KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fought to hold off Russian attempts to advance in the south and east, where the Kremlin is seeking to capture the country’s industrial Donbas region, and a senior U.S. defense official said Moscow's offensive is going much slower than planned....

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United Nations doggedly sought to broker an evacuation of civilians from the increasingly hellish ruins of Mariupol on Friday, while Ukraine accused Russia of showing its contempt for the world organization by bombing Kyiv when the U.N. leader was visiting the capital....

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's military on Friday said it has detained five people in the northern city of Tripoli as they prepared to smuggle 85 migrants by boat to Europe. The announcement came days after a boat carrying more than 60 migrants capsized on April 23 off the coast of Tripoli. Seven...

Hezbollah on Friday warned that if Israel continued to target Iran's presence in the region, Tehran could eventually retaliate by striking deep inside the Jewish nation. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant group, issued the warning during an event in Beirut, marking...