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UKRAINE

Despite enduring nearly four years of war, the Ukrainian people continue to live their lives with resilience, showing strength, endurance and the ability to maintain humanity in the face of ongoing hardship.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2025
In Ukraine, we’re learning to live with the war within
We live with the symptoms of collective post-traumatic stress: a nation holding its breath, waking from nightmares.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and others attend a conference on land-mine clearance in Ukraine, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2025
Tokyo hosts international conference on Ukraine land mines
The Japanese government emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation with other countries experienced in land-mine clearance.
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a military exercise in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image released Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills
The new sanctions were unveiled one day after plans for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin fell apart.
The Olympia delle Tofane track, which will host the women alpine skiing competition during the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, in Cortina, Italy, on Jan. 24
OLYMPICS
Oct 22, 2025
Russians and Belarusians not allowed to ski as neutrals at Winter Games
Russian and Belarusian skiers will also be unable to compete in next year's Paralympics.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump says he doesn't want 'wasted' meeting with Putin
Trump's reversal Tuesday came just days after he announced that he would meet Putin in the Hungarian capital within two weeks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Zelenskyy paints Trump meeting as a success, contrasting with earlier reports
The Ukrainian leader touted progress on acquiring new Patriot air defense systems from the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025
Trump urged Zelenskyy to make concessions to Russia in tense meeting
Trump also mused about giving security guarantees to both Kyiv and Moscow, comments that the Ukrainian delegation found confusing, sources said.
An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025
EU seeks maritime declaration to inspect Russia's 'shadow fleet'
Beefing up inspection rights is the latest EU proposal aimed at curbing Russian oil and gas revenue being used by Moscow to finance its war in Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, British Secretary of State for Defense John Healey and Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal meet in Brussels on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
What could a Ukraine peace deal look like?
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest soon to discuss a way to end the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia Today editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan attend an event at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
Putin's Budapest visit makes awkward spectacle for EU and NATO
The planned meeting is a symbolic blow to the EU and NATO, as they have sought to isolate the Russian leader as a war criminal.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
Trump tells Russia and Ukraine to stop the war ‘at the battle line’
The U.S. leader urged both sides to "make a deal," and refused to give Ukraine the long-range missiles it wanted.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte gives a statement during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO's headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2025
NATO and EU scramble to boost drone defenses to counter Russia
High-profile incidents in Poland and Estonia have set off a flurry of activity from European officials to plug gaps in the continent's defenses.
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike on the outskirts of Odessa, Ukraine, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2025
Ukraine raises alarm over foreign components in Russian drones
Kyiv estimates that more than 500 drones and missiles launched by Russia in one of its major barrages on Oct. 5 contained more than 100,000 foreign components.
European allies are nearing an agreement to provide loans that would help the Ukraine purchase weapons, including from the U.S.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2025
U.K. and Canada to join EU plan to tap Russian assets for Ukraine
U.K. sanctions have frozen more than £25 billion of Russian assets, according to the latest Foreign Office data from March, while the EU holds around €200 billion.
Russian service members at a training ground in Russia last week
WORLD
Oct 15, 2025
Russia paves way for 2 million reservists to fight in Ukraine
Revising the mobilization law would give Moscow greater flexibility to ramp up the size of its military force in Ukraine.
Iceland defender Victor Palsson (left) falls over France forward Jean-Philippe Mateta during a 2026 World Cup qualifying round match in Reykjavik on Monday.
SOCCER
Oct 14, 2025
France faces crunch match against Ukraine after 2-2 draw with Iceland
France remains top of Group D with 10 points from four games, three ahead of Ukraine, which beat Azerbaijan 2-1 on Monday.
The tanker Boracay, part of Russia's "shadow fleet" suspected of involvement in drone flights over Denmark, is escorted by a French naval vessel on Oct. 1 off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2025
Putin is taking his hybrid warfare to the sea
Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to contest the Baltic, make no mistake.
Inna Ilina, vice president of the Ukraine Pavilion, says she is grateful her country was able to participate and send out a clear message: Ukraine and its democratic values are not for sale.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2025
At Osaka Expo pavilions, staff recount ‘life-changing’ experiences
Nearly 160 countries and regions participated in the Osaka Expo, with each bringing staff from overseas to help run their respective pavilions during the six-month event.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin as they meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025
Trump may approve Tomahawks for Ukraine if Russia continues war
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments signal an openness to expanding the range of weaponry provided to Ukraine but also that he remains focused on a ceasefire.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2025
With flattery and warnings, Russia tries to revive 'spirit of Alaska' with U.S.
Moscow is trying to adapt to Trump's diplomatic reversals by taking a delicate twin-track approach.

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