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The Biden administration has approved supplying Ukraine with American anti-personnel mines to bolster defenses against Russian attacks as Ukrainian front lines in the country's east have buckled, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.

Russia said it’s prepared to discuss a potential cease-fire in Ukraine with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, even as the conflict intensifies on all fronts with the warring sides seeking to strengthen their hands ahead of any talks.

WASHINGTON — Two months before President-elect Trump moves into the White House again, President Biden has reportedly made a major change in U.S. policy toward Ukraine, authorizing it for the first time to use U.S.-supplied missiles to hit targets deeper inside Russia. Moscow responded angrily on Monday, with the Kremlin warning of potential escalation. Ukraine's public reaction was positive ...

Police in England are hunting for a pair of masked thieves who broke into a farm building on the royal family’s Windsor Castle estate not far from the cottage on the estate where the Prince and Princess of Wales live.

At least 8 people were killed in the Philippines due to typhoon Man-Yi, the sixth major tropical storm to batter the archipelago in a month, officials said on Monday.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone call Friday as the German leader urged the president to enter talks with Ukraine to end the war.

The Israeli military has carried out air strikes on more than 120 targets of the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon within 24 hours, it announced on Friday.

Israel is hoping Donald Trump’s return to the White House will lead to more cooperation in the Middle East, both on diplomacy and climate issues, an Israeli official said.

Ukraine’s allies will look to pressure China over North Korea’s growing support for Russia’s war during a Group of 20 Summit in Brazil, according to people familiar with the matter.

A group of Cuban-American Republicans is poised to play prominent roles in the upcoming Trump administration and Congress in the coming years, bringing to life the worst fear of the Cuban regime: that Cuban exiles and their descendants would be able to dictate U.S. policy toward the island.

The Biden administration is committed to ensuring “every dollar we have at our disposal” is pushed out to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.

Thirty-five people were killed after a Chinese driver rammed his car into a crowd in southern China, the nation’s deadliest attack in at least a decade as an economic slowdown sparks outbreaks of violence. A man surnamed Fan drove his small jeep into pedestrians outside a sports center in the city of Zhuhai at around 7:48 p.m. on Monday, state broadcaster China Central Television reported late ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of three ardently pro-Israel lawmakers for top foreign-policy jobs underscores that his focus will be on heightening support for Israel and boxing in Iran once he takes office.