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Shifting US policy raises fears among Ukrainians of being left to face Russia alone

Rwandan-backed rebels have seized two regional capitals and several towns in recent weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pushed Kyiv to sign a critical minerals agreement while Washington pursues talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine. Ramping up criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in what has been a remarkable turn in U.S. policy and relations with Kyiv and Europe. Conversations with Michelle Michot Foss, Fellow in Energy, Minerals & Materials, at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Jamil Jaffer, President and Founder of the National...

Brown is only the second Black general to serve as chairman

News service claims free speech in its refusal to follow Trump order renaming Gulf of Mexico

Pontiff has maintained his sense of humor, says his medical team

Many North Korean soldiers are trained to attack the enemy from the rear rather than engage in front-line combat, analysts say 

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pushed Kyiv to sign a critical minerals agreement while Washington pursues talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine. Trump continued his criticism of Zelenskyy and said that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s trip to Kyiv last week to try to secure a deal to access Ukraine’s minerals was “a wasted trip.” What are rare earth minerals and why does the Trump administration want them as part of a deal to end the war? For insights, we speak with...

Mayor faults Crowley for not alerting her to the potentially explosive conditions

Until now, Hassan Nasrallah's body has been buried in a secret location

One tourist was injured; there was no immediate indication of a motive for the attack, which came two days before Germans vote in a national election

A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and three-time Grammy nominee, he was a voice for two major soul music hubs: Chicago and Philadelphia

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA — Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Friday to mark the seventh anniversary of the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee. The rallies are part of a wave of protests against the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. People in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava, observed a minute of silence to honor Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova, both age 27. They were shot to death at their home in the town of Velka Maca, east of Bratislava,...

State health officials have said this outbreak is Texas' largest in nearly 30 years

WASHINGTON — Moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to potentially gut programs aimed at supporting election security are not sitting well with key state election officials, who are now asking the Trump administration to reconsider. The National Association of Secretaries of State sent a letter Friday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warning that changes to the department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency could endanger future elections. “Information...

Multiple investigations, including by the United Nations, have shown that Rwandan forces are fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo alongside M23 rebels. The United States has also sanctioned several senior Rwandan commanders for aiding the M23 rebels in the DRC.

Mike Waltz, president's national security adviser, says at conservative conference that Volodymyr Zelenskyy will agree to deal 'in the very short term. And that is good for Ukraine' 

Jury also finds him guilty of assault of another man who was injured in the attack