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One of Libya’s rival governments has signed preliminary economic and maritime deals with Turkey in a move that has inflamed tensions with the other administration

Greece’s defense minister says his country has the right to take “all defensive measures” to protect its easternmost islands amid threats by neighboring Turkey that dispute Greek sovereignty rights and raise the specter of war.

The United States is preparing for a protracted conflict in Ukraine, more than doubling its commitment of powerful long-range rocket artillery systems.

Greece's migration minister says refugees recognized by individual EU nations should be allowed to live anywhere in the bloc.

Men are fleeing Russia by land or air days after President Vladimir Putin said he was mobilizing more forces into Ukraine. NPR met Russians arriving in Turkey, where they don't need visas to enter.

A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken in the past seven days.

Military-aged men have joined an exodus from Russia on the second full day of a partial military mobilization

Military-aged men fled Russia in droves Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine following the Kremlin's partial military mobilization. The lines of cars were so long at the border with Kazakhstan that some people abandoned their vehicles and proceeded on foot — just as some Ukrainians did after Russia invaded their country on Feb. 24. Among those who reached Turkey was a 41-year-old who landed in Istanbul with a suitcase and a backpack and plans to set up a new life in Israel.

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Before the war, Ukraine and Russia accounted for almost a quarter of global grain exports until those shipments came to a severe halt for nearly six months.

Ukraine has completed a high-profile prisoner swap that culminated months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in the port of Mariupol during a months-long Russian siege.

Tickets out of Moscow to some destinations sold out after Russian President Putin's address on Wednesday.

Attorney General Merrick Garland and his Ukrainian counterpart, Andriy Kostin, signed an agreement Tuesday aimed at formalizing cooperation over joint efforts to prosecute alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces.

The traces found in jugs in Israel could have been used as a send-off for the dead 3,400 years ago.

The visit by German regional lawmakers stands to reinforce Kremlin propaganda about Russia's hold over two separatist areas in occupied eastern Ukraine.

A Russian rocket hit just 300 yards from the reactors of Ukraine's second biggest nuclear power plant in Mykolaiv region, officials said, disabling three high-voltage electricity lines and a hydropower unit.

The St. Javelin meme is inspired by the Virgin Mary, who despite being known for peace, can be found in centuries of war art.

Putin tells Indian prime minister he will try to end conflict but blamed Ukraine for refusing to negotiate.

The new export controls bring the United States in line with Europe, which tightly controlled fentanyl exports to Russia in June. Russian forces used fentanyl as a knockout gas in a hostage-taking tragedy in 2002.

World leaders are intensifying diplomatic efforts to stop a full-blown war.

Republican senators are urging the Biden administration to move more quickly to spend funds they authorized to blunt the global toll of the war in Ukraine, singling out the delivery of humanitarian aid as a major bottleneck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Izyum in the Kharkiv region as economic data showed sanctions taking a bite out of Russia's oil and gas revenue.

A flare-up in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has killed 155 troops on both sides since early Tuesday.

Russia has funneled at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates since 2014 to shape political events beyond its borders, according to a U.S. review.

In liberated towns and villages, occupation officials were already imposing Russian school curriculum.

Whether Ukraine's gains are permanent depends on Russia’s next moves, especially whether President Vladimir Putin calls up additional military forces.

Greece’s prime minister says he cannot imagine that tensions with neighboring NATO ally Turkey could ever escalate into armed conflict.

One of two lesbians sentenced to death in Iran had spoken to the BBC about her hopes for the future.

Russia's defense ministry confirmed a major retreat from Izyum and other occupied areas of Kharkiv region as a Ukrainian offensive shifted momentum in the war

First-person videos verified by The Post offer a rare glimpse of tense fighting in a war largely defined by long-range artillery.

In a brave display of resistance, local lawmakers in northern Russia called on the State Duma to censure President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. Instead, the lawmakers were quickly brought up on criminal charges, accused of discrediting the Russian army.

