WASHINGTON — The U.S. for the first time has approved the direct delivery of Stinger missiles to Ukraine as part of a package approved by the White House on Friday. The exact timing of delivery is not known, but officials say the U.S. is currently working on the logistics of the shipment....

In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The directive to put Russia’s nuclear weapons in an...

VIENNA — Austria and Italy are joining a growing list of European countries in closing their airspace to all Russian aircraft as the West ramps up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering an invasion of Ukraine. Several other European countries, including Germany, the...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Street fighting broke out in Ukraine’s second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country's south Sunday, advances that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion following a wave of attacks on airfields and fuel facilities elsewhere in the...

The Syrian Civil Defense on Saturday put out nine fires that broke out in opposition-held northwestern Syria in the past 24 hours. The White Helmets firefighting teams said the fires included 4 houses, makeshifts, a bakery and a primitive oil refinery station. The Civil Defense teams,...

As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Friday that he would continue to focus on engaging the parties to bring an end to the protracted conflict.  “We will convene a...

GENEVA — The United Nations says it has confirmed at least 240 civilian casualties, including at least 64 people killed, in the fighting in Ukraine that erupted since Russia’s invasion on Thursday — though it believed the “real figures are considerably higher” because many reports of...

A Syrian man was tortured to death by Faylaq al-Sham rebel group, following two hours of his arrest in the town of Jindires in northern Syria, activists said Saturday. The Military Judiciary in the opposition's Interim Defense Ministry said two members of Faylaq al-Sham were arrested,...

The Turkish state of Hatay joined the list of states that prevent the registration of civil status for Syrians in more than 40 regions within its geographical area. The Immigration Department of the Turkish capital, Ankara, had issued a package of arbitrary decisions against the refugees in...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kyiv residents braced Saturday for another night sheltering underground, as Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital and skirmishes were reported on the outskirts. Ukraine's leader, meanwhile, claimed the country's forces had repulsed the Russian assault, and he vowed...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of Ukrainians rushed to the borders as invading Russian troops pressed their advance into Ukraine and toward the country's capital Saturday in Europe’s largest ground war since World War II. Some walked many miles through the night while others fled by...

Civilians in war-torn Syria have been watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine with mixed feelings. For many, the war recalls their own plight. Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad since 2011, when a revolution against Assad turned into a...

Ukraine’s military says it has shot down a Russian military transport plane with paratroopers on board. According to a statement from the military’s General Staff, the Il-76 heavy transport plane was shot down near Vasylkiv, a city 40 kilometers south of Kyiv. The Russian military has...

The Syrian Economy Minister revealed a set of measures had been taken in order to face the repercussions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Syrian economy. Samer al-Khalil said in a press conference, following a government meeting devoted to studying the repercussions of the...

The pandemic, mass shootings, natural disasters, terror attacks. There's been plenty of tragedy and anxiety for parents to sort through with their kids. Add Russia's escalating invasion of Ukraine to the list. With events rapidly unfolding on TV and across social media, child development...

Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko said at least three people were injured when a rocket hit a multi-story apartment building in Ukraine's capital on Friday, starting a fire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian military's claim it is not targeting civilian areas is “a...

Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order. Explosions sounded before dawn in...

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order. Ukraine’s government pleaded for help as civilians piled into...

In July 2020, a few months after the Covid-19 pandemic escalated and spiraled out of control, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden announced that global oil demand may have crossed its peak and will not return to what it was. "It's going to take a long time for demand to recover, that's if it recovers...

World leaders Thursday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as “barbaric" and moved to slap unprecedented economic sanctions on Moscow and those close to President Vladimir Putin. The West and its allies showed no inclination to send troops into Ukraine — a non-member of NATO — and risk a...