U.S., China agree to post-election Xi, Biden call, extend military talks
1 of 2 | Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) speaks Tuesday before talks with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan at Yanqi lake…
Britain, Germany announce new treaty to move relationship beyond Brexit
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz inaugurated negotiations for a new treaty as part of a post-Brexit reset in relations…
North Korea tests upgraded rocket launcher in threat to Seoul and possible demonstration for Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of an upgraded multiple rocket launcher, state-run media reported Wednesday. The 240 mm artillery shells pose…
Kim Jong Un oversees ‘suicide drone’ test while U.S., South Korea hold joint military drills
1 of 4 | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees a performance test of various drones during a visit to the Drone Institute of…
China threatens to take ‘necessary measures’ over U.S. sanctions
United States President Joe Biden meets with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China in November 2023, in Woodside, Calif. On Sunday, Beijing…
British security adviser killed, 2 journalists hurt in attacke on Ukraine hotel
Ukrainian rescuers work at Saphire Hotel after a missile strike in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Photo by State Emergency Service of Ukraine/EPA-EFE Aug.…
RFK Jr. blames ‘media censorship,’ plans to campaign for Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is suspending his campaign for the presidency while in in Phoenix on Friday. Kennedy went on to endorse Republican…
Pope Francis condemns Ukraine’s ban of Russian-linked Orthodox Church
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Pope Francis meet on the sidelines of a working session during the G7 Summit in Savelletri, Italy, on Friday,…
Ukraine, Russia exchange 230 prisoners of war
Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces during the recent military incursion into the Kursk region wait inside their cells somewhere in Ukraine on Aug.…
Zelensky says war ‘returning home’ to Russia in Independence Day speech
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte (not pictured) in Kyiv, Ukraine,…
U.S. imposes new Russia sanctions on hundreds of people and entities
The U.S. Treasury Department Friday added nearly 400 people and entities to sanctions already imposed on Russia for its invasion and ongoing war against Ukraine.…
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s China trip could lead to Biden-Xi meeting
1 of 4 | National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with senior officials in China during a trip there next week. File Photo by…
Pentagon sends more weapons to Ukraine ahead of its Independence Day
Ammunition for U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, are part of a new tranche of weapons sent to Ukraine by the United States,…
Russia repels Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, city’s mayor says
Russia on Wednesday accused the Ukrainian military under President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of launching a drone attack on Moscow overnight. File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI |…
Russia bans Clooney Foundation as ‘undesirable’
Russia on Monday banned the justice foundation founded by actor George Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, on accusations of trying to…
Ukrainian troops blow up second bridge in western Russian territory in Kurk
A building is damaged after the invasion of Ukraine forces into the Kursk region, Russia, on Sunday. Photo by EPA-EFE Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Ukrainian…
Canada says Ukraine can use donated tanks in Russia
1 of 3 | Ukraine's armed forces are now authorized to use donated Canadian military equipment like the Leopard tank (German version pictured) inside Russian…
Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha, says President Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine listens during an event hosted by President Joe Biden on the Ukraine Compact at the 2024 North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
Britain: Ukraine permitted to use U.K.-donated weapons in Russia ground offensive
Russian servicemen fire a Russian Giatsint-S self-propelled gun toward Ukrainian positions on Wednesday as fighting entered an eighth day in a counter-offensive in which Ukraine…
Russia sentences American-Russian woman Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in prison
American-Russian ballerina Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia on Thursday. Photo by Stringer/EPA-EFE Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Former ballerina Ksenia…