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Russian President Vladimir Putin received assurances ahead of a planned visit to Mongolia that he won’t be arrested for alleged war crimes under a warrant from the International Criminal Court, according to two people familiar with the Kremlin’s preparations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed holding a summit in India aimed at ending the war with Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.

A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet crashed, killing its pilot, as it was fending off a barrage of Russian missiles, Ukraine’s military said Thursday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition agreed on a package to strengthen regulations on weapons including knives and to lower hurdles to deport criminal asylum seekers following a deadly knife attack last week.

Israel’s army said it killed five gunmen at their hideout in a West Bank mosque, adding to the death toll from an unusually large military operation in the Palestinian territory.

President Joe Biden approved the plan for delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza via a floating military pier despite warnings from within the U.S. government that rough waves could pose significant challenges and objections from officials who feared the operation would detract from a diplomatic push to compel Israel to open additional land routes into the war zone, according to an inspector general report published Tuesday.

Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank to combat what the army said was terrorist activity, the latest surge in hostilities in the Palestinian area since the start of the war in Gaza. Ten Palestinians have been killed and 11 have been injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, which said Israeli soldiers blocked access to hospitals and destroyed ...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a "pause" in the relationship with the United States and Canadian embassies after the ambassadors from those countries criticized his plan to dramatically overhaul the justice system.

Israeli security forces have rescued a male hostage who was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 and taken to Gaza.

Rebels launched coordinated bomb and gun attacks against security forces and civilians in south-western Pakistan, leaving at least 61 people dead, officials said on Monday, the country's deadliest day in months.

Ukraine said Russia fired more than 100 missiles and nearly as many drones at cities across the country on Monday in a massive attack against power infrastructure that caused blackouts and left at least three people dead.

Hours after 100 Israeli warplanes swooped over southern Lebanon, taking out thousands of Hezbollah missile launchers in what was called a preemptive strike, the Middle East braced for an expanded conflagration that could involve Iran and its allied militias.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signaled his backing for Ukrainian sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders even as he stood by his call for a diplomatic resolution to Russia’s war with the nation.

In recent days, the presence of Israeli troops along a narrow corridor in southern Gaza has become one of the most serious issues dividing Hamas and Israel as their cease-fire talks drag on.

ROME – The final body has been retrieved from the wreckage of a sunken yacht off Sicily, authorities said Friday, bringing to seven the number of people who died in the disaster.

KYIV, Ukraine – Her funeral would be “awesome,” the young Ukrainian combat medic said, if it went as she had planned.

Venezuela’s highest court ruled on Thursday that the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, won the July 28 presidential election, despite overwhelming evidence that Maduro’s opponent garnered the most votes.