A Russian-linked mercenary group has been accused of carrying out beatings, torture and executions in the Central African Republic (CAR), a human rights group said Tuesday.
Russia's foreign ministry on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine in a move that escalated a back and forth spat between the Jewish nation and Moscow.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in an address by video to Ukraine's parliament Tuesday, told lawmakers in the war-torn country that their military has "accomplished the greatest feat of arms of the 21st century" by keeping Russian forces outside of Kyiv.
Pope Francis has revealed that he told the Kremlin in March that he was “willing to go to Moscow” to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin – but the Vatican has “not yet received a response,” according to an interview published Tuesday.
The Taliban have had to consolidate power and assert control over Afghanistan, battle ISIS-K and tamp down the resistance movement in Panjshir province.
Russia may be looking to conclude its war in Ukraine within four months’ time with Kyiv's Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense announcing Tuesday it believes September is Moscow’s intended deadline.
Israel is demanding an apology after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday claimed that Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots, calling the remarks “unforgivable and outrageous.”
A senior U.S. official said Monday that Russia’s military has been making "minimal progress at best" in eastern Ukraine because the “Ukrainians have really been resisting quite well.”
Russian crews reportedly are working Monday to repair a rail bridge near the country’s border with Ukraine that was blown up over the weekend in what a local governor claims was “sabotage.”