Vladimir Putin was inaugurated on Tuesday for a fifth term as president in a ceremony that highlighted his quarter-century grip on power in Russia.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan is set to meet Benjamin Netanyahu as war cabinet member Benny Gantz threatens to quit over a lack of a postwar plan for Gaza....
Israeli forces were fighting in Jabalya refugee camp as Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet, called for a plan to end the war....
Andriy Yermak, a former lawyer and film producer who runs Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime presidential office, is arguably the most powerful chief of staff in Ukraine’s history....
Ukraine’s energy companies are scrambling to repair the power stations damaged by Russian missiles before frigid temperatures set in....
Despite months of complaints from troops over shortages and fatigue, Kyiv has been slow to ramp up mobilization, leaving some areas of the front critically understaffed....
While Russia’s gains over the last several weeks have been comparatively small, analysts say they are straining Ukraine’s military over a broad geographic area....
Some Texas towns are nearing a breaking point, with one key reservoir at record lows, and another approaching them....
Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave Vladimir Putin a red-carpet welcome in Beijing, and the pair extolled their relationship. But analysts say it’s mostly transactional....
Fico, who was seriously wounded in the attack, was sworn in as prime minister for the fourth time last year after campaigning on a pro-Russian, anti-American platform....
But the Biden administration remains opposed to allowing Ukraine to strike targets inside Russian territory with U.S. weaponry — something Ukrainian policymakers have been pushing for....
Thousands of Ukrainians have fled border towns and villages in the northeast Kharkiv region as Russian troops advance in a new attack....
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Ukraine to show U.S. support, played guitar and sang Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” with local band 19.99....
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Ukraine to offer U.S. support in Kyiv’s fight against Russia after a $61 billion aid package passed Congress....
The Washington Post, like other news organizations, cannot independently verify death tolls in the war between Israel and Hamas....
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing for meetings with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as Moscow’s war against Ukraine drags on — with Beijing’s support....
President Vladimir Putin’s choice of an economist for the job suggests he views managing budgets and curbing corruption to be key components to military victory in Ukraine....
The governing Georgia Dream party said it would speed up a final vote, defying protesters who denounced the law as a Russian-style effort to squash free speech....
The talks are aimed at preventing disastrous accidents and unintended war amid an AI arms race....
National security adviser Jake Sullivan praised those who turned out against the bill, proposed by the Georgian Dream party. Demonstrators demanded it not be adopted....
Humanitarian agencies warned that no place was safe and that aid had nearly run out, almost a week after Israel seized and shut down the Rafah crossing....
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, a longtime confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, will become head of the national security council....
Russian ground forces mounted a new assault to push into Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region, seeking to capitalize on Kyiv’s shortage of weapons and soldiers....
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is ready to “stand alone” against its enemies after President Biden warned that the U.S. could cut military aid....
Putin delivered a speech at a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II, signaling his confidence about Russia’s advances in Ukraine....
Russians celebrate Victory Day, which marks the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II....
In his first threat to withhold U.S. military aid, President Biden also acknowledged that American bombs used by Israel had killed civilians in Gaza....