VATICAN CITY, April 17 (AP) — On what is supposed to be Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the “senseless” war in Ukraine and
Seoul, April 17 (AP) North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Sunday, days after it passed its biggest state annive
Moscow, April 17 (AP) The Russian military has told Ukrainian troops in the besieged port of Mariupol that if they lay down their weapons they will be guaranteed to keep their lives.
The Russian Defense Mini
Kyiv, April 17 (AP) Russian forces on Sunday pummelled a hulking steel plant that held the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, a southern Ukraine city that has suffered under siege for six weeks and whose ca
Kyiv, April 16 (AP) Russian forces shelled an oil refinery in the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk on Saturday, and a large fire erupted, a regional governor reported.
Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai sai
Kyiv, April 16 (AP) Indignant over what it called Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory and following the stunning loss of its Black Sea flagship, Moscow threatened renewed missile attacks on Kyiv, where autho
April 15 (PTI): China on Friday reported more than 3,400 positive and 20,700 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, majority of them in Shanghai as the city of 26 million continued to reel under over fortnight-long lo
Kyiv, April 15 (AP) A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, Russia's Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks on the U
Taipei, April 15 (AP) China said its military staged exercises Friday to reinforce its threat to use force to bring Taiwan under its control, as U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan made a pointed and public declarat
Kyiv, April 15 (AP) On a day that saw Moscow suffer a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of its Black Sea fleet flagship, Ukraine's president hailed his people for their resolve since Russia invaded in
WASHINGTON, April 14 (AP): When President Joe Biden declares Russia’s Ukraine war “genocide,” it isn’t just another strong word.
Calling a campaign that’s aimed at wiping out a
New York, April 14 (AP): Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticised for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private compa
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The presidents of four countries on Russia’s doorstep visited Ukraine on Wednesday and underscored their support for the embattled country, where they saw heavily damaged buildi
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Holy Thursday, hours before he was expected at an Italian prison to perform a foot-washing ritual for a dozen inm
Michigan, April 14 (AP) A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, foot chase and fight over a stun gun, acc
Kyiv, April 14 (AP) Ukrainian forces said they hit and badly damaged the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, and Russia said its crew was forced to evacuate as a result of a fire without acknowledging an
Washington, April 13 (AP): Western weaponry pouring into Ukraine helped blunt Russia's initial offensive and seems certain to play a central role in the approaching, potentially decisive, battle for Ukraine
Islamabad, April 13 (PTI): Pakistan on Wednesday categorically rejected what it called the "unwarranted reference" in the Joint Statement issued after the US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, asking Isl
Dhaka, April 13 (PTI): A local Bangladeshi court here on Wednesday handed down death penalties to four militants from a banned Islamist group for murdering a famous writer and literature professor of Dhaka Univ
Des Moines (Iowa), April 13 (AP): President Joe Biden said Russia's war in Ukraine amounted to "genocide, accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.&quo