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DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine — Longstanding strongpoints of Ukraine’s defense in the east have come under intense attack in recent days, according to the Ukrainian Army and Western military analysts.That Ukrainian soldiers still hold...

CANBERRA, Australia — After years of being denounced as a laggard on climate change, Australia shifted course on Thursday, with the Lower House of Parliament passing a bill that commits the government...

WASHINGTON — For years the deliberate “strategic ambiguity” in Washington’s China policy has left unclear how the United States would respond to a full-scale, amphibious invasion of Taiwan.But an equally hard question...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, center, on Wednesday with the Siemens gas turbine intended for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Russia Credit...Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesStanding before a hulking metal turbine that...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan’s legislature in Taipei, the capital, on Wednesday.Credit...Ann Wang/ReutersAfter weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but understated on Wednesday...

Although much of the attention has been on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the real potential for a military showdown will come after she leaves.China’s military has said it would conduct...

Demonstrators for and against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan gathered outside the Grand Hyatt hotel, where she is staying during her visit, on Tuesday evening. TAIPEI, Taiwan — The news media...

There’s an unwritten code among sailors: Do not talk about politics and religion when at sea.But soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, it became clear to Andrian Kudelya, a 35-year-old sailor from Kyiv,...

The Razoni leaving the port of Odesa, Ukraine, on Monday.Credit...Oleksandr Gimanov/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBRUSSELS — The first ship laden with grains to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea ports since the Russian invasion...

WASHINGTON — The White House announced on Monday that the United States would send another $550 million in arms to Ukraine to help it fend off Russian invaders, increasing the total American...