Ukraine’s top military commander has issued a bleak assessment of the army’s positions on the eastern front, saying they have “worsened significantly in recent days.” Ukraine faces "danger" if the United States does not quickly pass much-needed military aid, former U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton said
Read MoreA new drone attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant has raised the risk of a "major nuclear accident", the UN's atomic watchdog has warned. Israel ‘pulls out troops’ from southern Gaza as attacks enter seventh month
Read MoreWorld Central Kitchen says it is pausing its efforts to feed Palestinians in Gaza after seven of its workers were killed by an Israeli strike. NATO is drawing up plans to secure a five-year military aid package of up to $100bn, in an attempt to shield Ukraine from “winds of political change” that could usher in a second Trump presidency
Read MoreRussia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions. Ukraine's security council secretary Oleksiy Danilov has been dismissed. Belarusian authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka said the gunmen who attacked a concert hall near Moscow last week tried to flee into his country but were unable to because of additional security measures.
Read MoreAt least 115 people were killed and more than 140 injured when gunmen attacked a packed concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia says. The number of dead and injured in Ukraine continues to rise after the biggest Russian attack ever on the country’s infrastructure. The Princess of Wales has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the early stages of receiving chemotherapy treatment
Read MoreA huge Russian attack overnight using at least 60 drones and 90 rockets targeted several Ukrainian regions. European leaders have agreed on a unified statement on the Middle East, calling for an immediate humanitarian pause in Gaza leading to a sustainable ceasefire.
Read MoreThe UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics
Read MoreVoters across Russia cast ballots on Sunday on the third and final day of an election set to formalise six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin. Sky News being sued for negligence by family of a Ukrainian fixer killed covering the war
Read MoreDonald Trump “will not give a penny” to Ukraine if he is re-elected US president, the far-right Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said. The EU is pushing to give Ukraine €2bn-€3bn this year from profits derived from Russia’s frozen assets.
Read MorePresident Biden used his State of the Union address on Thursday to launch a series of fiery attacks against former President Donald Trump French President Emmanuel Macron repeats suggestion of troops on Ukraine soil. Sacked Ukraine army chief becomes Kyiv’s envoy to London.
Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron has openly discussed the possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine to help Kyiv win the war against Russia. Alexei Navalny will be buried at a cemetery in Moscow on Friday.
Read MoreHungary’s Parliament voted on Monday to approve Sweden as a new member of NATO. Alexei Navalny was about to be freed in a prisoner swap when he died, according to his ally Maria Pevchikh
Read MoreUkraine observed the second year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion mostly in peace, with ordinary Ukrainians powering through the day and wondering when the end of the conflict will come. Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, easily beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination.
Read MoreA new U.S. intelligence assessment found it is likely that some employees of a United Nations agency that distributes aid to Palestinians took part in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel, but says the U.S. can’t verify Israeli allegations that a larger number of U.N. workers have links to militant groups. The ex-husband of Ksenia Karelina, a dual US-Russian citizen facing a life sentence from the Kremlin for donating $50 to the Razom for Ukraine charity, has broken his silence.
Read MoreYulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, said she will continue her late husband's work.
Read MoreJailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is dead. A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay $354m (£280m) in a landmark fraud case
Read MoreUkraine's president has named Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskiy as the country's top military commander. Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential vote
Read MoreThe International Court of Justice, in a historic ruling in The Hague, has ordered Israel to take emergency steps to prevent genocide in Gaza and to allow urgent humanitarian aid in the Palestinian territory. More than 40 senior former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists and prominent business leaders have sent a letter to Israel’s president and speaker of parliament demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be removed from office for posing what they say is an “existential” threat to the country
Read MoreUkraine and Russia have contradicted each other over whether there had been proper notification to secure the airspace around an area where a military transport plane Moscow says was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed, killing them and nine others on board. Israel and Qatar are in a major diplomatic spat over Gaza.
Read MoreMore death and destruction in Ukraine from Russian missile attacks. Authorities in Russia are set to implement a new law allowing them to seize money or property from those, including journalists, who have been convicted of spreading “fake news” about, or otherwise discrediting, the military. A stunning new poll came out in Israel showing PM Netanyahu and his party would be obliterated
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