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Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 5

Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 5

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Swedish Lawmaker Among Those Turkey Targeted in Exchange for Backing Sweden’s NATO Bid

Swedish Lawmaker Among Those Turkey Targeted in Exchange for Backing Sweden’s NATO Bid

In return for Turkey agreeing on the NATO membership of Sweden, officials in Ankara have requested that Stockholm hand over...

As Ukraine Loses Troops, How Long Can It Keep up the Fight?

As Ukraine Loses Troops, How Long Can It Keep up the Fight?

As soon as they had finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, the cemetery workers readied the next...

Pageant Participants in Queen’s Jubilee Celebrate Diverse UK

Pageant Participants in Queen’s Jubilee Celebrate Diverse UK

As designer Clary Salandy pushes open the kitchen door at a nondescript community center in west London, her visitors pause...

‘You Continue to Make History’: Prince Charles Pays Tribute to the Queen

‘You Continue to Make History’: Prince Charles Pays Tribute to the Queen

As images of Elizabeth’s reign were displayed onto the walls, Charles, 73, said the Jubilee had given the country the...

Greece Evacuates Athens Suburb Under Wildfire Threat 

Greece Evacuates Athens Suburb Under Wildfire Threat 

A wildfire whipped by gale-force winds blazed through vegetation in a southern suburb of Athens on Saturday, fire authorities said,...

Princes Charles, William to Deliver Jubilee Tributes to Queen Elizabeth

Princes Charles, William to Deliver Jubilee Tributes to Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth’s son and heir Prince Charles and her grandson Prince William will pay tribute to the record-breaking monarch at...

German Train Crash Toll Rises to Five

German Train Crash Toll Rises to Five

The death toll from a German train derailment near a Bavarian Alpine resort climbed to five on Saturday as another...

NATO Chief Speaks With Erdogan About Finland, Sweden Joining

NATO Chief Speaks With Erdogan About Finland, Sweden Joining

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has met with Finland’s prime minister and spoken to Turkey’s president as he seeks to overcome...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 4

Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 4

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Sends Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth on Jubilee

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Sends Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth on Jubilee

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a message of congratulations to Queen Elizabeth, the reclusive state’s foreign ministry...

Fighting Rages in Eastern Ukraine on 100th Day of War

Fighting Rages in Eastern Ukraine on 100th Day of War

Fighting raged in two key eastern Ukrainian cities on the 100th day of Russia’s war, with both Moscow and Kyiv...

Two Reuters Journalists Injured, Driver Killed in Eastern Ukraine

Two Reuters Journalists Injured, Driver Killed in Eastern Ukraine

Two Reuters journalists were injured and a driver was killed on Friday after the vehicle they were in came under...

Security Concerns Leave Afghan Evacuees Stuck in Balkan Camp

Security Concerns Leave Afghan Evacuees Stuck in Balkan Camp

For some Afghans who were evacuated as their country fell to the Taliban last summer, the journey to the United...

Ukrainian Villagers Forced to Spend 26 Days in Basement Amid War

Ukrainian Villagers Forced to Spend 26 Days in Basement Amid War

The Russians occupied the Ukranian village of Yahidne in the early days of the invasion. When they were driven out...

African Union Chair Meets Putin to Discuss Food Insecurity

African Union Chair Meets Putin to Discuss Food Insecurity

The top African Union official met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine and its...

Queen Elizabeth Thanked for Being ‘Still in the Saddle’ After 70 Years

Queen Elizabeth Thanked for Being ‘Still in the Saddle’ After 70 Years

Horse-loving Queen Elizabeth was thanked for being “in the saddle” for 70 years as head of state at a service...

Russia Summons Heads of US Media Outlets, Warns of ‘Stringent Measures’

Russia Summons Heads of US Media Outlets, Warns of ‘Stringent Measures’

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it was summoning the heads of U.S. media outlets in Moscow to a meeting this Monday...

Kremlin: Russian Troops ‘Protecting’ Separatist-controlled Areas of Eastern Ukraine

Kremlin: Russian Troops ‘Protecting’ Separatist-controlled Areas of Eastern Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday Russian troops have succeeded in their main stated task of “protecting civilians” in the...

US Justice Department Braces for More Russian Cyberattacks 

US Justice Department Braces for More Russian Cyberattacks 

More than three months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Justice Department is girding for more Russian cyberattacks, the...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 3

Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 3

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Queen Elizabeth to Miss Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving Service

Queen Elizabeth to Miss Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving Service

Britain celebrates the second day of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee on Friday, with the highlight a service of thanksgiving attended...