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Police say one boy was killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by a freight train in western Germany

Its posture of neutrality on the war in Ukraine is wearing thin, and a naval drill with Russia is the last straw.

This week marked two years since Myanmar’s generals interrupted their nation’s fitful experiment in democracy. Close to 3,000 civilians have been killed in that time, humanitarian groups say.

A rescue official in northwest Pakistan says a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a speeding truck trailer killed at least 17 passengers

Both Democrats and Republicans support the U.S. sending money and weapons to Ukraine during their continued battle with Russia.

The decline came as people cut back in the face of higher living costs, said Apple's boss.

Norway will become one of the top donors to Ukraine, according to the country's prime minister. Norway's oil profits will help finance the aid.

He was speaking in Volgograd - formerly Stalingrad - to mark a World War Two anniversary.

Energy companies have been reporting blockbuster profits since last year, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent oil prices sharply higher.

Turkey's largest provider of airport ground handling services, Havaş, has warned of problems with the maintenance of Boeing airliners operated by Russian airlines, Russian media outlet RBC reported, citing a letter that Havaş CEO Mete Erna sent to contractors on Jan. 31.

The United Ukrainian Ballet company is making its U.S. debut at the Kennedy Center.

New York Times published an op-ed that argued President Biden has the potential to be "the savior of the free world" and argued his legacy will be shaped by the Ukraine-Russia war.

Ukraine's defence minister says Russia has amassed some 500,000 men for an attack in the coming weeks.

Russia on Wednesday took aim at Israel and warned it not to get involved in the war in Ukraine by providing defense weaponry.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — A Russian arms dealer, his son, a group of front companies across Asia, Europe and the Middle East and their leadership have been targeted for U.S. sanctions in an effort to quell Russia's access to weapons as it continues its invasion of Ukraine. Russian arms dealer Igor Zimenkov, his son and companies connected to “the Zimenkov network” in Singapore, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Israel, among other countries, were identified by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control for financial penalties. Roughly 22 people and organizations related to a sanctions evasion network supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex were named in Wednesday's news release. “Russia’s desperate attempts to utilize proxies to circumvent U.S. sanctions demonstrate that sanctions have made it much harder and costlier for Russia’s military-industrial complex to resupply Putin’s war machine,” Treasury's Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a Wednesday statement. Ukraine is hoping to secure more Western military aid as it tries to fend off the much larger Russian forces.

A Russian arms dealer, his son and a group of front companies across Asia, Europe and the Middle East and their leadership have been targeted for U.S. sanctions in an effort to quell Russia’s access to weapons to continue its invasion of Ukraine.

The man behind a new pro-Kremlin social media network tells the BBC he wants Africa to embrace Russia.

U.S. firm reportedly offers Ukraine 2 Reaper drones for $1, plus $10 million in shipping and handling

India's exports of iron ore plunged by 90% year on year in October last year, and recorded an year-on-year decline as steep as 96% in September.

Several Western allies say they won’t send fighter jets, but some officials think they’ll relent. Bakhmut sees intense fighting but is not likely to imminently fall, analysts say.

Petr Pavel tells the BBC Ukraine is morally and practically ready to join Nato after the war is over.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Russia's refusal to allow on-the-ground inspections to resume is endangering the New START nuclear treaty and U.S.-Russian arms control overall, the Biden administration charged on Tuesday. “Russia’s refusal to facilitate inspection activities prevents the United States from exercising important rights under the treaty and threatens the viability of U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control,” the State Department said Tuesday. The administration also blamed Russia for the two country's failure to resume talks required under the New START treaty. It insisted the U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control efforts were essential to the security of the U.S., its allies and the world at large. “It is all the more important during times of tension when guardrails and clarity matter most,” the State Department said.

Independent human rights experts working with the U.N. are calling for an investigation of possible abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by government forces in Mali and Russian military contractor the Wagner Group.

A U.N. expert says the countries where Bangladeshi migrant workers are employed, including former World Cup host Qatar, should thoroughly investigate all cases of deaths and human rights violations

The military says the death toll from a boating accident in a lake in northwest Pakistan over the weekend has reached 51

Economic output crept 0.1% higher in the last three months of 2022, European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Tuesday, avoiding an outright downturn as warmer-than-usual winter weather shelved fears of energy rationing in Europe. Growth also faced headwinds from reduced activity in China, a major trade partner, due to the severe COVID-19 restrictions that have since been lifted. A possible economic rebound there is a key question for Europe and the global economy this year, given China's previous role as a motor of global growth. The news comes as the International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for global economic growth this year to 2.9% from 2.7%, not great but an improvement based partly on hopes for China. A stronger global economy is important for Europe given its extensive trade links.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is on a Pacific swing, part of an effort to expand alliances as China engages in more "destabilizing" behavior.

Around 160 million people from across the globe will watch the world's biggest song contest live from Liverpool on 13 May.

A closely watched study by an anti-graft organization has found that most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption, with 95% of countries having made little to no progress since 2017

France did not rule out sending the planes to Ukraine, as the United States did, but said any such aircraft could not be used to attack Russian territory.

