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...
PARIS, France - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is travelling to Berlin and Paris on Friday to sign security pacts with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, officials said. (FILES) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) is welcomed by France's President...
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption in a landmark reform promoted by the conservative government despite opposition from the powerful Orthodox Church. Visitors react after the parliamentary vote on same-sex...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday instructed his government to "urgently negotiate" with Poland after Polish farmer protests brought more strain in relations between the allies. Protesting Polish farmers caused uproar in Ukraine last week when they spilt Ukrainian...
TIRANA, Albania - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that he believed an agreement on a truce in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of hostages were still "possible". US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) signs next to Albania's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Igli...
