the evacuation of American citizens in Ukraine amid the threat of Russian military action….