Britain backs force for Ukraine but security community has doubts

U.S. gets Russian and Ukrainian commitment to Black Sea ceasefire

The agreement comes after separate U.S.-sponsored talks with Ukraine and Russia in Riyadh and includes facilitating Russia’s access to world food markets for its exports....

Russia wins concession in U.S.-led talks with grain export deal

The move, which drew pushback from Ukrainian, came alongside a U.S.-brokered agreement between Russia and Ukraine to expand a limited ceasefire to the Black Sea....

Oleg Gordievsky, a key double agent in the Cold War, dies at 86

Disillusioned by communism, he shared secrets with British intelligence while working for the KGB, then fled the Soviet Union in the trunk of a car....

Trump officials shared war planning in unclassified chat with journalist

Russia plays down swift progress in talks after Trump envoy’s optimism

Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff raised hopes of “real progress” on a Black Sea ceasefire in Monday’s peace talks in Riyadh....

Trump’s global funding cuts leave a void in Africa for rivals to exploit

America’s vanishing presence in Africa has upended critical programs, severed relationships and left a vacuum that Russia and China will look to capitalize on....

South Korea’s prime minister is reinstated; still no word on president

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo returned as acting president, pledging to protect South Korean interests amid the Trump trade war and manage “geopolitical upheaval.”...

Sudan’s bloody civil war may be reaching a turning point

International diplomacy has failed to bring an end to the war in one of Africa’s largest countries, but recent events suggest a shift in battlefield fortunes....

China and U.S. need ‘candid communication,’ premier tells Trump ally

Steve Daines, a Republican senator from Montana, and American business leaders are in Beijing amid a worsening trade war that threatens to hurt both economies....

Gaza death toll passes 50,000 in Israel’s war with Hamas, Health Ministry says

Gaza’s Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Experts say the official death toll is probably an undercount....

Russia launches massive drone attack on Kyiv ahead of ceasefire talks

The drone attack on Kyiv killed a father, his 5-year-old daughter and an 80-year-old woman, the first fatalities in Ukraine’s capital in more than two months....

Greenland is hard to defend. As Trump threatens, the Danes are trying.

“One way or the other,” President Donald Trump told Congress, the United States needs to “get” Greenland, strategically located and rich in rare metals....

How Israel plans to escalate its war on Hamas in Gaza

Israel’s political and military leaders are considering plans for a fresh ground campaign that could include a military occupation of Gaza for months or more....

Amid ceasefire talks, Russian strike kills family in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

The attack came as negotiators prepare to return to Saudi Arabia on Monday with a list of civilian infrastructure that should be spared from future strikes....

What to expect as Russia and Ukraine hold indirect talks in Saudi Arabia

The U.S.-mediated talks will focus on a proposed maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, with the two sides still far apart on the terms of a final peace....

Sudan’s military says it has retaken presidential palace from rebels

The military’s seizure of the Republican Palace in Khartoum is considered a significant symbolic victory, two years into Sudan’s devastating civil war....

Arab mediators rush to salvage Gaza ceasefire as Israel restarts war

Egypt and Qatar are pushing for an emergency truce, as the Palestinian death toll from renewed Israeli strikes soared past 500 according to health officials....

Taiwan warns of growing Chinese threat, partly to secure Trump’s support

President Lai Ching-te is pushing boundaries, risking an angry response from China at a time when it’s not clear whether the United States will step in to help....

Zelensky pushes back on Trump proposal to take over nuclear plant

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant must ‘remain Ukrainian,’ Zelesnky said Thursday. It’s occupied by Russia and would take years to restore....

Partial ceasefire comes with warning from Kyiv: Russia breaches deals

Ukraine’s skepticism about Russian adherence to a ceasefire or longer-term peace agreement has been a major sticking point in Trump’s efforts to broker a deal....

Zelensky agrees to partial ceasefire after conversation with Trump

The 30-day ceasefire would be the most concrete result yet of President Trump’s effort to end the war in Ukraine....

As Israel resumes war in Gaza, families of hostages fear the worst

Relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas argue that armed conflict puts the captives at risk and that time is running out to save those who are still alive....

For Russia, Trump-Putin call marks Moscow’s return to the world stage

Ukraine’s Zelensky talked to Trump 24 hours later and hoped the United States will monitor any ceasefire as Kyiv and Moscow traded salvos overnight....

These drones are hitting Russia’s energy sector. Moscow wants them stopped.

Inside Ukraine’s deep-strike drone program that has bedeviled Russia’s energy infrastructure ahead of ceasefire talks....

Netanyahu returns to war amid mounting political pressure at home

With his government facing possible dissolution by the end of the month, the Israeli leader needs to lock in support from his far-right allies....

Trump terminates program tracking mass abductions of Ukrainian children

Observers fear the move has compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials and will hinder efforts to rescue thousands of missing Ukrainian children....

Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire, killing more than 400 in wave of strikes

For Palestinians, the renewed strikes brought a sudden return to the carnage and terror of the 15-month-long war....

Trump, Putin agree to broader talks ― but limited ceasefire in Ukraine

It was not clear whether Ukraine would sign off on the agreement for a 30-day halt on strikes on energy, since Kyiv agreed last week to a more extensive U.S.-proposed ceasefire....

North Korean troops key to Russian advances in Kursk, says Ukraine

Superior numbers and attacks on supply lines slowly choked off the Ukrainian forces holding the town of Sudzha and forced their retreat....

Here’s what Russia has demanded to end its war in Ukraine

The Trump administration is pushing Russia to agree to a Ukraine ceasefire and peace talks. Here is what Moscow has said it wants....