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Olympics chiefs say Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete as neutrals, but Ukraine opposes the move.

North Korea refutes allegations by the United States that it is supplying Russia with weapons in its ongoing military aggression against Ukraine.

The request for the jets comes just days after Germany committed to supplying Leopard 2 tanks.

Iran’s Defense Ministry says one of its factories was attacked by drones in the central city of Isfahan

Plans to treat more patients remotely and reports of racism faced by asylum seekers lead the papers.

A passenger bus has fallen into a ravine in northern Peru leaving at least 25 people dead and others injured

Israel’s rescue service says a gunman has opened fire in east Jerusalem, wounding at least two people

Pushing its illegal annexation claims, Russia said it would move the clocks an hour ahead in occupied areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

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The foreign ministers of France and the Netherlands have paid an official visit to a military base in Romania where both nations station troops as a part of a NATO battlegroup that was bolstered in the wake of Russia’s invasion of neighboring 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.

Criticism of the war in Ukraine is quickly stifled, and residents are quick to say they support drone production by Aeroscan, just not in their backyard.

Sen. Wicker plans to use his first floor speech as the top SASC Republican to note the high importance of making clear the United States' interest in Ukraine.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog says antisemitism is on the rise in the Western world and he is urging the European Union to ensure that Jews can live safely on the continent where the Holocaust took place

A 16-year-old in Denmark has been charged with joining an international neo-Nazi group and having tried to recruit another person to the group, which Danish authorities described as a terrorist group

One person died and two others were injured after strikes in Kyiv, the city's mayor says.

The French foreign ministry says it is recalling its ambassador to Burkina Faso for consultations, one day after Paris decided to withdraw troops from the West African country following a demand by its military rulers

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched a wave of missile and self-exploding drone attacks on the country

Politicians and journalists are being targeted with espionage attacks, the UK government is warning.

The decision puts a spotlight on how Ukrainians are mourning not just the loss of life but also the loss of cultural heritage across their country.

The United Nations says it needs $4.3 billion to fund its humanitarian activities in war-torn Yemen this year

Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, President Biden said the U.S. will send 31 Abrams tanks to support Ukraine in its battle against Russia’s invasion. In his remarks, Biden also praised German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for agreeing to contribute tanks to support Ukraine, saying, “Germany has really stepped up.”

Greek authorities say a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 has struck off the coast of the southeastern Greek island of Rhodes

Washington is expected to announce plans to deliver M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, and Germany said it will send some of its Leopard 2 tanks to the battlefield.

Egypt’s top religious institution has called on Muslims world over to boycott Swedish and Dutch products over the desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in the two European countries

The European Court of Human Rights is to say whether it will hear a case about Moscow's role in the crash.

Many of Wednesday's papers look at calls for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut taxes and Germany's decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

Germany has been under pressure over its reluctance to send the battle tanks to Ukraine.

The world is closer to catastrophe than it ever has been, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said on Tuesday. The group's experts called out Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other threats.

Buckingham Palace says U.K. Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank are expecting their second child this summer

Officials in the president's office and defense ministry lost their jobs as Kyiv moved to zero tolerance for corruption that could shake the confidence of Western supporters

Turkey has raised new objections to Sweden joining the military alliance after some anti-Turkish protests in Stockholm, including one where a Quran was burned.

The German-made battle tank may be a highly prized piece of military technology, but the logistic networks that could support it may be even more important.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is insisting on the deployment of an international specialized armed force to Haiti and calling on governments to consider halting deportations as the country’s situation spirals

Sean Penn’s film about the war in Ukraine, “Superpower,” will have its world premier at this year’s Berlin film festival

Russia has about 550 high-precision missiles left, or about 20% of the number it had before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate spokesman Vadym Skybytskyi said in an interview with news website Delfi on Jan. 20.

Western allies including Poland and Germany remain in a standoff as Ukraine asks for tanks to aid in the fight against Russia in eastern Ukraine.

Schiaparelli kicked off haute couture season with plenty of glamor and exaggerated silhouettes ahead of the highly anticipated show by powerhouse Christian Dior

The European Union has agreed to dispatch a civilian mission to Armenia to help boost security around its border and improve relations with neighboring Azerbaijan

Poland has said it will ask Germany for permission to send its Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

Russia has passed a new law banning so-called "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations".

