War in Ukraine
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Military
8/27/2022 9:44:47 PM
Kneeling in a patch of yellow wildflowers, a Chechen soldier carefully attaches an explosive device to the bottom of a small drone. Seconds later, it is released. It explodes next to two old storefront mannequins set up 200 meters (yards) away, one with a Russian-style military hat on its head.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/27/2022 3:41:36 PM
Concern about the potential for a radiation leak at Europe's largest nuclear power plant persisted as Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that Russian forces fired on areas just across the river and Russia claimed Ukrainian shelling hit a building where nuclear fuel is stored.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
8/27/2022 3:02:59 PM
Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe's largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, an act that has raised fears of a nuclear disaster.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/27/2022 1:39:30 PM
Russian forces fired missiles and artillery on Ukrainian-held areas across the river from Europe's largest nuclear power plant, authorities said Saturday as concern persisted about safety at the Russian-controlled plant after it was temporarily knocked offline.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
8/26/2022 6:19:14 PM
Poland and Slovakia on Friday inaugurated a gas pipeline linking their networks that could boost their energy security after Russia's war in Ukraine sparked a European energy crunch.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
8/26/2022 5:08:37 PM
It's an opening night like no other at Mykolaiv's theatre, with the audience ushered down into an underground shelter this week for the first performance since war broke out.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
8/26/2022 5:03:27 PM
French energy firm TotalEnergies said Friday it was divesting its stake in a Russian gas field that was reported this week to be providing fuel that ends up in Russian fighter jets.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/26/2022 2:53:34 PM
A team from the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine soon but more shelling was reported in the area overnight.
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Egypt
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Society
8/26/2022 2:16:24 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced that the country's newly introduced social protection package to help Egyptians cope with the global repercussions of Russian-Ukraine war will go into effect in September.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/26/2022 1:21:35 PM
Staff at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant occupied by Russian soldiers were on Friday working to reconnect its reactors to the national power grid, the state energy operator said.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/25/2022 7:07:37 PM
Ukrainians are once again anxious about the fate of a nuclear power plant in a land that was home to the world's worst atomic accident in 1986 at Chernobyl _ and alarm only increased Thursday when the plant operator said the facility has been cut off from the electrical grid.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
8/25/2022 7:05:49 PM
European natural gas prices climbed Thursday towards a record peak on heightened fears over Russian supplies, while equities rose on the eve of a key speech from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
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World
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Region
8/25/2022 12:10:34 PM
Russia has widely used cluster bombs in Ukraine, causing hundreds of civilian casualties and damaging homes, schools and hospitals, a monitoring body said Thursday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/24/2022 9:36:34 PM
Russian forces Wednesday launched a rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine on the embattled country's Independence Day, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 50, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after warning for days that Moscow might attempt ``something particularly cruel'' this week.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/24/2022 2:11:37 PM
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is sending $2.98 billion in new military aid to Ukraine that will enable forces there to fight for years to come.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 12:49:44 PM
Japan's prime minister on Wednesday called for a push to revive the country's nuclear power industry in a bid to tackle soaring imported energy costs linked to the Ukraine war.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
8/24/2022 11:21:47 AM
Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day on Wednesday, six months since the star t of the Russian invasion.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/23/2022 8:33:20 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday spoke by telephone to his French counterpart Catherine Colonna about an expected visit by independent inspectors to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/23/2022 8:01:17 PM
As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, US security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, US officials said.
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Sports
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World
8/23/2022 4:56:14 PM
Ukraine on Tuesday launched its new football season despite Russia's ongoing invasion, in an apparent attempt to give a morale boost to the war-ravaged nation.
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