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Russia’s Luna-25 Spacecraft Suffers Technical Glitch

Russia’s Luna-25 Spacecraft Suffers Technical Glitch

An “abnormal situation” occurred at Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft Saturday as it was preparing to transfer to its pre-landing orbit, Russia’s...

Humanitarian Workers Risk Their Lives to Help Others

Humanitarian Workers Risk Their Lives to Help Others

This year’s World Humanitarian Day is being commemorated at a time of increased risk for the thousands of aid workers...

Zelenskyy Visits NATO Candidate Sweden for 1st Time Since Russian Invasion

Zelenskyy Visits NATO Candidate Sweden for 1st Time Since Russian Invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Sweden on Saturday — his first visit to the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion...

Russia Launches Overnight Drone Attack on Ukraine

Russia Launches Overnight Drone Attack on Ukraine

Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine, with 17 of the unmanned vehicles directed to locations in northern, central...

Camp Teaches Ukrainian Soldiers Blinded in Combat to Navigate the World Again

Camp Teaches Ukrainian Soldiers Blinded in Combat to Navigate the World Again

RIVNE, Ukraine (AP) — Along a bustling street in a western Ukrainian city, Denys Abdulin takes his first independent strides...

Ukrainian Children’s War Diaries Displayed in Amsterdam

Ukrainian Children’s War Diaries Displayed in Amsterdam

The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the brutal Nazi...

Targeting of Journalists Covering Russia Raises Alarms

Targeting of Journalists Covering Russia Raises Alarms

German authorities have said they are investigating an apparent poisoning of an exiled Russian journalist in Munich. Elena Kostyuchenko, who...

England Looks to End Drought, Bring World Cup Trophy Home

England Looks to End Drought, Bring World Cup Trophy Home

The rallying cry “It’s Coming Home” is one game away from reality and the end of England’s 57-year drought in...

‘I Am Evil’: British Nurse Murdered Seven Newborn Babies

‘I Am Evil’: British Nurse Murdered Seven Newborn Babies

A British nurse who described herself as a “horrible evil person” was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven newborn...

China, Russia Taking Aim at US Space Firms

China, Russia Taking Aim at US Space Firms

Chinese and Russian spy agencies are setting their sights on private, U.S.-based space companies, hoping to steal new technologies while...

Ukraine Port Cities Reeling After End of Grain Deal

Ukraine Port Cities Reeling After End of Grain Deal

After a series of attacks on Ukrainian ports, residents say they feel the country’s now-defunct grain deal with Russia allowed...

Turkish Cypriots Attack UN Peacekeepers Trying to Halt Road Work Inside Buffer Zone

Turkish Cypriots Attack UN Peacekeepers Trying to Halt Road Work Inside Buffer Zone

Angry Turkish Cypriots punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers who obstructed crews working on a road that would...

Firefighters Battle All Night to Halt Wildfire in Spain’s Popular Tourist Island of Tenerife

Firefighters Battle All Night to Halt Wildfire in Spain’s Popular Tourist Island of Tenerife

Firefighters battled overnight to try to bring under control the worst wildfire in decades on the Spanish Canary Island of...

US Gave Approval for Delivery of F-16’s, Officials Say

US Gave Approval for Delivery of F-16’s, Officials Say

The United States has given the nod to allies Denmark and the Netherlands to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine,...

Russia Downs Ukraine Drone in Moscow 

Russia Downs Ukraine Drone in Moscow 

Ukraine attempted to launch a drone attack on Moscow early Friday, but Russian forces downed the unmanned aerial vehicle. After...

China’s Defense Minister Promises to Boost Cooperation With Russian Ally Belarus

China’s Defense Minister Promises to Boost Cooperation With Russian Ally Belarus

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on Thursday visited Belarus and said his country would increase military cooperation with Russia’s neighbor...

Violence Against Aid Workers Shows No Respite, UN Says

Violence Against Aid Workers Shows No Respite, UN Says

A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the United Nations said Thursday as...

Cargo Ship Leaves Ukraine, Reaches Turkish Waters Despite Russian Blockade

Cargo Ship Leaves Ukraine, Reaches Turkish Waters Despite Russian Blockade

A civilian cargo ship sailing from Ukraine reached Istanbul on Thursday in defiance of a Moscow blockade that sent tensions...

Iranian Reporter Defiant After Latest Jail Release

Iranian Reporter Defiant After Latest Jail Release

An Iranian journalist said Thursday she had no regrets over posting on social media a picture of herself without a...

Ukraine Claims New Battlefield Advance

Ukraine Claims New Battlefield Advance

Ukraine claimed Thursday that its counteroffensive had retaken parts of Russian-controlled land in the southeastern part of the country in...

UN Says It Will Block Road Construction Encroaching on Buffer Zone in Cyprus

UN Says It Will Block Road Construction Encroaching on Buffer Zone in Cyprus

The U.N. mission in ethnically divided Cyprus said Thursday it will block construction by breakaway Turkish Cypriots of a road...

US Sanctions 4 Russian Agents in Alexey Navalny Poisoning

US Sanctions 4 Russian Agents in Alexey Navalny Poisoning

The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions on four Russian security agents it accused of being involved in the...