3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (940+ words) Alice Weidel, the co-leader of Alternative for Germany, leaves for a news conference in Berlin, Sept. 7, 2026. By Ned Temko, Columnist “Deeply shocked” was how German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described his reaction to last Sunday’s landslide victory by Alternative for Germany…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (926+ words) Sept. 10, 2026, 12:51 p.m. ET | London “Deeply shocked” was how German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described his reaction to last Sunday’s landslide victory by Alternative for Germany – the first time a far-right party had won a state-level election since World War II. Yet with…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1005+ words) Sept. 05, 2026, 6:48 p.m. ET Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday for talks to try to revive a stalled push to end the Russia-Ukraine war. President Putin, Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (432+ words) Sept. 03, 2026, 2:08 p.m. ET | Berlin The German government did something Wednesday it has so far largely avoided. It pointed a finger at Russia. Russia and the West have basically been in a low-level conflict since Soviet days, but things have ratcheted up…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (304+ words) After 4 1/2 years of war in Ukraine, public patience in Russia is wearing thin. As Fred Weir reported from Moscow recently, Ukrainian counterstrikes with drones deep into Russia’s heartland have made it harder for ordinary citizens to ignore what once was…...

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1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1067+ words) Aug. 31, 2026, 2:59 p.m. ET | Kyiv, Ukraine Across Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s summer drone campaign is taking a toll on residents, even as it deprives Russian forces of safe bases and logistics hubs for its war against its smaller yet resilient neighbor. The aim…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (627+ words) Aug. 25, 2026, 3:39 p.m. ET | Washington Iran isn’t the only nation facing new threats of U.S. sanctions. In September, the House will take up a Russia sanctions bill that could become Congress’ first significant action on Ukraine since President Donald Trump returned to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (654+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi as he arrives for a meeting with U.S. senators at the Capitol in Washington, July 28, 2026. By Caitlin Babcock, Staff writer Iran isn’t the only nation facing new threats…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (773+ words) Mykola Akhbash, shown here in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Aug. 5, 2026, translates Ukrainian poetry into Roumean and works to preserve the language and cultural traditions of the North Azovian Greeks. By Victoria Belim, Contributor Medieval Greek was once spoken…...