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Authorities in Ukraine say Russian drones battered the port city of Odesa and glide bombs hit Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday.
The head of Ukraine's southern Kherson region says that Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin over the weekend killed three people in the region.
Dozens of Ukrainians gathered at a bombed-out church in the countryโs north to celebrate Easter Sunday, doubting a ceasefire with Russia is possible.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to create an โimpression of a ceasefire,โ saying Russian forces continued attacks after President Vladimir Putinโs declaration of an Easter truce.
Ukraine says it will reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but has voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter truce in Ukraine starting Saturday.
Romania is gearing up to hold a presidential election redo next month, a high-stakes test for the European Union memberโs democracy after last yearโs annulled vote triggered the countryโs deepest political crisis since 1989.
During his campaign, Donald Trump said repeatedly that he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine โin 24 hoursโ upon taking office.
A U.S. official says President Donald Trumpโs envoy Steve Witkoff has held both โdirect and indirectโ discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Rome.
Iran has sought support from Russia over a possible deal with Washington over Tehranโs rapidly advancing nuclear program, ahead of a second round of talks this weekend in Rome.
As far as biographies go, the two men in charge of the delicate negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehranโs rapidly advancing nuclear program couldnโt be more different.
President Donald Trump says negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are โcoming to a headโ and insists that neither side is โplayingโ him in his push to end the grinding war.
Judges at the International Criminal Court have asked Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trumpโs special envoy, will travel to Paris this week for talks with European allies on U.S. efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 years in prison each.
Russia claims that its deadly missile attack on Ukraineโs city of Sumy that killed and wounded scores on Sunday had targeted a gathering of Ukrainian troops.
Russia and Ukraineโs top diplomats have used a high-level conference in Turkey to once again trade accusations of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure.
Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over Tehranโs rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Bickering and chaos were on display in a presidential debate in Poland as eight candidates met to discuss existential matters for this country on NATOโs eastern flank โ including fears of Russia over its war in Ukraine and concerns about President Donald Trumpโs commitment to Europeโs security.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday sought to position his country as a point of stability in an increasingly tumultuous world, saying Turkey was essential for European security and able to span geopolitical divisions over Ukraine, Syria and U.
European countries are vowing to sends billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russiaโs invasion.
A Russian-American woman freed by Moscow has arrived back in the United States as part of a prisoner swap completed as the two countries aim to repair ties.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday mocked Washington and its Asian allies for what she called their โdaydreamโ of denuclearizing the North, insisting that the country will never give up its nuclear weapons program.
Anger and outrage have gripped the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it held funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Alex Ovechkin for setting an โoutstanding recordโ as the NHLโs all time top goal-scorer.
The political battle lines are drawn for a debate in Washington and beyond over a Republican budget plan thatโs a cornerstone of President Donald Trumpโs domestic agenda.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn has announced his intention to withdraw his country from the International Criminal Court.
European NATO allies and Canada say they will ramp up defense spending but are cool on U.S. demands for the size of their military budgets.
Hungary was never fully committed to the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn said a day after announcing plans to withdraw from the international body.
Ukrainian officials say that a Russian missile strike Friday on the central city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least 14 people, including six children, and injured more than 50.
Thousands of people have marched through Slovakiaโs capital before a planned rally in front of parliament to condemn draft legislation that critics consider detrimental for many nongovernmental organizations.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administrationโs new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO members of the U.S. commitment to the alliance.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is traveling to Hungary despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him over the war in Gaza.
Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to Londonโs Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Pucciniโs โToscaโ that starts Jakub Hrลฏลกaโs tenure as music director.
A new AP-NORC poll finds that while most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trumpโs handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict is not weighing as heavily on his public perception as it did on President Joe Biden.
Germanyโs chief diplomat is describing U.S. President Donald Trumpโs efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine as deadlocked.
A federal judge in Florida has blocked the imports of a high-priced Chilean sea bass from protected waters near Antarctica.
A Kremlin spokesman says Russia views efforts to end its three-year war with Ukraine as โa drawn-out process,โ after U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with the two countriesโ leaders as he tries to bring about a truce.
The Americans had arguably the best world championships in their long and distinguished figure skating history, and now they are pointing toward next season and the Olympics.
President Donald Trump has lashed out at both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, expressing frustration with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders as he struggles to forge a truce to end the war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed putting Ukraine under external governance under the auspices of the U.N. as part of efforts to reach a peaceful settlement.
Russiaโs President Vladimir Putin says that President Donald Trumpโs push for control over Greenland wasnโt surprising given longtime U.S. interest in the mineral-rich territory.
