Ukraine intensifies its long-range strikes, sinking Russian submarine and striking airfield
Kyiv — Ukraine has sunk a Russian submarine and hit a Russian airfield in the past 24 hours, in line with a surge of long-range attacksчитати
UK police face far-right rioters seeking to enter hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers
London — Police in the north of England town of Rotherham were struggling to hold back a mob of far-right rioters Sunday who were seeking toчитати
Italian coast guard: 2 migrants dead after rescue at sea
rome — Italy’s coast guard said Sunday two migrants died after they were rescued along with more than 30 others in the Mediterranean off the easternчитати
Ukraine now has F-16s; here’s what to know about the possible impact
KYIV, Ukraine — The American-made F-16 is an iconic fighter jet that’s been the front-line combat plane of choice for the NATO alliance and numerous airчитати
Al-Qaida affiliate says it has 2 Russian hostages in Niger, shows video
DAKAR, Senegal — Two men claiming to be Russian nationals and saying they were taken captive in Niger by militants linked to al-Qaida appeared in aчитати
Former Ukrainian tennis star puts sports training to use on front lines
Ukrainian tennis player Alex Dolgopolov was once ranked 13th in the world. But shortly after Russia invaded his homeland in 2022, he volunteered to fightчитати
Ukrainian military says it attacked Russian airfield, oil depots
KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s military said on Saturday it had attacked Russia’s Morozovsk airfield and several oil depots and fuel storage facilities in three Russian regionsчитати
French judo icon Teddy Riner wins 3rd individual Olympic gold
PARIS — The stands at Champs de Mars filled up quickly. One fan dressed in a white martial arts uniform waved a French flag back andчитати
Russian drone hits bus in Kharkiv region, injuring six, official says
KYIV — A Russian drone hit a bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region early on Friday, injuring six construction workers, including one who was in aчитати
Historic prisoner swap frees Americans imprisoned in Russia
Americans Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, Evan Gershkovich, and others are freed from Russian prisons in a deal involving 16 political prisoners exchanged for eight individualsчитати
For Ukraine’s Olympic athletes, war backdrops Paris Games
The war in Ukraine has killed hundreds of the country’s most promising athletes. But that hasn’t stopped Kyiv from sending a 140-member Olympic team toчитати
Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for Paris gold
SAINT-DENIS, France — The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn’t spent much time at home the last few years. Home for Yaroslavaчитати
Critics question Beijing-friendly donor’s ties to UK-China institute
London — A British organization that focuses on bringing more transparency to ties between China and the United Kingdom says one of the country’s biggest Chinaчитати
Poland marks 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising, honoring heroes of doomed fight for freedom
Warsaw — The Polish and German presidents bowed their heads to the cadence of a military drum as they paid tribute Thursday to Poles slaughtered byчитати
Online misinformation fuels tensions over deadly Southport stabbing attack
LONDON — Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of aчитати
Analysts question if Russian political prisoner movements signal imminent swap
Washington — The movement inside Russia of several high-profile political prisoners in recent days is fueling speculation that a prisoner swap with Western countries may beчитати
Advocates sound alarm over Kosovo’s new media law
Pristina, Kosovo/Washington — Journalists and media advocates are concerned that a new law in Kosovo could give the government greater control. The new law seeks toчитати
Former lead BBC news presenter pleads guilty to 3 counts of making indecent images of children
London — Huw Edwards, the BBC’s former top news presenter, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of making indecent images of children. The offenses he pleadedчитати
An ‘Undue Burden’
Prague/Washington — Portraits of Alsu Kurmasheva are scattered throughout the Prague apartment she shares with her husband and two daughters. But the journalist has not setчитати
Duty-hardened French troops face new challenge: Keeping Olympics safe
Only days into the Paris Olympics, France has already weathered attacks on its rail and internet service. But it’s also mounted a massive security umbrellaчитати
Ukraine’s Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence at Paris Games
Paris — The head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics — who must compete as neutrals —читати
3rd child dies after stabbing attack on UK dance class
LONDON — A 9-year-old girl wounded in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in northwestern England died Tuesday, bringing the deathчитати
Russia’s alleged sabotage attacks stoke fear among refugees in Europe
London police in April said they had charged two British men with aiding Russian intelligence following a suspected arson attack on a business with tiesчитати
Armenia steps up its push to pivot away from Moscow, look West
Armenia’s military exercises with the United States in July and increased diplomatic contacts with Western Europe suggest Yerevan continues its efforts to pivot away fromчитати
US announces new Ukraine aid package valued at up to $200 million
washington — The United States announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday that is valued at up to $200 million and includes airчитати
UK police arrest man after 8 stabbed in ‘deeply shocking’ incident
London — British emergency services said a man had been arrested after at least eight people were stabbed in Southport, northwest England, on Monday, with aчитати