Russia and Belarus signed a deal formalizing the deployment of Moscow's tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of its ally, although control of the weapons remains in the Kremlin. Officials framed Thursday's step as driven by hostility from the West.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says a digital currency from the central bank will help make Europe independent of outside payment services companies like Mastercard and Apple Pay.
The bodies were discovered in February below a load of lumber in the back of a truck left on a highway not far from the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. A Taliban spokesman in Kabul blamed the "cruel banking restrictions" imposed after the Taliban takeover of August 2021 for the delayed return of the bodies.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as Russia is increasingly turning to China for diplomatic and economic support amid growing isolation over its invasion of Ukraine.
China's foreign minister has pressed his Dutch counterpart for access to advanced chipmaking technology that has been blocked on security grounds and warned against allowing what he said were unfounded fears of Beijing to spoil relations.
From Ukraine and Sudan to Africa's Sahel and the Mideast, civilians are scrambling to evade missiles and explosives and to find food and medicine.
The South African government has come under growing pressure after it declined to release cargo documents relating to the visit by a Russian ship that the United States alleges collected a consignment of weapons for Moscow.
Fresh off his victory in Bakhmut, the Russian mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin told an interviewer that Russia’s war had strengthened Ukraine’s military and could spur violent unrest against Russia’s elite.
Many African countries have refused to take sides in the European conflict, with several abstaining from votes at the United Nations General Assembly condemning Russia's invasion.
The Czech government has approved a Defense Ministry plan to acquire 246 armored combat vehicles from Sweden in a deal worth $2.7 billion as part of a massive modernization of the military amid the Russian war in Ukraine.
The World Sailing governing body says races next April at a French Riviera resort are the "targeted opportunity" for Russia and Belarus to return to international sailing as neutral athletes during the war in Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin has increasingly put Russia's economy on a war footing since his invasion of Ukraine. The central bank is also being enlisted for the fight under a decorated military officer installed as a deputy governor.
In a ceremony at the Defense Ministry at which two half-ton trucks were on display, Japanese Vice Defense Minister Toshiro Ino handed a document to Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Korsunsky listing the three types of vehicles included in the donation.
The head of the Russian private army Wagner says his force lost more than 20,000 men in the battle for Bakhmut. The death toll is higher than the official estimate of the 15,000 Soviet troops killed in the Afghanistan war that ran between 1979-89.
Switzerland's executive branch said it backs a proposal to decommission 25 out-of-service Leopard 2 battle tanks and send them to Germany on condition that they would be returned to the manufacturer and not go to Ukraine. The tanks would help Berlin plug gaps in its arsenal after it shipped weapons to Ukraine.
A Russian fighter jet intercepted two B-1B Lancers from Texas over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday as the bombers began a deployment in the European theater.
The nuclear-powered ship USS Gerald R. Ford entered the Oslo fjord escorted by an armed escort boat.
The survey finds American support for Washington's backing of Ukraine has ebbed slightly since the war began 15 months ago. But U.S. public support for Ukraine's defense remains strong.