Ukraine’s military chief says he’s withdrawing troops from the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, where outnumbered defenders have battled a Russian assault for four months

Israel has formally complained after a senior Vatican official spoke of “carnage” in Gaza

Farmers have always lived by the whim of nature, but fickle regulation they find more difficult to accept

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has visited Albania to reaffirm relations with a key partner in the region and assure Western Balkan countries of Washington’s support for their integration into the European Union

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says European allies and Canada have ramped up defense spending to record levels

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said that nothing is more important now than strong support for Ukraine as it fights off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression

Ukraine’s military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea using naval drones, a report that has not been confirmed by Russian forces

Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded accusations over a border skirmish that left at least four Armenian soldiers dead and escalated tensions between the two Caucasus neighbors