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British Embassy worker suspected of spying for Russia arrested in Berlin
"On at least one occasion, he passed on documents ... to a representative of a Russian intelligence service," German police said.
Soccer icon Messi signs with French giants PSG after shock Barcelona exit
"Everything about the club matches my football ambitions," Messi said.
Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing at least 65 including soldiers
Massive blazes have also engulfed forests in Turkey and Greece in the past week, aided by a heatwave.
North Korea warns of crisis if tensions with U.S., South Korea escalate
North Korea said the U.S and South Korea missed a chance to improve relations and are risking to escalate tensions as they conduct joint military drills.
Canadian sentenced to 11 years in China in spying case tied to Huawei
Michael Spavor was detained in 2018 after his government arrested an executive of the Chinese tech giant.
Senators urge Biden administration to protect LGBTQ asylum-seekers
Sen. Amy Klobuchar and 13 colleagues asked the State Department what steps it is taking to support LGBTQ asylum-seekers.
Inside Afghanistan as Taliban seizes more cities
The Afghan Army is trying to hold back the Taliban in the Mazar-e-Sharif, the north’s biggest city. Taliban fighters have taken at least six cities since Friday. The U.S., now three weeks from its deadline to withdraw troops, is providing some airstrikes but no backup on the ground.
Travel restrictions are changing. See which countries are open to Americans.
NBC News is tracking travel restrictions for U.S. citizens in countries around the world.
Guinea records West Africa's first Marburg virus death, WHO says
The case was first identified last week.
The Facebook group that began Cuba’s wave of protests
Though “City of Humor” was first created as a social space, it became a forum to share criticism and to mobilize.
'In seeking a better life, he found death': Honduran mom mourns son killed in U.S.
Jorge Alfredo Barralaga lost his life after a packed van transporting around 30 people who had migrated to the U.S. overturned along the border in Texas.