French President Emmanuel Macron says that a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine in tandem with an eventual peace deal could โrespondโ to a Russian attack if Moscow launched one.
NATO is clarifying comments that Secretary-General Mark Rutte made when he suggested that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, even though the U.S. Army said their fate was not yet confirmed.
Allies of the United States see a group chat about attack plans by top U.S. officials that accidentally included a journalist as a jaw-dropping security breach.
Filling an empty space on the wall of presidential portraits in the Colorado Capitol with a new painting of Donald Trump could take time after one he disliked was taken down.
Gรฉrard Depardieu reigned over French cinema for half a century, a national icon as familiar as the baguette.
Belarusโ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided him as โEuropeโs last dictatorโ by saying his country has more democracy โthan those who cast themselves as its models.โ.
The United States says it has reached a tentative agreement for Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting and ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea.
The Trump administrationโs top intelligence officials have stressed to Congress the threat they say is posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and human smuggling.
U.S. negotiators are working with Russian representatives on a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine.
At least seven people were killed when Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services.
Russian drones have pummeled the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, injuring three people and sparking fires.
Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his unwavering support for Russiaโs aggression against Ukraine during a meeting with a top Russian security official in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said Saturday.
Russia's key peace demand that Western allies stop providing military aid and intelligence to Ukraine is quietly being ignored by the European Union.
Senior military officers from countries across Europe and beyond are meeting outside London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump talked about the fighting in Ukraine, of course.
The Education Department has concluded that Maineโs education office violated Title IX antidiscrimination law by allowing transgender girls to play on girlsโ sports teams and use girlsโ sports facilities.
Ukraine and Russia agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after President Donald Trump spoke with the countriesโ leaders this week, though it remains to be seen when it might take effect and what possible targets would be off limits to attack.
The White House says a lengthy phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had achieved โmovement to peaceโ in Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed a series of hockey games between players from their respective countries during their lengthy call Tuesday, according to the Kremlin.
Immigration advocates say a woman who gained prominence after she took refuge in Denver churches to avoid deportation during the first Trump administration has been detained.
Russiaโs illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless.
Hungary has passed a new anti-LGBTQ+ law that bans Pride events and allows authorities to use facial recognition software to identify those attending the festivities.
President Donald Trump is to hold talks on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he looks to get buy-in on a U.S. ceasefire proposal he hopes can create a pathway to ending Russiaโs devastating war on Ukraine.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump is committed to ensuring peace and security through โrealism and pragmatism,โ in remarks Tuesday before the U.S. leader speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The White House says President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war.
U_S_ Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaking ahead of an expected phone conversation Tuesday between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Monday that while the negotiations to end Russia war with Ukraine have just begun, Trump is โlooking forward to success.โ.
America's director of national intelligence says President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin โare very good friends."
A ceasefire in Russiaโs 3-year-old war in Ukraine hinges on Moscow accepting the U.S. proposal of a 30-day pause in fighting as a confidence-building measure for both sides to hammer out a longer-term peace plan.
The Trump administration has transferred more than 200 immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order to bar the deportations temporarily.
U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as efforts continue to end the war in Ukraine, a move that could represent a possible pivot point in the conflict and an opportunity for Trump to continue reorienting American foreign policy.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week as the U.S. tries to broker a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to โkeep the pressureโ on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine have traded heavy aerial blows with both sides reporting more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories overnight.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to sign up to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine now, if he is serious about peace.
President Donald Trump says he was โbeing a little bit sarcasticโ when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours โ and before he even took office.
Top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies are jointly expressing support for Ukraine and a U.S. ceasefire proposal in the three-year-old war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss details of the American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine.
Jailed former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared by videoconference before judges at the International Criminal Court.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is praising President Donald Trump for motivating fellow transatlantic alliance members to step up defense spending and getting Russia to the negotiating table for talks about its grinding war against Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine.
Top diplomats from Group of 7 have held a first day of talks in Canada as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade and foreign policies have thrown the bloc's once solid unity into disarray.
Ukraineโs consent to a 30-day ceasefire proposal has handed the Kremlin a difficult challenge at a time when its military has an upper hand in the war.
The International Criminal Court has had former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrested on a warrant containing charges of murder as a crime against humanity over deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office.
A top Romanian court has rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in the presidential rerun.
As President Donald Trump seeks to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, his approach to both seems to boil down to giving the stronger party what it wants and pushing the weaker to accept it.
NATOโs secretary general on Monday pledged the military allianceโs โunwaveringโ support for Bosniaโs territorial integrity after a series of Bosnian Serb separatist moves raised tensions nearly 30 years after the end of a bloody war.
