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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/31/2022 9:23:17 PM
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may be "isolated" and could have placed some of his advisors under "house arrest."
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/31/2022 9:20:36 PM
As the United States prepares to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees following Russia's invasion of their country, existing communities in cities like Sacramento and Seattle are already mobilizing to provide food, shelter and support to those fleeing the war.
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Business
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Energy
3/31/2022 8:38:56 PM
The OPEC group of oil producing countries and its Russia-led allies agreed on another modest oil output increase on Thursday, ignoring Western pressure to significantly boost production as the Ukraine conflict has rocked prices.
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World
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Region
3/31/2022 5:48:18 PM
Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, setting off a gun battle in which two Palestinians were killed and 15 were wounded, as Israel targeted what it said were militant networks after a series of deadly attacks.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/31/2022 5:27:41 PM
A Kremlin decree published by state media says ``unfriendly countries`` can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/31/2022 5:27:08 PM
Russian troops who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on February 24 began leaving the station and other exclusion zones on Thursday, Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom said.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/31/2022 2:45:18 PM
Vladimir Putin's ratings have seen a boost since the start of military actions in Ukraine, the independent Levada Centre said, with over 80 percent of Russians saying they support the Russian president's actions.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/31/2022 1:55:38 PM
The OPEC group of oil-producing countries and its Russia-led allies were expected Thursday to again ignore Western pressure to significantly boost production as the Ukraine conflict has rocked prices.
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Business
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Economy
3/30/2022 7:25:53 PM
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva praised on Wednesday the rapid response of Egypt’s government to address the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as well as the increase in the prices of food, basic materials, and transport.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/30/2022 5:12:11 PM
Hungary's foreign minister has accused Ukraine's leadership of attempting to interfere in the upcoming Hungarian election. His Ukrainian counterpart has denied the charge in an episode that put further strain on relations.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/30/2022 5:09:54 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the Norwegian Parliament that Russia wants ``to destroy the foundation of Europe.''
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/30/2022 3:17:54 PM
Russian forces pounded areas around Ukraine's capital and another city overnight, regional leaders said Wednesday, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. The shelling further tempered optimism about any progress in talks aimed at ending the punishing war.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/30/2022 2:02:19 PM
“Egypt condemns all acts of violence and terrorism targeting civilians,” Ahmed Hafez — the official spokesperson for the foreign ministry — said in a statement on Wednesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/30/2022 12:48:40 PM
Ukraine's state agency for emergencies says that the death toll in a Russian strike on the regional administration building in the southern city of Mykolaiv has risen to 14.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/30/2022 12:41:26 PM
The Kremlin on Wednesday played down hopes of a breakthrough following peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegates in Istanbul a day earlier.
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World
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Region
3/30/2022 12:36:00 PM
A Saudi-led coalition battling rebels who hold Yemen's capital began a unilateral cease-fire Wednesday in the yearslong war, even as the insurgents said they rejected the proposal.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/30/2022 11:32:14 AM
Russia's pledge to scale back some military operations in Ukraine drew skepticism, a bitter reality check in a rare moment of optimism five weeks into what has devolved into a bloody war of attrition.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/30/2022 11:05:49 AM
The UN refugee agency says more than 4 million people have now fled Ukraine following Russia's invasion, a new milestone in the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
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World
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Region
3/30/2022 10:53:33 AM
Israeli police on Wednesday said the attacker who used an assault rifle to methodically gun down victims from a motorcycle in a central Israeli city was a Palestinian.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/30/2022 10:09:06 AM
The German government said Wednesday it was triggering the early warning level for gas supplies amid concerns that Russia could cut off supplies unless it is paid in rubles.
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