The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization on Tuesday found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives more than a decade ago, in a ruling that raises the prospect of victims’ families being paid compensation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than three-year war, amid heavy pressure from the U.S. and European leaders to reach a settlement.

U.S. soldiers in Greece have gained new access to an eastern Mediterranean port, giving commanders another hub for projecting power on NATO’s southern flank.

NATO’s Formidable Shield 2025 features 16 ships, 27 planes and eight ground units from 11 NATO and partner nations. The exercise began a decade ago as a naval missile defense demonstration but has grown to include allied air forces and, in recent years, ground troops.

Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, after the Kremlin effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire but reiterated it would take part in possible peace talks later this week without preconditions.

A massive fire that destroyed a large shopping center in Warsaw last year was the result of arson ordered by Russian intelligence services, Poland officials said Sunday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the blaze.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday welcomed Russia’s offer for direct peace talks, but insisted there must be a full, temporary ceasefire in place before negotiations can start.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed restarting direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, “without preconditions,” an offer that came in response to Ukraine and its allies urging Moscow to commit to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire or face additional sanctions.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary and America’s top trade negotiator began talks with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland Saturday aiming to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world’s two biggest economies and damage the global economy.

Leaders from four major European countries threatened to ratchet up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin if he does not accept an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine that they offered on Saturday in a strong show of unity with Kyiv.

A militant Kurdish group announced on Friday that it had made “historic” decisions during its long-awaited congress earlier this week. The group, however, stopped short of saying whether it had resolved to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey aimed at ending the four-decade insurgency.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sat next to Putin on Red Square for the parade that included 11,500 troops as well as tanks, missiles and other military hardware. Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi were also among leaders from more than 20 countries who attended.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a treaty he is set to sign with President Emmanuel Macron on Friday will open the way toward potentially sharing the protection from French nuclear missiles. The pact will include a pledge of mutual military assistance in an event of an armed conflict and extend into defense industry cooperation.

The alleged spying network was collecting information on defense vulnerabilities in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region, which borders Hungary and is home to a Hungarian minority. Over the last decade, Hungary has maintained that Kyiv is limiting the rights of the Hungarian population, and some Hungarian lawmakers have talked publicly about annexing the region.

The Swift Response exercise, large combat drills stretching from Nordic lands to NATO’s eastern flank, are getting underway.

President Donald Trump called for a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to pave the way for talks on a lasting peace agreement, and threatened to impose further sanctions if a truce is violated.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin and his government have been waging a parallel struggle to capture the minds of Russia’s next generation and raise loyal fighters for the future wars that he believes he needs to restore Russia’s imperial greatness.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on British autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal. But he played down the possibility of other nations receiving similarly favorable terms on his import taxes, which are roiling the global economy.