RUSSIA

Sudanese authorities say at least 10 people are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan

Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been arrested in Russia on espionage charges. This marks the first time Russia has detained an American journalist since the Cold War.

Voters dislike how President Joe Biden is handling China and Russia, the two nations they think pose the greatest risk to the United States.

Turkey’s parliament has ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle to the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance

Russia’s top security agency says an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. (March 30)

Turkey’s parliament has ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle to the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance

The White House is condemning Russia after the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, on espionage charges.

ReutersThe Daily Beast has received a bizarre audio recording from none other than Yevgeny Prigozhin, the notorious head of Russia’s Wagner Group.In the audio clip, sent in response to a comment request for a story related to the private mercenary group, Prigozhin makes it quite clear that he has no interest in hearing from The Daily Beast’s Allison Quinn.“Dear Allison, baby, you are asking too many questions today,” he said in the audio recording on Thursday. “I am busy searching my garden plot

Cyprus’ Interior Ministry says 76 Afghans and Syrians seeking international protection have been relocated to France

The US said any arms deal would violate UN Security Council resolutions.

Evan Gerskovich, a U.S. citizen, was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Services

The country's top security agency claims Evan Gershkovich "was collecting classified information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military industrial complex."

Polish Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk pledged nearly $300 million in relief for grain farmers and traders experiencing hardship as Ukrainian grain floods markets.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to meet with Russian allies such as China's leader Xi Jinping, amidst uncertainty in Bakhmut.

Several county boards in Sweden have received letters containing a powdered substance Wednesday, leading to the evacuation of employees in some places

Montenegro’s pro-Western president has criticized the European Union for allegedly allowing Russia to spread its influence in the western Balkans.

Police in Greece say they have arrested two terrorism suspects who had been planning attacks in the country aimed at causing mass casualties

Emergency officials in Ecuador say at least 16 people died and 16 others were injured after a massive landslide

The British government is pushing its contentious migration bill forward in Parliament, despite a call from Europe’s top human rights organization to block the legislation

A new survey from the Japanese government indicates that rocket launches into space from China have more than quadrupled over the past decade.

Social media users quickly noted that the topic was a 1990 'Simpsons' episode in which an angry mob of Springfield parents protested the famous statue.

A video showcasing pilots from the 16th and 18th brigades fighting against enemy forces in the eastern region was posted on General Oleksandr Syrskyi’s Telegram channel on March 26.

The supplier launches 12-month tariff of £2,275, as falling gas prices finally start feeding through to bills.

It comes ahead of a package of measures on energy security, which the BBC understands will be announced on Thursday.

The West’s steady criticism of Hungary on democratic and cultural issues makes the small European country’s right-wing government reluctant to offer support on practical matters, specifically NATO’s buildup against Russia, Hungary’s foreign minister said. In an interview with The Associated Press, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó also said Friday that his country has not voted on whether to allow Finland and Sweden to join NATO because Hungarian lawmakers are sick of those countries' critiques of Hungarian domestic affairs. Lawmakers from the governing party plan to vote Monday in favor of the Finnish request but “serious concerns were raised" about Finland and Sweden in recent months "mostly because of the very disrespectful behavior of the political elites of both countries towards Hungary,” Szijjártó said.

Despite Russia spending months trying to take the city, Ukrainian officials say they are holding on.

Russia’s space agency says three astronauts who were supposed to leave the International Space Station this month will be brought back to Earth in late September

Police say a man has driven into several pedestrians in a parking garage at the Cologne-Bonn Airport in western Germany and there were some injuries

Each day, they might fly three or four sorties, says the commander, whose two-crew Mi-24 helicopter, built about 40 years ago, is older than he is. The conflict in Ukraine is largely an artillery war, with territory being fought for inch by inch under a barrage of shells and missiles. “The importance of the helicopters is huge,” said the commander, who is part of Ukraine’s 12th Army Aviation Brigade.

A U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other U.S. contractor were wounded when a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said. In a statement released late Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said U.S. Central Command forces retaliated with “precision airstrikes” against facilities in eastern Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The Defense Department said the intelligence community had determined the unmanned aerial vehicle was of Iranian origin.

