Russia

A shooting in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district left six dead, including a hostage, after a Russian-born man opened fire on passersby before barricading himself in a supermarket, where police killed him.

The Treasury Department's waiver lets countries purchase Russian oil and petroleum products loaded on vessels as of Friday through May 16.

With tensions high with Russia, the Starliner was purchased in 2020 by Transport Canada for Arctic surveillance.

If there are any winners during the war with Iran, one may be Vladimir Putin, the man Trump has frequently called his “good friend.”

Russia first proposed last June that it take control of Iran's uranium stock, but no action was taken. According to news reports, Russia reissued the proposal again this week.

Like in the era of Joseph Stalin, when people whispered in their own homes out of fear of repression, today’s reality in Russia increasingly echoes those patterns.

Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes, and Ukraine has had to innovate. Like Israel, Ukraine is an innovator in drones and unmanned ground vehicles.

Hezbollah is increasingly deploying FPV explosive drones against IDF forces, drawing on tactics seen in Ukraine, raising concerns over Israel’s preparedness for the evolving threat.

Opinion polls have shown Orban's Fidesz party trailing Peter Magyar's upstart center-right opposition Tisza party by 7-9 percentage points, with Tisza at around 38-41%.

Putin's announcement was similar to a 30-hour ceasefire he ordered last year. Each side accused the other of violating it.