Europe
US allies seek clarity on Ukraine support at Munich Security Conference
LONDON — Hundreds of world leaders and delegates are set to attend the Munich Security Conference in Germany this weekend, with conflicts in Ukraine, ...
US defense chief: Return to Ukraine’s 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told NATO military allies on Wednesday that Ukraine’s hoped-for return to its 2014 borders is an “unrealistic objective,” and ...
Trump vows to ‘immediately’ negotiate for end to Ukraine war
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he and Russia’s leader agreed in a phone call to “immediately” begin negotiations with Ukraine’s leader to bring an ...
Rubio heads to Munich amid diplomatic push for Ukraine peace deal
STATE DEPARTMENT — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to depart Thursday for Munich and later this week will visit the Middle ...
Trump’s ‘make peace or die’ message to Putin is deepfake — yet it fooled Russians
On Jan. 27, Andrey Isayev, a member of Russia’s State Duma (the lower house of parliament), accused U.S. President Donald Trump of trying to ...
Russia says some of the 300 fishermen stranded on ice floe refused evacuation
Some of the 300 Russian fishermen stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Western Pacific have refused evacuation, ...
US teacher returns home after being freed by Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed American teacher Marc Fogel to the White House late Tuesday after Fogel was freed from Russia where he had ...
Russia frees American schoolteacher Marc Fogel after four years
WASHINGTON — Russia released American schoolteacher Marc Fogel on Tuesday following an unannounced visit to Moscow by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and he ...
Russia frees American serving 14-year marijuana sentence
Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia since August 2021 for bringing medically prescribed marijuana into the country, was freed by Moscow on ...
Washington deems US woman wrongfully detained in Russia
The U.S. State Department has determined that dual U.S.-Russian national Ksenia Karelina, also known as Ksenia Khavana, was wrongfully detained in Russia. Karelina was ...
EU, Canada vow to stand firm against Trump’s tariffs on metals
The 27-nation European Union and Canada quickly vowed Tuesday to stand firm against U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to impose 25% tariffs on their ...
US military not ‘abandoning’ allies, defense chief says
WASHINGTON — World leaders are making a mistake if they conclude that an effort by U.S. President Donald Trump to review America’s global military ...
