Статистика оприлюднена без урахування тимчасово окупованих територій Криму та частини Донецької і Луганської областей …
Czechs Prepare to Choose New President, as Rivals Clash Over Support for Ukraine
Military support for Ukraine and relations with Russia and China are among the key issues as Czech voters prepare to choose a new president Friday, with three candidates neck-and-neck in…
Czechs to Choose President as Rivals Clash Over Support for Ukraine
Czech voters are preparing to choose a new president — with support for Ukraine and relations with Russia and China among the key issues. As Henry Ridgwell reports, three candidates…
Virgin Orbit Rocket Carrying Satellites Fails to Reach Orbit
A mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe suffered an “anomaly” Tuesday, Virgin Orbit said. The U.S.-based company attempted its first international launch on Monday, using…
Російська нафта торгувалася на рівні менш як 38 доларів за барель – Bloomberg
Bloomberg також повідомляє, що обсяги нафти, що йде до Китаю, Індії та Туреччини, впали до найнижчих показників за 10 тижнів …
Scholz: Berlin Will Not Go It Alone as Pressure Mounts to Supply Kyiv Tanks
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday he remained convinced of the need to coordinate weapons deliveries to Ukraine with allies as pressure mounts on Berlin to send Kyiv its Leopard…
Plane Carrying Rocket Takes Off for First UK Satellite Launch
A modified jumbo jet carrying a Virgin Orbit rocket took off from southwestern England Monday, marking the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from Western Europe. Hundreds gathered for…
Russia Launches Criminal Probes of Prominent Kremlin Critics
Russian authorities on Monday announced parallel criminal probes against a famous actor critical of the war in Ukraine and a philanthropist who supports the Russian opposition, the latest in a…
Шмигаль розраховує, що 10-й пакет санкцій ЄС міститиме обмеження проти ядерної енергетики Росії
«Агресор має бути покараний за атаки на енергетику України та злочини проти екології» …
US Green Beret Veteran Clears Mines in Ukraine
Ryan Hendrickson is a retired Green Beret, a special forces unit of the U.S. Army. But today he is in Ukraine, helping to clear mines laid by invading Russian forces…
Independent News Outlet Staff Go on Trial in Belarus
Five employees of what used to be authoritarian Belarus’s largest independent news outlet went on trial Monday in Minsk, facing several charges including tax evasion and “inciting enmity”, a rights…
Pope Condemns Iran’s Use of Death Penalty Against Protesters
Pope Francis condemned Iran’s execution of protesters for the first time on Monday in his traditional New Year’s address to diplomats, and said the war in Ukraine was “a crime…
Ukraine: Russian Missile Hits Market in Kharkiv Region
Ukrainian officials said Monday a Russian missile hit a market in the Kharkiv region, killing one person and wounding several others. The officials said the missile struck the village of…
Sweden Can’t Meet Some of Turkey’s Demands for NATO Bid, PM Says
Turkey, which has for months blocked NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland, has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden’s prime minister said on Sunday. “Turkey has confirmed…
Japan’s Kishida Highlights Security Concerns on Trip to Europe, US
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a weeklong trip Monday to strengthen military ties with Europe and Britain and bring into focus the Japan-U.S. alliance at a summit in Washington,…
Climate Activists to Defend Village From Demolition by Coal Mine
Climate activists pledged Sunday to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for the expansion of a nearby coal mine that has become a battleground between the…
Police in Armenia Detains Protesters Near Russian Military Base
Police in Armenia Sunday detained 65 protesters near a Russian military base demanding Moscow intervene to dismantle what they say is a crippling blockade by Azerbaijan of an ethnic Armenian…
UK: Russia Facing Dilemma on Where to Focus in Ukraine
Briain’s defense ministry said Sunday in an intelligence update about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that Russia seems undecided about where the greatest threat from Ukraine lies. In the update, posted…
Public Now Can See Benedict’s Tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica
The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica. The pontiff was buried Jan. 5 immediately following a funeral in St….
Snow is a No-Show as Europe Feels the Winter Heat
Mild weather has left many regions of Europe that would normally be blanketed in snow at this time of year bare, and winter sports resorts are fearing for the future….
Christmas in a Bomb Shelter for Orthodox Ukrainians
As artillery boomed outside and fighter jets flew overhead, Orthodox Christians in a battered eastern Ukrainian town held a Christmas service in a basement shelter Saturday, vowing not to let…
Bakhmut in Russia’s Crosshairs on Orthodox Christmas Day
Shelling rocked the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Saturday, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a 36-hour cease-fire from midday Friday to midnight Saturday to observe eastern Orthodox…
UN Calls On Belarus to Drop Charges Against Nobel Peace Laureate
The U.N. human rights office has called on the government of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to drop criminal charges against Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ales Bialiatski and to immediately free…
Taliban Denounce Prince Harry for Admitting to Afghan ‘War Crimes’
The Islamist Taliban joined British critics Friday to denounce Prince Harry for admitting to being responsible for the killing of 25 people in Afghanistan while serving as a military helicopter…
US Delegation Heads to Balkans Following Rising Tensions
A senior State Department official is leading a U.S. delegation to three Western Balkan nations in the coming days following weeks of ethnic tensions in the region. Counselor of the…
UN Human Rights Chief Warns of ‘Backsliding’ on Women’s Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk has warned about what he sees as the “systematic countering of women’s rights and gender equality” around the world. In an…
Families in Lviv Mourn Their Dead as War Drags On
In early December, Ukrainian officials said they estimated 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. We visited Lviv to meet with some of…
UK: Luhansk and Donetsk Formally Integrated into Russian Armed Forces
“Militias from the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) and Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) were formally integrated into the Russian armed forces on 31 December 2022,” Britain’s Defense Ministry said Friday in…
Germany to Send Ukraine 40 Armored Vehicles by Spring
Germany will supply Ukraine with around 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles within weeks as part of a new phase of support coordinated with the US, a government spokesman said on…
France to Deliver Light Armored Vehicles to Ukraine
France announced it will send light tanks to Ukraine, a French official said on Wednesday after a phone call between the two countries’ leaders. French President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian…