Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter accredited by Russia’s Foreign Ministry, was arrested in March 2023 in a case his employer called hostage-taking.
The replacement of prominent Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba comes amid a wide-ranging government reshuffle ahead of the president’s trip to the United States....
Despite calling the U.S. charges of interference nonsense, Russian officials have publicly celebrated attempts to influence the American public....
Officials and experts in Lebanon say Israel’s assassination campaign against Palestinian militants has brought Hamas and Hezbollah closer together....
The reorganization of the administration comes as Russia unleashes a new wave of aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities, including one on Lviv that killed seven overnight....
The U.K. is the latest country to suspend some weapons exports, amid scrutiny over military aid to Israel as the war in Gaza nears the one-year mark....
After years of distance learning, Kharkiv’s students finally get back to school — in a purpose built underground bunker safe from the Russian drones and missiles....
The Israeli leader’s critics argue he would rather prolong the war to assuage his far-right allies (and keep hold of power) than clinch a deal that stops hostilities and frees the remaining hostages....
Two missiles hit a military educational institution and nearby hospital. President Volodymyr Zelensky called for lifting restrictions on Western-supplied weapons....
Signatories to the Rome Statute are expected to carry out its arrest warrants, but Mongolia has close ties to Russia....
The beluga whale was found in Norway wearing a St. Petersburg-marked harness, prompting speculation that he was a Russian intelligence asset....
Russia said it downed 158 drones in what appeared to be one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks yet. Fires broke out at energy facilities, including in Moscow....
Judge Katherine Polk Failla’s ruling could significantly truncate charges against Haji Najibullah, alleged orchestrator of a deadly attack on a military convoy....
As wars ravage many parts of the world, international students at U.S. colleges often find that they can’t return home....
Monetochka’s viral hit “It Was in Russia” has struck a chord among Russians who are posting it on social media with images of different times in Russia....
Polio’s reemergence poses a threat to the war-torn territory and adjacent regions. A baby, Gaza’s first polio case in 25 years, can no longer move his limbs....
Russian forces used aerial guided, Soviet-era bombs weighing more than 1,000 pounds in the bombardment, according to Ukraine’s general prosecutor’s office....
Ukraine’s advances into Russia buoyed morale but Moscow’s forces are poised to bite off new chunks of the country in the east....
Alexandra Skochilenko became known for flashing a smile and heart symbols in court even as she was sentenced to seven years in prison for a minor antiwar protest....
Mykola Oleshchuk, the head of Ukraine’s air force, was replaced a day after the military said one of its Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets crashed this week....
Ukraine is hoping for an escape to victory....
The demise of one of Ukraine’s star pilots as well as one of its prized few F-16 jets is a massive blow for Kyiv as it seeks to gain momentum against Russia....
Russian refineries burn as Ukraine’s cities go dark ahead of a cold winter and renewed targeting of the energy sectors....
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman connected the killing of security adviser Ryan Evans to foreign mercenaries aiding Ukrainian troops....
Twenty cases of the Oropouche virus disease were reported in Florida and one in New York. Symptoms include fever and aches, and the virus poses a particular risk to pregnant women....
The Gaza pier project faced early concerns within the U.S. government, including a warning that rough seas could pose a challenge, an inspector general found....
Ukraine’s top commander reported that more than a 100 settlements in Russia’s Kursk region had been taken, along with 594 prisoners of war....
An advertisement warning that U.S. fighter jets were ready to respond to provocations showed up on a dating app in Lebanon....
The arrest in France of the site’s Russia-born founder highlights ongoing disputes over social media’s responsibility for spreading child sexual abuse material and other criminal content....
Durov, who founded Telegram with his brother, has an estimated net worth of $15 billion. He was born in the Soviet Union and now lives in Dubai....
The attack focused on the power sector comes just days after Ukraine celebrated its independence from the Soviet Union....