Ukraine’s foreign minister is telling skeptics who believe Ukraine can’t win the war with Russia that they will be proven wrong. Dmytro Kuleba insists that “Ukraine will win the war.” He is …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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2/23/24
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Ukrainian forces have downed a Russian early warning and control aircraft in a major win for the country as it fights back persistent Russian attacks along the front line. Friday's development comes …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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2/23/24
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The collapse of the open-pit gold mine that killed at least 16 people has underscored the dangers of working in a poorly regulated industry. It has also shown the crucial role that mining plays in …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO
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2/23/24
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London police confirm that body recovered from river was that of chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi
London police have confirmed that a body pulled from the River Thames earlier this week is that of Abdul Ezedi, a man wanted over a chemical attack that injured his former partner and her two young …
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2/23/24
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An unexploded World War II bomb will be transported through the southwestern English port city of Plymouth by a military convoy and disposed of at sea. The mission has prompted one of the largest …
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By PAN PYLAS
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2/23/24
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A senior Cabinet minister says Israel plans to build more than 3,300 new homes in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack. The move, announced …
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By JULIA FRANKEL
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2/23/24
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A lawyer for a man who is also under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann says he won’t respond to unrelated charges of sexual offenses at a trial that opened last …
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2/23/24
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The U.N. human rights office says at least 118 people have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in more than 10 months of conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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2/23/24
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Firefighters and army experts are calculating the risks of entering a residential block that was destroyed by fire in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, killing four people and leaving 14 missing. …
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By ALICIA LEÓN
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2/23/24
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Dozens of clergy in Belarus — Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant — have been jailed, silenced or forced into exile for protesting the 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander …
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By YURAS KARMANAU
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2/23/24
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Relatives of hostages still being held by Hamas and other militant groups have endured a nightmare. Nearly five months into the war that began with Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the …
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By TIA GOLDENBERG
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2/23/24
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The latest figures from the National Police show that more than 30,000 people have been reported missing in Ukraine during two years of war. Among them are military personnel, civilians and children. …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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2/23/24
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The opposition alliance that aimed to oust Modi appears to be cracking just before India's elections
India’s beleaguered opposition parties, which are beset with ideological differences and personality clashes, joined hands last year to unseat popular Prime Minister Narendra Modi and defeat his …
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By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ
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2/22/24
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A man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in prison as a Canadian judge ruled that the actions of the “admitted white …
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2/22/24
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Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have carried out a double public execution at a stadium in the southeast of the country. Relatives of the victims of stabbings fired guns at the two convicted men while …
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2/22/24
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A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, killing at least four people and injuring at least 13 others. Emergency services say at least 19 people were …
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By ALBERTO SAIZ
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2/22/24
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Senegal’s President Macky Sall says that he will end his term in April as expected, but he has not given a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday. Sall is wrapping …
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By SAM MEDNICK and BABACAR DIONE
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2/22/24
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides have met with police as part of an investigation into allegations they plotted a coup to remove Bolsonaro’s successor, …
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES
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2/22/24
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has taken a co-pilot's seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber, a flight that appeared aimed at bolstering his image ahead of next month’s election he’s all …
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2/22/24
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Albania has agreed to host two migrant processing centers on its territory that will be run by Italy under a deal that worries human rights activists. The European Union, however, sees it as a …
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By COLLEEN BARRY and LLAZAR SEMINI
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2/22/24
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