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The UK government is pressuring Moscow over the death sentences handed to two Britons captured by Russian forces, a minister says. "I know we are making the strongest representations possible to the Russian government," Therese Coffey,…

Speaking via videolink to the European Council's Women in Conflicts conference earlier, the Ukrainian first lady says: "Every life in our country is broken, every life is divided into before and after." "Of course our war has got a…

The European Commission has announced the bloc will provide another $219.3m to Ukraine to combat the humanitarian crisis in the country. “With this funding our humanitarian partners are providing food, water, health care, shelter,…

Swathes of Sri Lanka were hit by electricity cuts on Thursday after a power sector union went on strike opposing new government regulations, compounding hardships as the country tackles a crippling economic crisis. About 900 out of…

The United States has approved a possible $120 million sale of parts to help Taiwan maintain its warships, which the island's defence ministry said would help ensure combat readiness in the face of China's "frequent activities" near the…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has been diagnosed with shingles and will therefore hold talks scheduled in Germany and Romania only remotely, a NATO official said on Thursday. "The Secretary-General will conduct his planned…

Polish President Andrzej Duda slammed the leaders of France and Germany over their phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it was like having talks with Adolf Hitler during World War Two, according to the German…

The brother of Sri Lanka's president and the country's former finance minister, Basil Rajapaksa, said on Thursday he had resigned from parliament, the second from the influential family to step away from government amid a severe economic…

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in the United Arab Emirate on Thursday and will meet its president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, an Israeli statement said. Bennett's Abu Dhabi visit, his third in recent months, had…

Speaking from the Donbas region, Sviatoslav Yurash, a member of Ukraine’s parliament has described the situation in the area as a “hell on Earth,” adding that while Ukrainian forces were holding strong against Russia’s assault, it needed…