Ukrainians are expressing disappointment as the U.S. may not provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.

President Donald Trump is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks at the White House on Friday.

Europe’s main center-left political group has kicked out the party of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico.

French police have detained four people suspected of plotting an attack on exiled Russian rights activist Vladimir Osechkin.

Mongolia’s parliament has ousted Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav in a power struggle within the ruling party.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has celebrated his country's role as the host for upcoming talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump is calling on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war.

Russia has launched a heavy bombardment on Ukraine's energy facilities, using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles.

India is looking to increase its purchases of crude oil and natural gas from the U.S. as it diversifies its energy supplies following criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump over its imports of discounted Russian oil.

President Donald Trump has announced plans to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally assured him that India will stop buying Russian oil.

A military coup this week in Madagascar forced the president into exile, joining a list of international leaders who fled their countries or went into hiding during uprisings to avoid incarceration or retaliation.

A Ukrainian government delegation has met with major American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit.

Syria’s interim leader, who led a swift rebel offensive last year that ousted former Syrian President Bashar Assad despite years of Moscow’s support, made his first visit to Russia and held talks with President Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have launched powerful glide bombs and drones against Kharkiv and hit a hospital.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to the United States this week for talks on the potential U.S. provision of long-range weapons.

President Donald Trump is warning Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn't settle its war there soon.

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power grid as part of an ongoing campaign to damage energy infrastructure before winter.

Power has been restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv, a day after Russia launched major attacks on Ukraine's power grid, causing widespread blackouts.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has showcased his military's most powerful weapons at a massive parade attended by foreign leaders.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel prize, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year.

First lady Melania Trump says eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The White House is responding bitterly to President Donald Trump being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize despite efforts from Republicans and world leaders.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded what he called his country’s fight against a U_S_-led military threat and vowed to turn North Korea into “the best socialist paradise in the world."

President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a state visit to Tajikistan, a three-day trip that includes a series of meetings with leaders of other nations that once were part of the Soviet Union.

The Kremlin has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about Russia’s offer to extend the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, saying it raises hope for keeping the pact alive after it expires in February.

Ukraine has launched long-range drone and missile attacks on key Russian targets.

Israeli and Hamas officials are holding indirect talks in an Egyptian resort on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza.

Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino agreed to hold the World Cup draw in Washington, D.C. This decision was forged during a conversation at a Club World Cup match.

Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused the opposition of trying to overthrow his government.

Georgia's police have used water cannons and pepper spray to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace.

Hungary remains firm in maintaining its supplies of Russian oil and gas, even as the European Union accelerates efforts to cut Russian energy imports.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been trading barbs using the term "paper tiger," a phrase popularized by the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong.

The Association of American Publishers is honoring a Russian publishing house for its fight against censorship.

Georgia has been facing a wave of protests against its government's repressive policies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield.

French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must take a tougher approach on Russia by shooting down drones the violate European airspace and boarding Moscow's shadow fleet ships.

French authorities have announced the captain of an oil tanker linked to Russia's shadow fleet will face trial in February.

A senior North Korean diplomat is reiterating that his country won’t give up its nuclear weapons despite numerous international demands to do so.

NATO is ramping up aerial surveillance in the Baltic Sea.

Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant entered its fifth day running on emergency generators Saturday, creating mounting safety concerns at Europe’s largest nuclear facility.

Russia’s top diplomat is insisting to world leaders that Russia has no intention of attacking Europe.

Just back from a congressional delegation trip to Ukraine, a senior Republican says he’s more optimistic that the country can succeed in the war with Russia.

Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne takeover of Taiwan, according to a UK-based defense forum.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says Hungary will keep buying fossil fuels from Russia despite demands from President Donald Trump.

Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia have reached an unprecedented scale, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has held talks with Pakistan's prime minister at the White House.

The exiled head of Belarus’ opposition told The Associated Press that she thinks the country's iron-fisted leader Alexander Lukashenko wants to fool U.S. President Donald Trump using gestures like prisoner releases.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is telling world leaders that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history."

Ukrainians have reacted cautiously to U.S. President Donald Trump's unexpected shift in stance on their war with Russia.

A jury has found Ryan Routh guilty of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year.

President Donald Trump says he believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia.

President Donald Trump has returned to the United Nations to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless institution.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year after the last remaining nuclear pact with the U.S. expires.

Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of deadly drone strikes on civilian areas as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipates a busy week at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc was crowned the winner of the newly revamped Intervision song contest — a Russian answer to Eurovision that some say is as much about politics and power as it is about performance.

President Donald Trump likes to project dominance and confidence on the world stage, but lately he's been expressing more frustration and disappointment.

In all the stunning things about ABC’s swift removal of Jimmy Kimmel, its longtime late-night host and Oscars-hosting face of the network, perhaps the least surprising was that a comedian was again at the center of a battle over free speech.

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine.

The outgoing head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has given a wide-ranging speech on the threats facing the West as he prepares to leave office later this month.

Estonia has summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace without permission.

Russia is a key supplier of military goods to Vietnam, providing it with fighter jets, tanks and ships.

Russia and Vietnam have developed a mechanism to conceal arms deal payments to avoid American and other Western sanctions, using profits from joint energy-sector ventures to pay for defense contracts, according to internal Vietnamese documents obtained by The Associated Press.

President Donald Trump has suggested he's working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

Congressional Democrats have unveiled a bill that would bolster free speech protections against government officials.

President Donald Trump has ended his visit to the United Kingdom by expressing gratitude for the royal treatment he received.

The widow of Alexei Navalny says that two independent labs have found that her husband was poisoned shortly before his death in an Arctic penal colony in Russia.

Russia moved quickly to exploit conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death at a Utah college, with groups linked to the Kremlin spreading false and misleading claims that experts say are designed to incite violence.

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have bombarded the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine with rockets.

Donald Trump has arrived in the United Kingdom, where he'll become the first U_S_ president to get a second state visit to the U_K_ As Trump left the White House on Tuesday, he noted that during his past state visit he was hosted at Buckingham Palace and this time he'll be at Windsor Castle, which he says people call “the ultimate.”.

A swarm of Russian drones flew last week into Poland in what officials there regarded as a deliberate provocation.

The United States, South Korea and Japan have begun an air and naval exercise off a South Korean island in their latest joint drill condemned by North Korea as a “reckless show of strength.”.

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas is worried that Russia's escalation of its invasion of Ukraine could lead to World War III.

Officials say Ukrainian drones have struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries and sparked a fire.

President Donald Trump says he believes the Russian-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation.

NATO says it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment.

Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters have demonstrated outside the Royal Opera House in London against a performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko.

Russia and Belarus have launched a long-planned joint military exercise involving thousands of troops that has raised concern in the West.

European leaders have expressed alarm over growing Russian hostility threatening their countries as Moscow’s forces pursue their invasion of Ukraine, concerns exacerbated after multiple Russian drones struck Polish soil.

Sister Vassa Larin is an American nun who is best known for teaching about the Eastern Orthodox faith to thousands of viewers on YouTube.

President Donald Trump has offered an ambiguous initial response to Russia’s drone incursion into Poland’s airspace.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says that Europe must stake claim to its independence in the face of challenges from Russia, new and hostile trade realities and other major powers.

International Criminal Court prosecutors has begun presenting evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first in absentia hearing.

U.S. and European officials have met at the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil.

North Korea says it conducted the final ground test of a solid-fuel rocket engine for a long-range ballistic missile in its latest advancement toward having an arsenal that could viably threaten the continental United States.

The Czech Republic’s counterintelligence agency says it has broken up a spy network being built by Belarus.

Ukrainian officials have led 60 foreign diplomats on a tour of damaged government offices in Kyiv.

President Donald Trump often uses hyperbole to describe his achievements and challenges.

The 82nd Venice Film Festival has wrapped up, but the buzz continues.

Nigel Farage has made a bold pitch to his Reform UK party, echoing themes that helped Donald Trump rise to power.

Jim Jarmusch's film “Father Mother Sister Brother” has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Confusion has emerged over Trump administration plans to halt some security assistance funding to European countries along the border with Russia.

European officials, led by EU sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan, plan to visit the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, particularly while its invasion is still ongoing, would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow's forces.

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever all ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned.

Fox News seemed to be dealt a crippling blow in a $787 million settlement of a libel lawsuit more than two years ago, but has instead thrived.

The deadly strike on a boat U.S. officials say was carrying drugs from Venezuela may have marked a stunning shift, but escalating pressure on the South American country has defined much of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s quarter-century in politics.

French President Emmanuel Macron says that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia.