KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in one of two eastern provinces that have been the focus of Moscow’s grinding war. A Ukrainian official, however, denied Moscow’s control was complete. If confirmed, Russia's claim that it seized...

For the second week in a row, the Syrian refugee camps in the Lebanese border town of Arsal are experiencing a shortage of bread resulting from the reduction of flour allocations. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said that the unprecedented bread crisis that the town’s bakeries are witnessing...

An Israeli strike on Syria's western coast wounded two civilians on Saturday, the Syrian defence ministry said. "The Israeli enemy carried out an air strike" at about 6:30 am near the town of Al-Hamidiyah, the ministry said in a statement, identifying the locations hit as poultry farms,...

PRAGUE (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm on Friday pledged to draft an emergency plan this month aimed at helping member countries do without Russian energy in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the initiative would...