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, companies across the G-7 and European Union announced plans to cease business operations in Russia.

That's the view of the International Monetary Fund, which now expects the world economy to grow 2.9% this year. Together, China and India should account for half of this year's global growth, while the United States and Europe contribute 10%, according to Gourinchas. It has forecast its economy will shrink 0.6% in 2023; in October, the IMF had expected growth of 0.3%. The global outlook has been shrouded in uncertainty since the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020. Three weeks ago, the IMF’s sister agency, the World Bank, issued a more downbeat outlook for the global economy.

Kyiv says it needs further aid to help take control of the country's airspace from Russia.

That's the view of the International Monetary Fund, which now expects the world economy to grow 2.9% this year. The IMF's 2023 growth outlook improved for the United States (forecast to grow 1.4%) as well as for the 19 countries that share the euro currency (0.7%). It has forecast that the British economy will shrink 0.6% in 2023; in October, the IMF had expected growth of 0.3%. The global outlook has been shrouded in uncertainty since the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020. Three weeks ago, the IMF’s sister agency, the World Bank, issued a more downbeat outlook for the global economy.

In its latest economic update, the institution said the global economy will grow 2.9% this year.

President Biden says he won't send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite reports that some Pentagon officials are pushing for it. Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder, now president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, joins CBS News' John Dickerson to discuss the factors Mr. Biden must weigh what it could mean for the future of the war in Ukraine.

U.S. officials hadn't before closed off that possibility.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an “extraordinary” phone call prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the BBC is reporting. >> Read more trending newsJohnson recalled the phone call for a BBC documentary saying Putin told him it “would only take a minute” to launch a missile. According to Johnson, Putin made the threat after Johnson warned that a war with Ukraine would be an “utter catastrophe.”“He threatened me at one point, and he said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you but, with a missile, it would only take a minute’ or something like that. Johnson said he tried to dissuade him from invading Ukraine warning invasion would bring “massive” Western sanctions. “There were no threats with missiles,” Peskov said on a conference call with reporters.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the days leading up to the start of the Ukraine war, threatened a missile strike in a phone call.

SEOUL, South Korea — (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday called for South Korea to provide direct military support to Ukraine, saying Kyiv is in urgent need of weapons to fight off the prolonged Russian invasion. South Korea, a growing arms exporter with the large U.S.-backed military, has provided humanitarian aid and other support to Ukraine while joining U.S.-led economic sanctions against Moscow. That’s the reality,” said Stoltenberg, who arrived in South Korea on Sunday on a trip that also includes Japan. Stoltenberg also met South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday. South Korean officials didn’t confirm any specific discussions about sending arms to Ukraine.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is calling for South Korea to provide direct military support to Ukraine, saying Kyiv is in urgent need of weapons to fight off the prolonged Russian invasion.

The drive to defeat Vladimir Putin is taking on a dangerous and heedless momentum all its own, just like Iraq.

Olympics chiefs say Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete as neutrals, but Ukraine opposes the move.

The request for the jets comes just days after Germany committed to supplying Leopard 2 tanks.

Iran’s Defense Ministry says one of its factories was attacked by drones in the central city of Isfahan

Ukraine expects to receive 24 modern fighter jets from partner nations, Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said in a comment to Spanish daily newspaper El País on Jan. 28.

It’s good that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is finally giving Ukraine tanks. Now let’s admit what it took to get there.

German Leopard 2 tanks and US M1 Abrams tanks will spearhead attacks on Russia - but is it enough?

Gen. Michael Minihan cited presidential elections in both Taiwan and the United States in 2024 as part of his rationale.

Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin argued that he would rather use prisoners than send fresh recruits, whom he called "dandelion boys," to the front lines of Ukraine.

Mstyslav Chernov's documentary "20 Days in Mariupol," a first-person account of the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, won the audience prize for world cinema documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Juries for the various sections at the festival announced the winners at an awards ceremony Friday in Park City, Utah. “I want to thank everyone who believed in us: AP, Frontline and Sundance and all the audiences who did not turn away,” Chernov said. In total, 12 films premiered in the world cinema documentary section, including films about climate change, Syria, growing up during apartheid and the International Chopin Piano Competition. Other prize winners in the category included “Fantastic Machine,” for creative vision, “Against the Tide” for verité filmmaker, and “Some Sauna Sisterhood” for directing.

The agreement between the US and Germany is a critical step toward helping Ukraine regain lost ground.

The foreign ministers of France and the Netherlands have paid an official visit to a military base in Romania where both nations station troops as a part of a NATO battlegroup that was bolstered in the wake of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine

The foreign ministers of France and the Netherlands paid an official visit to Romania on Friday where they visited a NATO battlegroup, and later signed an agreement to strengthen ties between the three countries amid Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine.

Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors and other mourners have commemorated the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II.

The one-year mark is approaching in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and one Central Florida college student is telling the story of the conflict through his lens in an exhibit at an Orlando art museum.

