Nuuk, Greenland — The road south from Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, runs out at the tip of a blizzard-scoured peninsula stretching into the Labrador Sea. Icebergs drift beyond the sea ice toward…
Year of the Snake is underway with Lunar New Year festivities
BEIJING — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people…
Year of the Snake underway with Lunar New Year festivities
BEIJING — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people…
Russian diplomats make first Syria visit since Assad’s fall
MOSCOW — The first Russian official delegation to visit Syria since the toppling of long-term Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Damascus, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. The visit…
Trump wants Greenland, but Greenlanders want independence
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that America needs to take control of Greenland from Denmark for, in his words, “international security.” But as Henry Ridgwell reports from the…
Zelenskyy orders report on US support programs
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered government officials to report on the U.S. support programs whose funds are “currently suspended” under U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. “These are humanitarian programs,”…
Ukrainians skeptical Trump can end war with Russia on acceptable terms
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised repeatedly to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. But some Ukrainians are skeptical Trump can do anything to make President Vladimir Putin…
Russia weds biolab, organ harvesting conspiracies to discredit US, Ukraine
Russian disinformation narratives about illicit organ harvesting and biological experiments in Ukraine have no basis in fact. Russia intentionally distorts Ukrainian law intended to support vital medical procedures. …
Фінансування USAID: Зеленський доручив уряду звітувати про зупинені програми
«Що стосується українських дітей, ветеранів, програм захисту нашої інфраструктури, ми обов’язково підтримаємо», заявив президент …
Китай та Індія зупинили закупівлю російської нафти на тлі санкцій – Reuters
Російська нафта становила 36% імпорту Індії та майже п’яту частину імпорту Китаю у 2024 році …
Експорт зрідженого природного газу з Росії сягнув рекордного рівня у 2024 році
За даними Kpler, у 2024 році 52% всього експортованого з Росії ЗПГ припало на ринок Європи …
Serbian prime minister to resign as popular protests persist
BELGRADE — Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic on Tuesday announced his resignation, becoming the highest ranking official to leave since anti-corruption protests spread across the country. Belgrade has seen daily anti-government…
Italian ship carrying migrants picked up offshore reaches Albania
TIRANA, ALBANIA — An Italian navy ship carrying 49 migrants picked up in international waters arrived in Albania on Tuesday, amid a new attempt by Italy to push ahead with a…
Ukrainian officials say Russian drone attacks cause injuries in several regions
Russian drone attacks overnight hit multiple Ukrainian regions and injured at least six people, officials said Tuesday. In the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, Governor Oleh Kiper said Russian forces…
Rubio and Lammy reaffirm US-UK partnership on Indo-Pacific security, China challenges
State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary David Lammy, on Monday to discuss a range of pressing global issues and joint initiatives…
Survivors, world leaders mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz death camp liberation
Around 50 survivors joined world leaders Monday at the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland, on the 80th anniversary of its liberation in World War II…
Belarusian opposition, Western leaders denounce Lukashenko’s reelection
Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced the reelection of Alexander Lukashenko to serve his seventh five-year presidential term. The 70-year-old leader began his iron-fisted rule in 1994. He…
Serbian farmers join striking university students’ 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade
BELGRADE, SERBIA — Serbia’s striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital, Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a…
Trump’s sanctions could force Russia’s Putin to negotiating table, some experts say
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 22, Donald Trump — just two days after being inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president — again called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate…
Flood victims rescued by boat as Storm Herminia hits northern France
RENNES, FRANCE — Residents in western France used boats to escape their flooded homes Monday as rivers and waterways broke their banks after successive storms battered Normandy and Brittany. The national…
Держборг України у 2024 році зріс на 1,46 трильйона гривень – Мінфін
У доларовому еквіваленті держборг України у 2024 році зріс на 20,74 млрд доларів США, зазначили у Мінфіні …
US M113 armored personnel carriers prove crucial to Ukraine’s fighting forces
Part of a U.S. military aid package to Ukraine in April 2022, the M113 armored personnel carrier has proved vital in conducting assault operations and providing protection for Ukrainian infantry. And…
Sweden intercepts Bulgarian ship over damaged Baltic cable
Sofia, Bulgaria — The Swedish coast guard chased and intercepted a Bulgarian ship after a fiber-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking Sweden to Latvia was damaged, its owner said on…
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat…
China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries
BEIJING — China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox…
Sweden opens sabotage probe into Baltic undersea cable damage
STOCKHOLM/VILNIUS — An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia said, prompting NATO to deploy patrol ships to…
Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s…
Italy resumes migrant transfers to processing centers in Albania
Rome — Italy said Sunday it was transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third such attempt facing hurdles by courts. The…
Germany holds commemoration for 2 people killed in knife attack
Berlin — Government officials and residents attended a solemn Mass Sunday to honor a child and a man killed in a knife attack in Germany, an assault that amplified the debate…
Thousands in Ireland still without power as officials say Storm Eowyn cleanup will take time
London — Ireland called in help from England and France on Sunday as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for…