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Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Why the Johannesburg Apartment Building Was a Firetrap It may take time to determine what started an apartment fire in Johannesburg early Thursday mornin…

The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey are set to discuss a plan that Moscow is pitching as an alternative to the grain deal that it abandoned about six weeks ago. The Kremlin’s alternative appears aimed at helping i…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished For the first time, Chile's government will search for the remains of hundreds…

In what appeared to be one of the largest-scale drone attacks on Russia in months, military transport planes were damaged near the country’s border with Estonia, a Russian official said. Separately, in Ukraine, at least…

With Multiple Battles, Russia and Ukraine Puzzle Over Where to Put Troops Russian forces have drawn closer to Kupiansk, in northeastern Ukraine, prompting stepped-up calls for civilians to flee and reflecting the hard ch…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Preyed On by Gangs: Gun Violence Surges Within Israel’s Arab Communities At least 155 Arab citizens have died this year in violence largely attributed to…

Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia, appeared in a video released on Monday by a Kremlin-backed news network, giving his family a chance to see him for the first time in three years. Follow our updates on the w…

Ukraine Says It Retook a Village, a Win That Highlights the Rough Going Ukraine’s military said on Monday that its forces had retaken the southern village of Robotyne, a tactical victory that underlines the immense chall…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Spanish Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Soccer Official Who Kissed Player Spanish prosecutors said that they had opened an investigation into whether Luis…

The Russian authorities officially confirmed the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader, on Sunday. Genetic testing showed that the victims of a plane crash last week matched all the names on the jet’s m…

Leaderless and Exposed, Russia’s Wagner Faces an Uncertain Future Its leader is officially dead, as is its founding commander. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is claiming it doesn’t exist. Wagner, the once-powerful…

Ukrainian Commander Urges More Defenses in the Northeast As Kyiv and Washington debate where Ukraine should commit troops along the war’s front line, Ukraine’s top general in the east has called for more reinforcements i…

With Prigozhin’s Death, Putin Projects a Message of Power After the crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane on Wednesday, the Kremlin appears to be sending the message that no degree of effectiveness and achievement can prote…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Dozens of Arson Arrests After Greek Fire Sets Record for E.U. Firefighters are battling blazes near Athens and in a region where about 180,000 acres have…

Dmitri Utkin, a Leader of the Wagner Mercenaries Dmitri Utkin, a longtime lieutenant to the Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and the man whose nom de guerre inspired the name of their private military outfit, W…

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tycoon who built a private paramilitary force that fought on Russia’s behalf in Ukraine and Africa and later staged a short-lived mutiny, was widely believed to be dead on Thursday, a day after a p…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: BRICS Group Announces New Members, Expanding Its Reach The BRICS club of emerging nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — was at a cros…

Explosion Likely Brought Down Plane Believed to Be Carrying Mercenary Leader, U.S. Officials Say American and other Western officials said an explosion on a plane believed to be carrying the Russian mercenary leader Yevg…

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner founder who staged an aborted mutiny in June, was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed on Wednesday in Russia, the nation’s aviation authorities said. Prigozhin’s fate was not immed…

Russia demotes Surovikin, a top general tied to Prigozhin. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine was removed from his post as the chief of Russia’s Air Force, in what appears to be Kreml…

Prigozhin Listed as Passenger on Plane That Crashed, Killing All Aboard Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group who staged a brief mutiny against Russia’s military leadership in June, was listed as a…

Russia said Ukraine targeted the Moscow region with drones for a sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, damaging a building under construction in a skyscraper complex in the Russian capital. Follow our updates on the war in…

Russia says one attack was near a gas platform and one was near Snake Island. Russia said on Tuesday that its air force had destroyed two small Ukrainian naval vessels in the Black Sea in the past day, in apparent incide…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: All Passengers Rescued From Dangling Cable Car in Pakistan In a dramatic rescue, Pakistani security forces on Tuesday said that they had plucked eight pe…

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner chief who led a short-lived mutiny against Russia's military in June, emerged in an unverified video posted on Telegram, appearing to recruit for the group’s operations in Africa. Follow our…

Dueling Tours for Influence as Ukraine War Scrambles Alliances The diplomatic ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine played out on Monday from the Middle East to the Baltics and northern Europe as leaders jockeye…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: The BRICS Club of Emerging Nations Debates Letting Others In The group of nations known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — repres…

Ukrainian drones targeted the Moscow region early on Monday, Russian officials said. Two drones briefly suspended flights at two airports in the capital, amid an intensifying campaign apparently aimed at bringing the war…

On the Front Line, Ukrainian Commanders Are Buoyed to Be on the Offensive In 18 months of war, Ukrainian land has mostly changed hands in sudden bursts, with Russia snatching a mass of territory at the start and Ukraine…

Deadly Russian Strike Hits City Center in Northern Ukraine A Russian missile slammed into the center of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 100, including 12 ch…