President Joe Biden has signed off on a two-year extension of a program that protects Hong Kong residents in the U.S. from deportation.

The Biden administration is expanding sanctions against Russia's Wagner Group and related companies and individuals for their role in the war in Ukraine and mercenary activities, including human rights abuses, in Africa.

Germany has apologized for using a leopard emoji in a jibe at Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Twitter that ended up offending some Africans.

Paris is rushing to finish construction work in time for the 2024 Olympics with just 18 months to go.

France and Germany have commemorated the 60th anniversary of their post-World War II friendship treaty by committing to “unwavering support” for Ukraine and to strengthening the European Union.

The U.S. Treasury Department will impose additional sanctions on the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that has been aiding Russia’s military in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed a substantial boost in military spending through the end of this decade to face evolving threats.

The European Union’s parliament calls on the member states to back the creation of a special court to judge on any war crime of agression by Russia in Ukraine.

Poland's prime minister has requested a security review of strategic infrastructure after three foreign divers were rescued from near a key oil port where they had no authorization to be.

The Biden administration will provide $125 million for parts and other supplies to help repair crews in Ukraine keep up with Russian strikes pounding the country’s electrical system.

Poland’s prime minister says he wants the German government to supply a wide range of weapons to Ukraine.

Moldovan authorities said on Saturday that the remains of a rocket “originating from Russia’s air attacks on Ukraine” was found by border officials in a northern village near to the country’s border with war-torn Ukraine.

Russia claims that its forces have captured the fiercely contested salt mining town of Soledar.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the rule of law is at grave risk of becoming “the Rule of Lawlessness.”.

President Joe Biden will host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House for talks that are expected to center on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A leading rights group says widespread opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the power of a unified response against human rights abuses.

Russia's still making plenty of money from oil sales despite a price cap imposed by the Group of Seven major democracies.

The Biden administration says Iran’s sale of lethal drones to Russia for use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine means the country may be “contributing to widespread war crimes.”.

Russian authorities have announced criminal probes against a famous actor critical of the war in Ukraine and a philanthropist who supports the Russian opposition.

Revelers are celebrating the traditional ball drop in New York City’s Times Square, ushering in 2023 in the largest New Year’s celebration in the United States.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has defended what he says is his country’s position of impartiality on the war in Ukraine and signaled that China would deepen ties with Russia in the coming year.

Access to health care for Native Americans across the U.S. will be bolstered with funding included in a government spending bill approved by Congress.

The White House says a private Russian military company has taken delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster its forces as it fights side-by-side with Russian troops in Ukraine.

Congressional leaders have unveiled a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government.

A senior U.S. military official says Russia's war in Ukraine and anti-regime protests in Iran limited both adversaries' ability to influence or interfere in the recent midterm elections.

Emergency crews have pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search for survivors of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.

Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022.

A new report says the war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a sharp spike in the number of journalists killed in 2022 over the previous year.

Ukraine's finance minister says crucial Western financial aid is “not charity” but “self-preservation" as donor countries share the price of turning back Russian aggression.

The United States will increase exports of liquefied natural gas to Britain under a new agreement calling for the two countries to work together to boost energy security and drive down prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Polish President Andrzej Duda and the country's defense minister have taken delivery of a first shipment of tanks and howitzers from South Korea, hailing the swift implementation of a deal signed in the summer in the face of the war in neighboring Ukraine.

EU leaders and their counterparts in the Western Balkans have worked to strengthen their partnership during a summit in Albania as Russia's war in Ukraine threatens to reshape the geopolitical balance in the region.

Global arms sales have grown by nearly 2%, chiefly because of the war in Ukraine.

India's foreign minister has signaled that his country will continue to buy oil from Russia, even as Western governments press Moscow with a price cap on its oil exports.

The war in Ukraine has put the European Union’s expansion at the top of the agenda as officials from the Western Balkans and EU leaders prepare to meet Tuesday.

Europe’s largest security organization has opened a meeting in Poland strongly denouncing Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Russia and Kenya received encouraging news from track and field’s ruling body, though any possible reprieve for Russia was tempered by World Athletics’ intent to keep the country out of international meets until the war in Ukraine is over.

Matthew McConaughey, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Hudson and “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson have been named People magazine’s 2022 “People of the Year.”.

Moldova’s Foreign Minister says that apart from Ukraine, his country has been hit hardest by Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, as NATO offered fresh support to three countries shaken by the effects of Russia’s 10-month-old war.

Finland’s leader says it must give more weapons and support to Ukraine to ensure it wins its war against Russia.

Russia is complaining about Pope Francis’ latest condemnation of atrocities in Ukraine.

The Biden administration says Russia has abruptly postponed the scheduled resumption of arms control talks this week.

Russian energy giant Gazprom announced Monday that it will not further reduce natural gas to Moldova as it had threatened to do after claiming that bills went unpaid and that flows crossing through Ukraine were not making it to Moldova.

The intense firefight over Ukraine has the Pentagon rethinking its weapons stockpiles.