Russia opens probe of Telegram chief, claiming app has been used for terrorism

24/02/2026 14:21 Washington Post

Russia is intensifying efforts to push users away from foreign messaging apps and toward a domestic platform that has been criticized as a surveillance tool.

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Europe’s aid for Ukraine hits setback on war’s fourth anniversary

Hungary’s veto over European funding could constrain Ukraine’s ability to fund its army and weaken its hand in U.S. talks with Russia over the war....

24/02/2026 14:17 Washington Post

As invasion enters fifth year, the children of Ukraine learn to fight back

More than 385,000 Ukrainian teenagers are enrolled in a defense course, expecting war, or threats, to go on for years. In Russia, children are learning the same skills....

24/02/2026 11:41 Washington Post

CIA intelligence helped Mexican forces track down slain cartel boss

The killing of El Mencho triggered violence across Mexico. In cities including Puerto Vallarta and Cancún, the U.S. warned citizens to shelter in place....

24/02/2026 00:10 Washington Post

Israelis brace for another war as Trump mulls strikes on Iran

Israeli officials say they won’t initiate a strike on Iran but the public is bracing for the possibility of another war....

23/02/2026 10:00 Washington Post

Trump talks peace in the Middle East as he readies war on Iran

The split screen between President Donald Trump’s talk of peace in Washington and drumbeats of war in the Middle East struck some critics as incoherent....

20/02/2026 20:06 Washington Post

Ukraine protests renewed Paralympics participation by Russia, Belarus

The decision allowing Russia and Belarus to rejoin competition drew outrage in Ukraine and Europe following the disqualification last week of a Ukrainian skeleton athlete....

20/02/2026 18:09 Washington Post

Talks break in Geneva with no end to Russia’s war or hard-line demands

After two hours of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said negotiations had been “difficult but businesslike.”...

18/02/2026 15:01 Washington Post

Pentagon conducts strikes on three more alleged drug boats, killing 11

Three new strikes against alleged South American drug boats come as the Pentagon pulls its warships back from the region to refocus on the Middle East....

17/02/2026 19:33 Washington Post

Russia presses demands, and faces pressure, as Ukraine talks move to Geneva

High casualties and economic trouble signal time is no longer on Russia’s side, but Moscow isn’t backing off political and territorial demands to weaken Ukraine....

17/02/2026 19:01 Washington Post

U.S. and Iran hold nuclear talks amid heavy military buildup

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are also responsible for Russia-Ukraine talks nearby, so they may be shuttling between venues....

17/02/2026 15:11 Washington Post

Ukraine detains ex-energy minister as high-level corruption case widens

German Galushchenko’s arrest is connected to a $100 million corruption probe that has ensnared senior officials and shaken President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office....

16/02/2026 15:56 Washington Post

‘Highly likely’ that rare poison killed Putin nemesis Navalny, Europeans say

Toxin found in poison dart frogs probably killed Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison, five countries announced on the two-year anniversary of his death....

14/02/2026 17:54 Washington Post

Rubio says U.S., Europe ‘belong together,’ despite rifts over Trump policies

While some saw the remarks as reassuring, key European leaders renewed calls for more independence from the U.S. amid tensions over issues like Greenland and Ukraine....

14/02/2026 17:47 Washington Post

U.S. orders second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Trump pressures Iran

The USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed since June, will cross the Atlantic for a second time despite a Navy warning that the warship needs maintenance....

13/02/2026 22:37 Washington Post

Ukrainian athlete’s ban from Olympic skeleton event over helmet images is upheld

Vladyslav Heraskevych was removed from the men’s skeleton event for refusing to remove a helmet with portraits of Ukrainian athletes who’ve died in the war with Russia....

12/02/2026 19:02 Washington Post

Vance visits Armenia, Azerbaijan as Trump eyes deals in Russia’s sphere

The vice president’s historic trip illustrates Trump’s transactional diplomacy and willingness to use economic muscle to elbow out rivals such as Russia and Iran....

11/02/2026 12:50 Washington Post

Epstein built ties to Russians and sought to meet Putin, files show

Justice Department files show Jeffrey Epstein sought help from a Russian official after claiming a woman from Moscow was blackmailing “powerful businessmen” in New York....

07/02/2026 19:50 Washington Post

Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S.

The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war....

07/02/2026 18:04 Washington Post

U.S. and Iran hold nuclear talks amid threats of regional war

The negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear capabilities come against a backdrop of deadly protests inside Iran and a buildup of U.S. military assets in the region....

06/02/2026 20:55 Washington Post

Top Russian general shot in Moscow as talks stall on Ukraine ceasefire

Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, the deputy head of the GRU, Russia’s main foreign military intelligence agency, was targeted at his home in Moscow, officials said....

06/02/2026 13:31 Washington Post

U.S., Russia to resume high-level military talks

A U.S. official called the deal a by-product of ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war. It came as a key nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow expired....

05/02/2026 22:26 Washington Post

The treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arms expired. What to know.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he hoped to replace New START with a modernized treaty that could “last long into the future.”...

05/02/2026 20:59 Washington Post

As West goes after Russia’s oil fleet, Moscow fears for its war funding

New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable....

05/02/2026 10:00 Washington Post

Trump touts ‘very positive’ call with Chinese leader Xi

The president noted plans to visit China in April, as Beijing sends a warning to White House over Taiwan arms sales....

04/02/2026 22:07 Washington Post

Russia delivers worst attack this year to Ukraine’s power sector

The president said he persuaded Russia’s Vladimir Putin to stop striking Ukraine’s energy grid during a frigid period, but missiles fell on Kyiv hours later....

04/02/2026 09:50 Washington Post

Israeli military tech start-ups cash in on two years of war

While Israel has faced sharp criticism over its war in Gaza, start-up executives say foreigners are eager to buy systems developed and tested on the battlefield....

03/02/2026 10:00 Washington Post

Olympic ceasefire calls lay bare the scale of global conflict

The U.N. and IOC are asking for a pause in wars, an ancient Olympic tradition, amid the Winter Games. Athletes from countries beset by violence are set to compete....

03/02/2026 00:05 Washington Post

U.S. and Iran plan talks in Istanbul, as Trump warns of ‘bad things’

Regional powers are working to bring together high-level negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, in hopes of staving off war....

02/02/2026 23:29 Washington Post

Germany arrests five, saying they violated sanctions against Russia

Prosecutors said the suspects ran an export network that sent more than 16,000 shipments worth more than $30 million to Russian customers, including arms manufacturers....

02/02/2026 17:42 Washington Post

Kenyan job seekers were lured to Russia, then sent to die in Ukraine

The Post spoke to four Kenyans who fought in Ukraine and relatives of nine other recruits, as a secret pipeline funnels young Africans to Russia’s military....

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