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, claimed that "Russia will struggle, and there should be no illusions". Source: Medvedev on Telegram Quote: "The Ramstein meeting and allocation of heavy armament to Kyiv leave no doubt that our enemies will be trying to exhaust us for an indefinite amount of time, or better yet, to destroy us.

Buckingham Palace plans a weekend of community events and voluntarism to mark the coronation of King Charles III

A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake has shaken northern Argentina but there are no immediate reports of damages

Authorities in southern Germany say efforts to put out a fire on a train turned into a spectacular chase after the driverless diesel engine began taking off toward Austria of its own accord

Russia used an old Soviet anti-ship missile to attack an apartment complex in Dnipro, Ukraine, killing at least 40 civilians, officials said.

The judge called the March 2022 lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others "frivolous".

As defense ministers meet to discuss support for Ukraine, Germany is still refusing to allow its Leopard battle tanks to be used by Kyiv.

Foreign military ships can legally enter the U.S. exclusive economic zone. But the Pentagon said it is “precarious timing" for a Russian vessel to be there.

A Russian news video showing Serbians being trained to fight in Ukraine prompts fury in Belgrade.

Nine European nations promise more artillery and missiles, ahead of a major donor conference on Friday.

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.

Ukraine's capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war as Russia’s invading forces fired dozens of missiles across the country.

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

Russia’s Federal Security Service release footage Thursday showing WNBA star Brittney Griner during her time in a Russian prison.

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.

WNBA star Brittney Griner has arrived in San Antonio after being released in the U.S.-Russia prisoner swap.

San Antonio health care experts anticipate Brittney Griner could undergo an immediate acute medical response.

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

Griner, who was released by Russia on Thursday in exchange for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, will be taken to a medical center in San Antonio for a routine evaluation, according to reports from NBC and Politico.

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 an additional $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.

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.

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.

House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy warns that Republicans will not write a “blank check” for Ukraine if they win back the House majority.

The European Union has approved a military training mission in Europe for thousands of Ukrainian troops.

The European Union is set to announce next week that it is setting up a military training mission in Europe for thousands of Ukrainian troops.

Fox plans to avoid coverage of Qatar’s controversial treatment of migrant workers during World Cup broadcasts, much as it didn’t address criticism of Russia’s government during the 2018 tournament.

Saudi Arabia says that the U.S. had urged the kingdom to postpone a decision by OPEC and its allies — including Russia — to cut oil production.

The head of Britain’s cyber-intelligence agency is accusing China of using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at home and exert control abroad.

Debate over how to handle a North Korean ballistic missile launch over Japanese territory has again split an already deeply fractured U.N. Security Council.

Belarus’ opposition leader says she believes that Russian military setbacks in Ukraine could shake the hold on power of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

The heads of nine central and eastern European NATO members issued a joint statement backing a path to membership for Ukraine in the U.S.-led security alliance.

Venezuela’s government has freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicolás Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions.

A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.

The Biden administration should create an additional senior-level position at the White House National Security Council to focus on cases of Americans wrongfully detained in foreign countries.

Authorities say a gunman has killed 17 people and wounded 24 others in a school in central Russia.

The U.N. food chief is warning that the world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm" when it comes to hunger.

Britain’s government has confirmed it is lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country’s energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Germany’s foreign minister is putting pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to decide soon whether to supply Ukraine with advanced tanks as it seeks to reclaim more of its captured territory from Russia.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to cap the revenue of electricity producers that are making extraordinary profits because of the effects of the war in Ukraine and climate change.

Pope Francis has begged for an end to Russia’s “senseless and tragic war” in Ukraine as he arrived in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.

A federal judge in Florida has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former top FBI officials, rejecting the former president’s claims that they and others acted in concert to concoct the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his administration.

Frances Tiafoe calls his run to the U.S. Open semifinals ‘a Cinderella story.

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has ruled out a windfall tax on oil companies to pay for her plans to tackle the energy crisis.