World
War in Ukraine
Germany has donated several Patriot systems to Ukraine, which has faced repeated Russian missile barrages and drone attacks targeting its infrastructure, leaving it in need of additional air defenses.
Aug. 16
Top News
The world was shocked and amazed when thousands of Ukrainian troops stormed into Russia on Aug. 6. Having trouble keeping up with all the news? Here’s what to know.
Aug. 15
Top News
The Ukrainian president said the country has captured the entire town of Sudzha, which houses a gas metering station that controls the last route of Russian gas transit to Europe through Ukraine.
Aug. 15
War in Ukraine
The Ukrainian army entered the Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II and forcing thousands to flee.
Aug. 15
Kremlin
In the absence of any official mechanism for locating their kids, Russian parents are inundating non-governmental humanitarian and human rights groups for help tracking them down.
Aug. 15
Ukraine
The rebel group that claimed responsibility for July’s clashes with Wagner mercenaries and Malian government forces said it did not receive any assistance from foreign countries, including Ukraine.
Aug. 15
Russia
In the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War, Warsaw freed a Russian-Spanish national suspected of spying for Moscow while posing as a freelance journalist who covered the war in Ukraine.
Aug. 15
Ukraine
Since the Kremlin launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, EU countries have paid €200 billion for Russian fossil fuels, mostly oil and gas, according to an analysis by think-tank CREA.
Aug. 15
Moscow
A news outlet used military ID reportedly recovered during Ukraine’s advance into Russia’s Kursk region to establish the identity of Chechen fighters killed, wounded and captured in battle.
Aug. 14
Germany
Der Spiegel magazine reported that police and the German military's counter-intelligence service were investigating a break-in, with its sources saying a hole in the fence had been discovered.
Aug. 14
Zelensky
The open-source intelligence (OSINT) community has identified several fresh Russian trenches in the Kremlin-controlled areas of the Kursk region using new satellite imagery.
Aug. 14
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Aug. 14
German media said earlier that prosecutors had issued a warrant for a Ukrainian diver named Volodymyr Z., who they believe helped plant explosive devices on the pipeline.
Aug. 14
War in Ukraine
Belgorod borders Ukraine's Kharkiv region and neighbours Kursk, where Ukraine has launched a surprise offensive in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian soil since World War II.
Aug. 14
Kremlin
The acting governor of the Kursk region announced on Tuesday that an unconfirmed number of residents from the region will be moved to occupied Zaporizhzhia.
Aug. 14
War in Ukraine
Nearly 194,000 people are set to be evacuated from areas in the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the ongoing Ukrainian military offensive.
Aug. 14