There are fears that with the coming of winter and skyrocketing energy prices, popular European sentiment will turn against supporting Ukraine.

The high-speed, anti-radiation missiles known as HARMs are intended to bolster the Ukrainian military's aerial-attack capabilities.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during an unannounced visit, pledged support to help Ukraine's military recapture territory seized by Russian invaders.

In an article for Ukraine's state news agency, army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi acknowledged that his forces were behind strikes on Russian bases in Crimea last month.

Ukraine’s president says tons of grain from his country will arrive in the coming weeks in Somalia, where famine approaches and the global crises of food security and climate change put millions at risk

Ukraine’s president says tons of grain from his country will arrive in the coming weeks in Somalia, where famine approaches and the global crises of food security and climate change put millions at risk.

The International Atomic Energy Agency found extensive damage at the plant and warned of a “catastrophic” threat from shelling.

Chichi the chimp became a minor social-media sensation after fleeing Kharkiv zoo. She was coaxed back by a raincoat, a hug and a bike ride.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog issued its first report since international inspectors visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine last week.

Russian state gas giant Gazprom has shut down natural gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline ferrying the fuel to Germany, citing technical issues.

ALONA MAZURENKO - MONDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER, 2022, 21:43 In the event of an accident at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), radioactive contamination would primarily affect the south of Ukraine, including Crimea, and then move on to Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania.

Mykolaiv is the closest city to the Kherson region, where fighting has ramped up as Ukraine seeks to repel Russian troops.

The move leaves Europe at risk of severe energy shortages in the winter and the rest of the world bracing for price hikes.

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors arrived at Ukraine's embattled nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia to address fears of a radioactive disaster.

Ravil Maganov, 67, was being treated at the hospital after he suffered a heart attack.

Russia and its allies have subjected Ukrainians to an abusive “filtration” process and forcibly transferred hundreds of thousands to Russia, new reports say.

The move would make it more difficult and expensive for Russians to get visas, but falls far short of the blanket ban that some leaders are demanding.

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he hopes to set up a permanent mission at the embattled nuclear power plant.

The U.N. food agency says the first vessel carrying grain from Ukraine to war-torn Yemen since the war in Europe began has departed a Black Sea port

Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for strikes in Enerhodar, near Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, sparking fears of a Chernobyl-like disaster.

The Pentagon began in the spring to shift to maritime shipping to get weapons to Ukraine.

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The move set off a mass power outage in the adjacent area after fires damaged its last functioning transmission line, Ukraine’s nuclear power company said Thursday.

The attack underscored Russia’s targeting of transportation infrastructure, a strategy that has killed scores of bystanders during the war.

The British prime minister's unannounced visit to Kyiv shocked. But it didn't really surprise.

The latest package may be addressing some of the shortfalls in the weaponry Ukrainian forces would need to launch an offensive on Kherson.

Officials in southern Turkey say at least 15 people were killed when a passenger bus collided with emergency teams handling an earlier road accident.

An alleged member of an Islamic State hostage-taking cell nicknamed “The Beatles” has been charged with terrorism offenses in Britain on Thursday after being deported from Turkey.

Shipping companies aren't rushing to export millions of tons of trapped grain out of Ukraine, despite a breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea.

Business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh say more cooperation is needed among them to overcome dwindling foreign currency reserves, a growing energy crisis and supply chain disruptions.

Firefighters from Portugal and Spain to southern France and Croatia are battling a spate of wildfires scorching Europe amid an unusual heat wave that authorities link to climate change.

The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution extending humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million people in Syria’s rebel-held northwest for just 6 months in a victory for Russia.

The U.N. Security Council has failed to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest from Turkey after Russia vetoed a resolution for a year-long extension and got insufficient support for its resolution for a six-month extension.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that a wind-stoked wildfire that has been raging near a popular resort in southwestern Turkey has been “largely” brought under control.

Authorities in Turkey say heavy rains in the capital led to flooding that killed one person in the capital Ankara.

