Residents who have fled the Russian-occupied city of Kherson say conditions in the Black Sea port just north of the Crimean Peninsula have become increasingly grim. Locals who have been waiting for a Ukrainian counteroffensive have decided to flee the city.

The head of the World Health Organization described the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” and wondered aloud Wednesday if the reason global leaders have not responded was due to “the color of the skin of the people in Tigray.”

The military was tipped off about illegal drug use among conscripts during a private party this summer.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed no regret Tuesday for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics a half century ago.

RNA reads genetic instructions and tells the body how to make proteins. Drugmakers are rushing to use variations of RNA to create new medicines after the success of the Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech, which use messenger RNA.

Oscar-nominated Den Tolmor was trying to finish his eight-part series about politics — and porn — in Ukraine. Then came war.

A Washington Post examination of the road to war in Ukraine, and Western efforts to unite to thwart the Kremlin’s plans, draws on extensive interviews with more than three dozen senior U.S., Ukrainian, European and NATO officials.

A government spokesman denied that Wagner group mercenaries are fighting in the country but said unarmed Russian military trainers are working with the army.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of what he described Tuesday as Washington's alleged efforts to maintain its global hegemony.

A Washington Post examination of the road to war in Ukraine, and Western efforts to unite to thwart the Kremlin’s plans, draws on extensive interviews with more than three dozen senior U.S., Ukrainian, European and NATO officials.