European Union leaders endorsed a plan to fast-track 1 million artillery rounds to Ukraine within the next year at a Thursday summit in Brussels.

Parliament plays host to two grandmasters - and some keen MP amateurs - to show support for Ukraine.

British police have charged a 28-year-old man with two counts of attempted murder after men were set on fire near mosques

EU leaders are set to endorse a deal aimed at sending Ukraine 1 million rounds of artillery shells within the next 12 months to help the country repel Russia’s invasion forces

Myron and his mother Kateryna fled missiles in Ukraine and "feel like family" to their UK sponsors.

Asteroid 2023 DZ2 will zip between Earth and the moon's orbit on March 25 and may be visible with the right telescope.

Pakistan’s elections oversight body has delayed elections for a regional assembly after the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif refused to provide the necessary funds and polling staff citing financial constraints

The Prince of Wales meets British and Polish troops an hour's drive from the border with Ukraine.

Prince William has traveled to Poland for a surprise visit that underscores Britain’s support for a nation on the front line of efforts to help Ukraine fight off Russia’s invasion

The IMF and Ukraine have agreed on a new loan package to support the government's financies severely strained by Russia's invasion.

The $15.6bn financing package is expected to be approved in the coming weeks.

Fox News senior strategic analyst Lt. Gen. Jack Keane says China and Russia are adversaries and enemies of the United States on 'The Story with Martha MacCallum.'

China is aiming at becoming the world's dominant space power which poses a threat to U.S. security. Beijing is collaborating with Russia to make their space ambitions possible.

UK officials say the depleted uranium shells, which it is sending to Ukraine, are "standard".

A powerful blast at an illegal fireworks workshop near Mexico City has left seven people dead and 15 injured

But after talks with President Xi in Moscow, Mr Putin claims the West and Ukraine are not ready for peace.

A strong earthquake has rattled Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and other parts of the country

Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen have given a muted response to calls from the head of the United Nations for greater ambition when it comes to reducing countries’ greenhouse gas emissions

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and U.S. officials attended a ceremony Tuesday to formally upgrade the U.S. military presence in NATO member Poland amid the war in neighboring Ukraine. There are more than 10,000 American troops stationed in the former communist bloc country.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham shares how the Biden administration's foreign policy has led to the start of a new world order Monday on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

If confirmed as a Ukrainian attack, it would be a rare foray into the occupied region.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday endorsed a plan for the multinational governing body to send one million 155-millimeter artillery shells to Ukraine.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to the Group of Seven summit and announced a new action plan for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be “consequences” if China sends weapons to Russia for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but he’s fairly optimistic that Beijing will refrain from doing so.

U.S. intelligence agencies say they cannot link a foreign adversary to any of the incidents associated with so-called “Havana syndrome,” the hundreds of cases of brain injuries and other symptoms reported by American personnel around the world.

Viktoriia Galushchak recently won 1st place in Computer Science at the North Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair. The story behind her science project is unforgettable.

Ukraine refugees Surkhrab Niyazov, his wife, Inna, and their children visited The Morning Show studios on Saturday to share their story and spread the word about how they were helped by a local organization: Catholic Charities.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sought assurances Saturday from India that it would support, or at least not block, Western efforts to isolate Russia for waging a devastating war against Ukraine.

Olga Galushchak planned to stay in Ukraine with her husband and their two children, ages 12 and 4, but that changed just a week after the war started.

A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has strengthened for a fourth consecutive month as managers look past current problems to take a more optimistic view of the months ahead.

China has sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed sanctions against Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island.

Just hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago, actor Sean Penn had his first on-camera meeting with the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearing the one-year mark, Estonia’s military leaders are warning that if Vladimir Putin is not stopped now, he could entangle the region in a much larger conflict, perhaps one with even larger security implications for the U.S. Kristjan Mäe is the head of the Estonian Ministry of Defense’s NATO and EU department.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked artists and filmmakers to unequivocally declare their support for his country during a live video address at the opening of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid and refugee agencies say they are seeking $5.6 billion to help millions of people in Ukraine and 10 countries that have taken in fleeing Ukrainians in the wake of Russia’s invasion of their country nearly a year ago.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine is using up ammunition far faster than its allies can provide it just as Russia ramps up its military offensive.

