International

Russia’s decision to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country shows the “paranoia” of Vladimir Putin’s government, according to the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Russia’s Supreme Court issued a verdict Thursday upholding a claim from the country’s justice ministry last month that Jehovah’s Witnesses’ activity violated laws on extremism.

Sydney (dpa) – US Vice President Mike Pence has met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Saturday amid tight security, as he started his two-day official visit Down Under. The two leaders discussed, among other things, the North Korean nuclear crisis and the refugee-swap deal between the two countries. After the meeting,

Many South Koreans have praised President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on their rival neighbor, North Korea, but some of the Republican leader’s recent public gaffes have upset residents of the traditional U.S. ally at a time when tensions are already running high in the region. The U.S. has long backed Seoul and provided significant military

SEATTLE — A prolific Russian hacker who raked in at least $170 million by stealing more than 2 million credit-card numbers and selling them on the black market was sentenced Friday morning to 27 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle. For years, Roman Seleznev was “one of the world’s leading providers of