London Recruiting Mercenaries From Middle East, Africa For Ukraines Offensive

London is recruiting mercenaries from the middle East and North Africa to join Ukraine's counteroffensive, a vacancy published on the Adzuna job search engine says.

Edward Snowden Receives Russian Citizenship

Former US intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked classified information on digital surveillance programs, received Russian citizenship, according to a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian parliament adopts draft law on special status for Polish citizens - China.org.cn

The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday adopted a draft law to grant special status to Polish citizens in Ukraine, a parliament member said.

Ukraine Releases Arrested Georgian Ex-President

Kiev Pechersk District Court on Monday rejected the Ukrainian state prosecutor's request to place former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, now a leader of a Ukrainian political party, under house arrest and released him from custody.

Police hand writ to stateless ex-governor who entered Ukraine illegally

Police on Tuesday arrived at a hotel in the western Ukraine city of Lviv where the currently stateless former Georgian president, who later became a regional Ukrainian governor, was holed up after breaching a checkpoint on the border aided by hordes of sympathizers.

Ukraine police open criminal case after former Georgian leader Saakashvili breaks through border

Ukrainian police say they have opened criminal proceedings into the illegal border crossing of former Georgian president and Odessa governor Mikhail Saakashvili, during which he and his supporters publicly forced their way through a cordon on the Polish border.

New citizenship policies emphasize 'Australian values'

Australia will make it more difficult to gain citizenship, announcing stringent policies Thursday that emphasize "Australian values."

Donald Trump threatens US flag-burners with jail time

US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to jail people who burn the United States flag, prompting strong rebukes online and concerns about how he would deal with dissidents when he assumes power.

UN welcomes Turkey’s refugee citizenship move

U.N. Secretary General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on July 13 welcomed Turkey’s plan to grant citizenship status to a number of the Syrian refugees it is hosting.

Not all Syrian migrants to get citizenship, says Turkish government

Not all of Turkey’s nearly three million Syrian refugees will be offered citizenship, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş told reporters on July 11, saying the aim is to offer Turkish IDs to qualified and educated Syrians “with a clean record.”

Turkey to work on rule to strip terrorism supporters of citizenship, says minister

Turkey will work on a new rule to strip citizenship from Turks found to be supporting terrorism, the justice minister said on April 6, a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he wanted such a measure.

PKK supporters could be stripped of citizenship, Erdoğan suggests

Turkey must be resolute in using all measures against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), including stripping its supporters of citizenship, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said April 5, while Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has also vowed not to negotiate with the group.