President Joe Biden will travel to Poland later this month to rally allies a year after Russia’s assault on Ukraine.

A contest that could define the 2024 Paris Olympics is playing out 18 months before medals are awarded.

A closely watched study by an anti-graft organization has found that most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption, with 95% of countries having made little to no progress since 2017.

Samsung Electronics says its profit for the last quarter plummeted nearly 70% as a weak global economy depressed demands for its consumer electronics products and computer memory chips.

The outlook for the global economy is growing slightly brighter as China eases its zero-COVID policies and the world shows surprising resilience in the face of high inflation, elevated interest rates and Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.

The Biden administration is expanding sanctions against Russia's Wagner Group and related companies and individuals for their role in the war in Ukraine and mercenary activities, including human rights abuses, in Africa.

The Biden administration says Iran’s sale of lethal drones to Russia for use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine means the country may be “contributing to widespread war crimes.”.

Orthodox Christians packed churches on Friday evening for Christmas Eve services, a holiday darkened for many by the conflict raging between Orthodox neighbors Russia and Ukraine.

The State Department says it’s adopted Turkey’s preferred spelling for the name of the country — T-U-R-K-I-Y-E.

Shareholders of German energy company Uniper have approved a rescue package for the gas supplier, clearing the way for its nationalization.

The European Central Bank has slowed its record pace of interest rate increases.

A new report says the war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a sharp spike in the number of journalists killed in 2022 over the previous year.

A video released by the Russian state media showed WNBA star Brittney Griner before she was handed over to U.S. authorities.

WNBA star Brittney Griner was freed Thursday after being detained in Russia for nearly 10 months.

EU leaders and their counterparts in the Western Balkans have worked to strengthen their partnership during a summit in Albania as Russia's war in Ukraine threatens to reshape the geopolitical balance in the region.

Finland’s leader says it must give more weapons and support to Ukraine to ensure it wins its war against Russia.

The United States is sending another $400 million in ammunition and generators to Ukraine.

Towering clouds of ash and glowing lava are spewing from two volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and scientists say major eruptions could be on the way.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has downplayed Qatar’s last minute ban on the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums as nothing more than a brief inconvenience to spectators.

The Australian government confirmed that Novak Djokovic has been granted a visa to compete in the Australian Open in January a year after he was deported over his stance against COVID-19 vaccination.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that 100 Canadians have been added to the list of people banned from entering the country in response to sanctions against Russia by Canada.

A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin isn’t happening, but the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing tensions between China and the West will be at the fore when leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in tropical Bali this week.

Supply chains, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impact of COVID-19 are top of mind for U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as she prepared to meet with Indian leaders in New Delhi.

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has paid an official visit to Moldova and announced a 250 million-euro (-dollar) support package to help the small nation overcome an acute winter energy crisis amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers is forecasting that Europe’s biggest economy will shrink by 0.2% next year after growing by 1.7% in 2022.

President Emmanuel Macron says France’s military strategy must strengthen the country as an independent, respected, nuclear-armed power through the end of the decade.

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Iran’s foreign minister has acknowledged for the first time that his country has supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

Some U.S. officials have heightened concern that Russia could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine following an assessment from the National Intelligence Council.

BP’s earnings have more than doubled in the third quarter as the London-based energy giant benefited from high oil and natural gas prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The German economy grew in the third quarter, an unexpectedly positive performance powered largely by private spending.

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6% annual rate from July through September, snapping two straight quarters of contraction and overcoming high inflation and interest rates just as voting begins in midterm elections in which the economy’s health has emerged as a paramount issue.

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Lainey Wilson and a Garbage anthology, the video on demand releases of horror films “Pearl” and “Barbarian” and the latest installment of the “Call of Duty” video game franchise.