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The European crisis wrought by Russia’s war in Ukraine makes Scotland’s independence drive more important and demands that Scotland play

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says democracy is being tested with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (May 17) AP

North Korea on Tuesday reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be COVID-19 as a mass outbreak spreads through

The Ukrainian government says more than 1,000 schools and colleges have been hit since the Russians invaded on Feb. 24

The Mexican American community in Milwaukee recently honored Ukrainians at its Cinco de Mayo festival. (May 17) AP

A Russian airstrike hit tourist infrastructure and ignited a fire in the Ukrainian city of Odesa on Monday, injuring a

A regional military governor said on Monday that Ukrainian special forces blew up Russian-held railway bridges between Rubizhne and Severodonetsk

Russian troops were withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday

Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on

Three days after it was hit by Russian strikes, firefighters were still extinguishing what remained of a fire at a