In undisclosed call, Pope Francis warned Israel against committing ‘terror’

When asked by reporters whether he had failed to heed Jewish Australians’ warnings of the...

With an army of yes-men, how Putin’s world turned into an echo chamber

The Russian president has little incentive to compromise in the ongoing peace talks because everyone around him keeps reassuring him that Russia is winning....

Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern

FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraine’s top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace....

Distrust of Trump, fear of China propel new political force in Taiwan

The Kuomintang party’s new leader, Cheng Li-wun, is pushing much closer ties with China, reflecting growing fears Washington would not help in a war over Taiwan....

Russia blocks Roblox game site, and the kids aren’t alright with that

After the latest restriction on the internet, officials describe receiving “many” letters from children wanting access to the game-creation platform restored....

How Trump’s Venezuela threats echo CIA-backed regime change in Latin America

The escalation targeting President Nicolás Maduro revives a Cold War playbook that had severe and lasting consequences for Latin American democracies and economies....

After Trump criticism, Zelensky says he’s ready to hold elections

The Ukrainian leader has argued elections in wartime are impossible. But with U.S. and European help, he said Tuesday, a vote could be held within three months....

The horrors of El Fashir echo Sudan’s genocidal past

The civil war in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The region is still grappling with past traumas....

A timeline of Trump’s quotes, shifts and U-turns on Russia and Ukraine

In his second term, the president has oscillated between condemning Russia and threatening sanctions to berating Ukraine and pressuring it to give up its land....

Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile U.S.

Relations between the U.S. and Europe hit a low point as President Donald Trump’s security strategy slams Europe but largely ignores threats from Russia and China....

How Jared Kushner became Trump’s indispensable second peace envoy

Despite promising to stay on the sidelines this administration, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has become enmeshed in critical diplomatic negotiations....

Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president pardoned by Trump

The country’s attorney general said Juan Orlando Hernández was wanted for money laundering and fraud. He had been serving a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking....

Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not give up territory under pressure from Moscow or to satisfy Washington in its push to resolve peace talks....

Trump warns of European ‘civilizational erasure’ in realigned national security strategy

The National Security Strategy, which each administration must publish, also said the U.S. should focus on the Western Hemisphere and consider the Middle East a place for investment....

Former deep-cover Russian spy leads Moscow campaign to co-opt Indian tech

Russia is hoping to use India’s booming tech sector to challenge the West and China for IT supremacy....

In Russia talks, NATO allies fear Trump is doing his ‘own thing’

In negotiations over Ukraine, European officials say President Trump’s team has positioned the U.S. as an independent arbiter rather than the leading voice of NATO....

Putin maintains hard line in talks as Trump says Moscow is open to a deal

President Donald Trump said that the Moscow talks on resolving the war in Ukraine were “reasonably good” and that his negotiators say Putin wants an agreement....

U.K. report formally blames Russian agents, Putin in 2018 poisoning death

A review panel formally confirmed long-standing suspicions that Russia was responsible for the chemical weapon that killed a woman in Salisbury, England....

Trump’s crackdown on Russian oil hangs heavy as Putin arrives in India

Putin’s state visit to India presents Prime Minister Modi with a delicate diplomatic challenge, analysts say, needing to reassure Moscow without angering Trump....

England warns people to stop visiting ER for ingrown toenails and hiccups

Emergency rooms are “under siege” from patients with minor ailments, England’s National Health Service said, ahead of a busy flu season and a doctors’ strike....

Confident of military success, Putin refuses compromise in Moscow talks

European officials, who were not included in the talks, said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Russia appears to be inflexible in the negotiations....

The glaring ‘hypocrisy’ behind Trump’s war on drugs

The Trump administration’s pardon of convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández raises questions about its war on “narcoterrorism.”...

Hegseth, citing ‘fog of war,’ says he learned of survivors hours after strike

The defense secretary’s remarks were the most extensive public accounting yet of his involvement in the military’s lethal attack on alleged drug smugglers on Sept. 2....

U.S. delegation meets with Putin in latest bid to end Ukraine war

Ahead of the key meeting, Russia professed fresh military victories, hammering home its claim that it can succeed in the war without negotiations if it wants....

Why Ukraine’s history sows fear of weak security guarantees

As Steve Witkoff meets with Putin over a Ukraine deal, security assurances remain a sticking point. Ukraine has been offered them before, to little avail....

In war-weary Lebanon, many look to Pope Leo for peace

Leo XIV is in Lebanon, the final leg of his foreign papal debut. Many weary from war with Israel see him as a beacon of hope as he offers himself as peacemaker....

Climate change, aging farmers endanger Japan’s ‘Rolls-Royce of pearls’

Japan’s famous akoya pearls have never been more in demand but, as seas warm and younger generations move to the city, the industry’s future is uncertain....

Zelensky faces political peril as corruption scandal consumes top aide

Beset by scandal at home and under U.S. pressure to reach a deal to end the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Zelensky is facing one of the most hazardous moments of his presidency....

Zelensky’s top aide, lead negotiator resigns amid corruption probe

Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, had emerged as one of the most contentious and powerful figures in the country....

‘We won’t win this war without women’

An art student, an accountant, a sniper, an acrobat and a journalist: Ukraine’s all-women drone unit stakes its place in a male-dominated military....