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KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s parliament is in a state of disarray.

A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, becoming one of the highest-level diplomats in recent years to leave the reclusive state for its rival. Ri Il Gyu, a 52-year-old political affairs counselor at the North Korean embassy in Cuba fled to South Korea with his family, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Tuesday, based on an exclusive interview. South ...

Kenyan police used teargas to disperse protesters in some of the nation’s biggest cities, shuttering shops and offices in their central business districts. Its currency and dollar bonds weakened.

When an outraged Ukrainian lawmaker berated JD Vance at this year’s Munich Security Conference over the Republicans’ blocking of aid to his country, the U.S. senator listened patiently. But Oleksiy Honcharenko couldn’t change his mind.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s “not afraid” of a potential second Donald Trump presidency even as he said the turbulence around the U.S. election is hurting Kyiv’s effort on the battlefield. Days after Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, world leaders are grappling with his presidential bid gaining fresh momentum. Zelenskyy, who this month demanded ...

Israeli leaders say that they don’t want a war in Lebanon but that their country is ready for any scenario.

TEL AVIV, Israel – For weeks, Israel kept watch on a palm-tree-dotted villa in the southern Gaza Strip where it believed a top Hamas lieutenant was staying with his family, but it held off on a strike, according to three senior Israeli defense officials. The Israelis had a bigger target in mind: Muhammad Deif, the elusive leader of Hamas’ military wing.

Princess of Wales Kate Middleton attended the men’s Wimbledon Finals on Sunday, in just her second public appearance this year as she continues to focus on her ongoing cancer treatment. Middleton, 42, received a standing ovation when she entered the Royal Box accompanied by her daughter, Princess Charlotte, 9, and her sister, Pippa Middleton, 40, reported People Magazine. As she took her seat ...

Some U.S. officials have grown more optimistic that a deal to release Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip in return for a cease-fire is at hand. But people briefed on the talks say it will be days until it is clear whether a breakthrough has been achieved.

This summer, Kyiv will finally get the F-16 fighter jets it’s been insisting it needs to repel Russia - but in far fewer numbers than it had hoped.

From her balcony on the edge of this Lebanese border village, Greta Nakhleh-Allam, 33, can see Israel in almost every direction. And every morning, as the shelling between the Israeli army and Hezbollah militants starts anew, she wonders whether the clashes will end or turn into an all-consuming conflagration.

In Washington, as NATO’s leaders commemorated the 75th anniversary of the alliance, China readied its troops along a member state’s border. Alongside their Belarusian counterparts, Chinese forces participated in 11-day joint military exercises not far from Polish territory.

 At least 60 people are missing after part of a hill collapsed and swept away two passenger buses on a highway in Nepal on Friday, police said.

Russia is preparing military countermeasures in response to the planned U.S. deployment of longer-range, ground-based missiles in Germany, the Russian deputy foreign minister said Thursday, adding that the U.S. move was "destructive to regional safety and strategic stability."

The U.S. military has failed to re-anchor its humanitarian pier to Gaza, the Pentagon said Thursday, and soon will “cease operations” on an aid-delivery mission plagued by setbacks from almost the moment President Biden announced it four months ago.

Kyiv wants to convene a second meeting to achieve a fair peace settlement in Ukraine before the U.S. elections in November, this time with Russia attending, according to people familiar with the matter.

Former president Donald Trump doesn’t have a seat at the table as NATO leaders gather this week in Washington, but he might as well, as officials strategize about how to adapt the alliance for the possibility that its most senior leader may soon again be a skeptic.