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Troop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say The total number of troop deaths and injuries in the Ukraine war is nearing 500,000, U.S. officials said, a staggering toll over 18 months. Read m…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: In ‘Land of Sharks,’ Anticorruption Crusader is on Cusp of Presidency Can an intellectual on an anti-graft crusade win the presidency in a nation sliding…

Russia said its air defenses intercepted a Ukrainian drone over central Moscow which then hit a building in an area not far from the Kremlin early on Friday. No one was injured, and the building that was hit was not resi…

‘We Pray’: Frontline Villagers in Ukraine Hunker Down as Shells Rain Small villages along a buffer area between Ukrainian and Russian positions on the Zaporizhzhia front have come under increasingly heavy bombardment. De…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: How Narco Traffickers Unleashed Violence and Chaos in Ecuador Ecuador has struggled for years with drug trafficking because of its geographic location, f…

A civilian cargo ship appeared to have safely sailed out of Ukrainian waters in the Black Sea early Thursday after departing the port of Odesa, the first to do so since Russia's warning that it would view vessels traveli…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Thai Court Rejects Top Candidate’s Bid for Prime Minister Pita Limjaroenrat won a surprise victory in the general election, but his attempts to form a go…

Russia attacked a Ukrainian port on the Danube River with drones early Wednesday, damaging granaries and warehouses used to export grain, Ukrainian officials said. Follow our updates on the war in Ukraine. Ukraine will s…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Typhoon Lan Knocks Out Power for Thousands in Western Japan Typhoon Lan pummeled western Japan on Tuesday, prompting local officials to issue evacuation…

Russia fired more than two dozen missiles across Ukraine early Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. The assaults hit two cities near the country’s western edge far from the front lines and killed at least three people. Fol…

At Least 5 Dead in Blast at Gas Station in Russia’s Dagestan Region At least five people were killed and 10 or more injured in an explosion at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala in the southern Russian region of Da…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Niger’s Junta Vows to Prosecute Deposed President for Treason The military junta that seized power in Niger said it would prosecute the deposed president…

Russia launched waves of missiles and attack drones at Odesa overnight, Ukrainian officials said. The Ukrainian military’s southern command said air defenses had intercepted eight cruise missiles and 15 attack drones. Fo…

Would F-16s Have Made the Difference in Ukraine’s Counteroffensive? The Biden administration waited more than a year before letting NATO countries send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. By the time pilots are trained on the…

Ukraine Makes ‘Tactically Significant’ Progress in Its Counteroffensive After months of inching through minefields, villages and open steppes in grueling combat, Ukrainian forces are making somewhat bigger advances along…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Decaying Tanker in Mideast Is Emptied of Oil, Averting Catastrophic Spill A U.N. operation to transfer more than one million barrels of oil from a decayi…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Presidential Candidate in Ecuador Is Assassinated During Rally Fernando Villavicencio, a presidential candidate in Ecuador who had been outspoken about t…

Ukraine targeted Moscow with two drones early Thursday, Russian officials said, the sixth reported attack this month on the capital and the surrounding region. Both were shot down outside the city. Follow our updates on…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: U.S. Nurse and Her Child Released by Kidnappers in Haiti Abductors have freed an American nurse working for a humanitarian organization in Haiti and her…

Two drones flying near Moscow were shot down overnight, Russian officials said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be the third attempted attack near the Russian capital in recent days. Follow our updates on the war in Ukr…

A Missile Strikes the Heart of a Ukrainian City — and Then Another In the center of a small Ukrainian city, rescuers shrouded in smoke and dust dug through what remained of buildings and bodies on Tuesday, looking for su…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: An Oil-Rich Ally Tests Its Relationship With the U.S. The United Arab Emirates, which has translated its wealth into outsize global influence, is divergi…

Rescuers in Ukraine resumed their search for survivors in Pokrovsk, a small eastern city where two missile strikes killed at least seven people on Monday. Follow updates on the war in Ukraine Ukraine’s security service s…

Foreign Ministers of China and Russia Confer After Jeddah Talks The foreign ministers of China and Russia conferred by phone on Monday, after Beijing participated in weekend talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the war…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Xi Rebuilt the Military to His Liking. Now a Shake-up Threatens Its Image Xi Jinping set out to clean up China's once corrupt military leadership a decad…

Ukraine replaced the Soviet emblem on the Motherland Monument, a 335-foot-tall statue that towers over Kyiv, with its own coat of arms. The change follows an effort to stamp out tributes to Russian power. Read more Ukrai…

Ukraine Strikes 2 Bridges Connected to Russian-Occupied Crimea Ukrainian forces struck two bridges connecting Russian-occupied Crimea to the rest of Ukraine on Sunday, part of a broader pattern of attacks on and around t…

Ukrainians Dismayed as Pope Declines to Condemn Russia at World Youth Day Since declining to name Russia as the aggressor early in the war, Pope Francis has repeatedly expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian people, even…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Receives a New 19-Year Sentence A Moscow court on Friday handed Aleksei Navalny, the jailed opposition leader, a…

Explosions hit a major Russian port city on the Black Sea early Friday, in what Russia’s defense ministry said was an attempt by Ukraine to attack a naval base with sea drones. Follow our updates on the war in Ukraine. A…