U.S. intelligence believe that Russia is likely to retaliate with greater force against the United States and its coalition partners, possibly with lethal attacks, if they agree to give the Ukrainians permission to employ long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia
Read MoreDemocratic leaders and donors on Friday tried to make sense of the devastating performance by President Joe Biden during the first televised debate of the 2024 election. From Kyiv to Berlin to Taipei, allies began to ponder the prospect of a return of bully diplomacy in the form of a second Donald Trump administration. And across the Atlantic, with less than a week until polling day, the Conservatives in the United Kingdom are heading for the worst general election result in their 190-year history.
Read MoreVoters in important U.S. states showed that Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House May be tougher than he expects. Israel forces appear firmly entrenched in northern Gaza as calls for a pause intensify
Read MoreTensions high as Gazans await the opening of the crucial Rafah border crossing with Egypt. An important Ukrainian advance to the left side of the Dnipro River
Read MoreSenior UN officials are hosting Russian envoys in Geneva in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices. Ukrainian forces repelled several waves of Russian attacks in and around Bakhmut the over the past 24 hours, the military said, as commanders on both sides described the situation in the city in the eastern Donetsk region as "difficult."
Read MoreFire and explosions reported at an ammunition depot in occupied Crimea, with two people reportedly injured. Russian authorities are further clamping down on local residents in the largely occupied Kherson, conducting house-to-house searches and requiring people to get Russian driver's licenses and even Russian passports in order to work.
Read MoreThe death toll from the horrific Russian missile strike in Vinnytsia surges above 20. One of the three children killed was a young girl who was out strolling with her mom. The mom survived, is in hospital, and yet to learn about her tragic loss.
Read MoreRussian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across eastern and southern Ukraine, regional officials say. A lieutenant general in the U.S. Army says the West should do “as much as it takes, as long as it takes” to support Ukraine
Read MoreMissile strikes hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv as Moscow appears to be attempting to disrupt the flow of weaponry to the Ukrainian frontlines. Reports of Russian President Putin making a formal declaration of war
Read MoreAs attempts proceed at evacuating hundreds of civilians trapped at a steel plant in Mariupol, Russian missiles hit civilian targets in Odesa. Today is World Press Freedom Day.
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