The World Bank has sharply downgraded its outlook for the global economy, pointing to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the prospect of widespread food shortages and concerns about the potential return of “stagflation” — a toxic mix of high inflation and sluggish growth unseen for more than four decades.

Ukraine’s president says Russian forces intend to capture Zaporizhzhia, a large city in the country’s southeast.

An international rights group says that Bulgarian authorities are attacking Afghan and other asylum-seekers, using police dogs and other violence to illegally push them back over the border into Turkey.

Ukrainian singer and former Eurovision song contest winner appealed to Turkey’s president to save Ukrainian fighters from the besieged city of Mariupol.

French judges have opened an investigation into torture allegations against Interpol president Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates.

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot activists say uncertainty over the safety of war-wracked Ukraine’s nuclear power plants has reignited concerns over a Russian-owned nuclear power station being built in a quake-prone area on Turkey’s southern coast.

President Joe Biden is commemorating the 107th anniversary of the start of what he calls “the Armenian genocide.”.

The U.S. and its allies are moving to prohibit financial transactions with Russia's Central Bank that involve Russian gold.

Riot police set up barricades and fired pepper gas to block demonstrators from joining an International Women’s Day march in central Istanbul.

Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions.

Israel’s president says any bid to improve strained ties between his country and Turkey won’t come at the expense of its “strategic relationship” with neighboring Cyprus.

A top European Union official says Turkey “has much to gain” if it works with the 27-member bloc to stem migrant arrivals from its airports and shores to the ethnically divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

Turkey’s annual inflation came in at nearly 49%, hitting a nearly 20-year high and further eroding people’s ability to buy even basic things like food.

European Union interior ministers have agreed to create a new decision-making body in efforts to beef up the 27-nation bloc’s borders, and to kick-start desperately needed reforms to the EU’s malfunctioning asylum system.

ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Energy have expanded their stake in potential oil and gas deposits off Cyprus.

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A powerful storm has pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15 million people.

Interpol has elected a contentious official from the United Arab Emirates as its new president during the international law enforcement body’s annual General Assembly held in Istanbul.

The world police agency meets in Istanbul this week to elect new leadership.

Kylian Mbappe’s four goals in an 8-0 rout of Kazakhstan ensured defending champion France reached next year’s World Cup along with victorious Belgium.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and for some, this might be the first time you’re seeing family members and friends in a long time.

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians is staying overnight in a New York City hospital after having a stent placement.

The U.S. and European Union have reached an agreement to settle their diplomatic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs.

A Group of 20 summit scheduled for this weekend in Rome is the first in-person gathering of leaders of the world’s biggest economies since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Greece has promised to link Egypt to the European Union’s energy market with an undersea cable that would carry electricity across the Mediterranean.

Greece’s prime minister says he has no intention of entering an arms race with Turkey and hopes to resolve differences with its neighbor through dialogue.

The European Union’s Home Affairs Commissioner says the 27-nation bloc could work out ways to stem the flow of migrants from Turkey to Cyprus and other EU countries when she holds high-level talks in Ankara next month.

The Dutch foreign minister has resigned after the lower house of parliament passed a motion of censure against the government over its handling of evacuations from Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover of the country.

A flight safety organization is warning that a Turkish drone base in ethnically divided Cyprus could increase safety risks for thousands of commercial flights that cross the airspace around the eastern Mediterranean island.

Germany’s foreign minister has arrived in Libya to reopen the country’s embassy in Tripoli.

Amnesty International says Syrian security forces have subjected Syrians who return home to detention, disappearance and torture.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the “retrograde vision” of Turkey’s president to cement Cyprus’ ethnic divide by striving for a two-state deal “is wrong” for all Cypriots.

More wildfires have broken out in hard-hit Greece, with two blazes triggering the evacuation of 11 villages southeast and northwest of Athens, the Greek capital.

Wildfires are raging uncontrolled through Greece and Turkey for yet another day, forcing thousands to flee by land and sea.