Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and Russia has spent centuries fighting for it. World 18 Mar, 2025
Monte Cassino and brave Nepali Gurkhas 80 years is a whole life. Sometimes people are blessed with such an age and healthy memory that they will still recall what happened 80 years ago. Opinion 06 Nov, 2024
As Putin begins another 6-year term, he is entering a new era of extraordinary power in Russia With that level of power, what Putin will do with his next term is a daunting question at home and abroad. World 05 May, 2024
Aid approval brings Ukraine closer to replenishing troops struggling to hold front lines A win in Chasiv Yar, which had a prewar population of 12,000, would bring Russia one step closer to breaking that barricade. World 22 Apr, 2024
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100. World 30 Nov, 2023
Europe's drought exposes ancient stones, World War Two ships as waters fall Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures - and some unwanted hazards. World 20 Aug, 2022
Russia pounds eastern Ukraine, Putin to mark WWII anniversary Ukrainian and Russian forces were entrenched in eastern Ukrainian battlegrounds on Wednesday, a day of commemoration in both countries to mark the anniversary of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. World 22 Jun, 2022
Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines World 10 May, 2022
Missiles pound Ukraine's Odesa after Russia marks WW2 victory Buildings in Odesa lay in ruins on Tuesday, a day after Kremlin forces pounded the southern Ukrainian port with missiles and Russian President Vladimir Putin led defiant celebrations marking the Soviet's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. World 10 May, 2022
Russia to mark Soviet WW2 victory as Ukraine decries school bombing ​​​​​​​Kremlin forces bombed a village school in eastern Ukraine killing about 60 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russia prepared to mark the Monday anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. World 09 May, 2022
Russian bombing of Ukraine school kills 2, 60 feared dead - governor Russia's bombing of a school in the eastern Ukrainian village of Bilohorivka killed two people and left 60 in the debris feared dead, the governor of the Luhansk region said on Sunday. World 08 May, 2022
Ukraine Azovstal steelworks evacuation focuses on wounded, medics Evacuation efforts will focus on getting the wounded and medics out of Mariupol's bombed-out Azovstal steelworks after all the women, children and elderly trapped in the plant were brought to safety, said Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. World 08 May, 2022
