The number of asylum applications increased in the regions of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany during the first half of 2022, according to the local Welt newspaper. The newspaper stated in a report that the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees registered 16,067 applications from...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of sanctions already imposed on Russia to flatten its economy, the U.S. and its allies are working on new measures to starve the Russian war machine while also stopping the price of oil and gasoline from soaring to levels that could crush the global economy....

The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Tuesday extending humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million people in Syria’s rebel-held northwest for just six months in a victory for Russia. The vote was 12-0 with the United States, Britain and France abstaining. The three veto-wielding...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday that their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine with overnight, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media. The Ukrainian military’s southern command said a rocket strike targeted the depot...