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UKRAINE

Keith Kellogg
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2025
Trump envoy suggests allied zones of control in Ukraine
The proposal focused on areas of responsibility west of the Dnipro River, with a demilitarized zone separating them from Russian-occupied areas in the east.
British Defense Secretary John Healey (right) holds a news conference with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov following a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2025
Europe to present Trump with Ukraine force plan within weeks
European leader hope the plan for a postwar "reassurance force” in Ukraine will persuade the U.S. president to commit to security guarantees for Kyiv.
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelensky visits his hometown of Kryvyi Rig, where several Ukrainians were killed in a recent Russian missile strike, on Friday.
WORLD
Apr 12, 2025
'Several hundred' Chinese fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
Kyiv said this week that its forces had captured two Chinese nationals in the eastern Donetsk region fighting for Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2025
U.S. envoy meets Putin as Trump tells Moscow to 'get moving' on Ukraine
The talks come at a time when U.S.-Russia dialogue aimed at agreeing on a ceasefire ahead of a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine appears to have stalled.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever and business officials in Kyiv on Tuesday
WORLD
Apr 10, 2025
Zelenskyy says at least 155 Chinese nationals are fighting on Russia's side
Ukraine captured two Chinese nationals in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops have been advancing.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks during a forum at Keio University in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2025
NATO chief calls on allies and partners to ‘outproduce and outpace’ rivals
In Tokyo on Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on members of the alliance and its four Indo-Pacific partners to work more closely together.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is seen on a screen in celebration of his 895th career National Hockey League goal, which he scored during a game against the New York Islanders to break the all-time record of Wayne Gretzky, in Moscow, Russia on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey
Apr 9, 2025
Ukraine support groups call on NHL to reject Russia collaboration
The Kremlin said that Trump supported Putin's idea of hosting hockey games between American and Russian players after Russia was frozen out of international events.
One of two Chinese soldiers Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said were captured by Ukrainian forces in the country's Donetsk region is seen in this image released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2025
In a first, Ukraine captures two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia
The Chinese men were taken captive during fighting on Ukrainian territory in the Donetsk region.
People walk past the communist-era Palace of Culture and Science in the center of Warsaw on April 2.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2025
Sex toys and exploding cosmetics: anatomy of a 'hybrid war' on the West
European security chiefs described the parcel fires as part of a "hybrid war" being waged by Russia to destabilize countries that support Ukraine.
People embrace at the site of a deadly Russian missile strike on a residential area, where multiple children and adults were killed, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on Saturday.
WORLD
Apr 6, 2025
Zelenskyy slams 'weak' U.S. response to Russian strike on his hometown
The missile strike on his hometown killed 18 people, including nine children.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2025
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
Japan and NATO plan to take their partnership to the next level by stepping up information-sharing and defense-industrial cooperation, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the audience during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2025
U.S. will know within weeks if Russia is serious about peace, Rubio says
The statement comes as European allies accuse Moscow of stalling over the Trump administration's call for a ceasefire.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow in 2022. The war in Ukraine will eventually come to an end and Europe needs to come up with a unified strategy to be a formidable adversary in the Kremlin's eyes.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2025
Europe must set the terms for postwar Russia engagement now
Past trade with Russia didn't work to limit Moscow, but isolation isn't the way forward either. In an eventual postwar scenario, Europe should opt for deterrence, not dialogue.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte holds a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2025
At summit, NATO eyes growing industrial collaboration with Asian partners
The summit comes as the military alliance seeks to step up ties with its Indo-Pacific partners.
U.S. officials have insisted that Washington remains committed to NATO, an alliance that has seen American military might underpin Western security for over seven decades.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2025
NATO presses to keep Trump on board, but is he hobbling alliance?
As the Trump administration savages Europe, undercuts Kyiv and warms to Russia, there is fear that even if the alliance is salvaged, it runs the risk of being hollowed out.
In a series of meetings and calls over the weekend, officials inside U.S. President Donald Trump's White House and State Department acknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putin is actively resisting Washington’s attempts to strike a lasting peace accord with Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2025
Trump officials eye a longer road to Ukraine peace as frustration mounts
At the start of his administration, the Trump team set out to reach a full ceasefire by April or May. They hoped to broker a lasting peace deal in the following months.
Russia's Daria Kasatkina celebrates victory over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva after their women's singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2025. The Russian-born tennis world No. 12 announced on March 29, 2025 she is switching to play under the Australian flag.
TENNIS
Apr 1, 2025
Kasatkina looks ahead to new chapter under Australian flag
Kasatkina, who was born in the western Russian city of Tolyatti, has not returned to the country in more than two years after coming out as gay.
Relatives and friends of prominent Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, who died after she was injured by a Russian missile strike in the city of Kramatorsk, attend her funeral in Kyiv on July 4, 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2025
Contemplating victory and defeat in Ukraine
Ukrainians and their friends still cling to hope for victory — some are idealistic, others just fueled by anger.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a nuclear-powered submarine in Murmansk, Russia, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2025
Trump threatens Russia oil penalties, citing anger at Putin
The U.S. president also raised the threat of bombing Iran until it signs a deal that renounces nuclear weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a news conference in Kyiv on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2025
Zelenskyy cautious on dramatically expanded U.S. minerals deal
The U.S. proposal would require Kyiv to send Washington all profit from a fund controlling Ukrainian resources until Ukraine had repaid all U.S. wartime aid, plus interest.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
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Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
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