BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived back at his Bangkok home from police hospital early Sunday, just six months after his dramatic return to the kingdom from 15 years of self-imposed exile. The controversial billionaire, twice elected premier and ousted in a...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia said Saturday it had taken "full control" of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, hours after Kyiv said it had pulled out of the former stronghold to save soldiers' lives. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had informed President Vladimir Putin of the advance, said a...
MUNICH, Germany - German weapons producer Rheinmetall said Saturday it has signed an accord with a Ukrainian company to build artillery munitions in Ukraine, which desperately needs them to fend off Russian attacks. CEO of Rheinmetall AG Armin Papperger attends the ground-breaking ceremony for the...
MOSCOW, Russia - Alexei Navalny's supporters on Saturday accused Russian authorities of being "killers" who were "covering their tracks" by refusing to hand over his body, as the Kremlin stayed silent despite Western accusations and a flood of tributes to the late opposition leader. The 47-year-old...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday hailed his army's capture of the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka as an "important victory", following a hasty withdrawal by Kyiv's forces. The capture of the town marks the most significant territorial gain for Russia's forces since...
Rome, Italy - G7 foreign ministers meeting in Munich held a minute's silence for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani's office said. A woman lays flowers to the monument to the victims of political repressions for late Russian opposition...
Munich, Germany - Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he was ready to take Donald Trump to the frontlines, as fears grow over sustained US aid to Kyiv should the ex-president return to the White House. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pictured during his meeting with US...
Moscow, Russia - Russian police on Saturday detained people who had come to lay flowers for late opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a monument in Moscow for victims of Soviet repression, according to AFP reporters and independent media. Riot police officers are seen deployed at the monument...
Moscow, Russia - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's body is apparently not in the morgue where prison authorities said it was being kept, his team said on social media on Saturday. Photographs showing late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalnyare are displayed next to flowers at the...
Kyiv, Ukraine - Ukraine withdrew troops from the besieged eastern stronghold of Avdiivka to save the lives of its soldiers, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday, handing Russia its biggest symbolic victory since May. A view of the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant in the frontline town...
Munich, Germany - Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi said China will be a "force for stability" in the world during a speech on Saturday at a major security conference in Germany. Wang Yi "No matter the changes in the international situation, China as a responsible major country will always...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine has rushed soldiers to the embattled eastern town of Avdiivka, surrounded on three sides by Russian forces, where the military said the situation was "extremely critical". The announcement of reinforcements came as a Ukrainian rocket strike on the Russian border city of...
