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Capitol Police backtrack on airplane threat after ordering evacuation

According to publicly available flight data, a U.S. Army parachute plane took off from Joint Base Andrews outside Washington and was circling the area...

As Russia mounts new offensive, Western allies’ help for Ukraine could be too little, too late

More weapons. More money. More sanctions. More commitments to provide security guarantees. Major Western allies on Tuesday promised Ukraine more of vi...

Forged by war: Ukraine’s new sense of nationhood

Russia faced no military resistance annexing Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula after it invaded in 2014. And when the Kremlin grabbed a large chunk of the D...

German Social Democrats face more heat over Russian energy ties

Press play to listen to this article Germany's ruling Social Democrats are facing fresh pressure over their links to Moscow after accusations that a r...

Boris Johnson plays the Ukraine card as he tries to turn page on Partygate scandal

By Esther Webber April 19, 2022 7:41 pm LONDON — Boris Johnson tried to turn the page on a row over coronavirus lockdown-breaching government parties ...

Russia’s propaganda machine takes another hit

Press play to listen to this article Kremlin-backed media outlets — crucial to Moscow's disinformation playbook — are learning the hard way that Weste...

Freedom from Russian gas 'possible and feasible,' Italian leader says

By Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif April 17, 2022 1:45 pm Europe can limit its dependence on Russian energy through diversification "in a relatively short tim...

Bodies, land mines and destruction: A Ukrainian region digs out after the Russian occupation

Press play to listen to this article Russian troops fully withdrew from the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine earlier this month — now locals are as...

Ukraine refugees’ trauma creates ‘crisis on top of a crisis’ for Eastern Europe

Press play to listen to this article Millions of Ukrainian refugees have streamed into Eastern Europe over the past six weeks, their lives uprooted an...

Headscarf ban dogs Le Pen’s bid for the French presidency

By Clea Caulcutt April 18, 2022 4:00 am Press play to listen to this article PARIS — Marine Le Pen’s proposal to ban the headscarf in public places is...

Tesla stockholders ask judge to silence Musk in fraud case

The interview and court action came just days after Musk, the world’s richest person, made a controversial offer to take over Twitter and turn it into...

Mariupol teeters as Ukrainians defy surrender-or-die demand

“We will fight absolutely to the end, to the win, in this war,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal vowed on ABC’s “This Week.” He said Ukraine is ...

Fred Upton: Slim House majority could spell trouble for post-midterms GOP

Earlier this month, Upton opted to retire rather than seek reelection following redistricting. He was one of a small group of House Republicans who vo...

Biden Covid chief dismisses utility of lockdowns like China's

Jha said the focus instead in the Biden administration continues to be on vaccinations, boosters and making available treatments for Covid-19. To that...

Zelenskyy on Mariupol: ‘With each passing day, it's growing more unstable’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lamented the “very difficult” position the coastal city of Mariupol is in after it has been the center of Russ...

Clashes erupt again near flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

This year the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Christian holy week culminating in Easter Sunday and the week-long Jewish Passover are all occurring at th...

Lawsuit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate

Attorney Thomas W. King III, who was among those involved in last year’s successful challenge to the statewide mask mandate in schools, said the city’...

Austrian chancellor: Putin ‘in his own war logic’

Austria’s chancellor said he believes President Vladimir Putin is stuck “in his own war logic.” Speaking about his meeting last week with Putin, Chanc...

How a Determined Congressional Aide Helped Break Open the Biggest Environmental Scandal in U.S. History

Magazine From PARADISE FALLS: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe by Keith O’Brien. Reprinted by permission of Pantheon Books, an imprint o...

‘A slap in the face’: House Dems’ super PAC sparks Latino backlash

“There’s all this talk [from Democrats] about Latino voters, but where are we talking about Latino candidates and Latino representation and the party ...