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Russia has increased its use of air power in support of artillery and ground troops who are fighting to expand their territory in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, including in the...

AL-IBEDIYYA, Sudan — In a scorched, gold-rich area 200 miles north of the Sudanese capital, where fortunes spring from desert-hewn rock, a mysterious foreign operator dominates the business.Locals call it “The Russian...

SEOUL — North Korea launched a ​barrage of ​short-range ballistic missile​s toward the waters off its east coast on Sunday, a day after the United States and South Korea completed a joint...

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — As Ukrainian troops tried to claw back territory and stave off a blistering Russian assault along the country’s embattled eastern front, the government on Saturday sought also to repel...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, a large candlelight vigil was held in Hong Kong each June 4, to commemorate those killed when Chinese soldiers crushed the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.On Saturday,...

DAKAR, Senegal — A meeting on Friday between the head of the African Union and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia highlighted the acute needs each one hopes the other can fill:...

RENO, Nev. — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called out several American cities for having sister cities in Russia during a video address to the United States Conference of Mayors meeting on...

Fifteen thousand dead and far more wounded. About 6 million refugees. Half of businesses closed and 4.8 million jobs lost. More than 1.5 million people displaced internally. At least $100 billion in...

Great Paul, cast in the late 1800s, weighs over 16 tons.Credit...Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis, via Getty ImagesLONDON — The history of Great Paul, the St. Paul’s Cathedral bell that was rung for a service...

LONDON — With columns of Scots and Irish guards, throngs of Union Jack-clad admirers and waves of aircraft roaring overhead, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 70 years on the throne Thursday, earning tributes...