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While Shanghai is easing COVID-19 rules for some of its 25 million residents, anti-virus controls in the country are spreading as infections rise.

Mariupol’s City Council is warning Friday that Russia’s military is carrying out a “new level of cleansing” in the besieged Ukrainian city by not allowing residents to bury deceased civilians.

China said that its military staged exercises on Friday in response to U.S. lawmakers' official visit to Taiwan.

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., became the first U.S. senator to visit Ukaine amid the Russian invasion, touring the mass graves in the city of Bucha and reporting “indisputable evidence of Putin's war crimes.” He traveled with Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., who was herself born in Ukraine. Hours after Daines' trip, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki revealed the latest plan on whether or not President Biden will go to Ukraine in person.

Russia on Friday is claiming to have destroyed a factory in Kyiv that makes anti-ship missiles after confirming that the flagship vessel of its Black Sea navy has sunk.

Russia warned the U.S. and NATO this week of “unpredictable consequences” if they continue to send Ukraine “sensitive” weapons as it prepares to launch a ground offensive, a report said Friday.

Palestinians clashed with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem before dawn on Friday as thousands gathered for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. Medics said that at least 152 Palestinians were wounded.

“House of Cards” showrunner Beau Willimon has traveled to Bucha, Ukraine, to document the atrocities of the Russian invasion and capture the “heroic resistance” of the Ukrainian people, the Bucha City Council announced Friday.

German authorities have reportedly arrested four people who they allege were involved an anti-government plot to kidnap well-known public figures and cause a nationwide blackout.

The British government on Thursday announced that it will send migrants who illegally enter through its borders to Rwanda -- in a bid to stop illegal immigration that immediately saw pushback from left-wing politicians and activist groups.

Hong Kong will ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions later this month.

El Shafee Elsheikh, a British national believed to be part of the notorious “Beatles” terror cell, was convicted Thursday for his part in an ISIS hostage-taking plot that led to the deaths of four Americans, three of whom were beheaded.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General on Thursday said it had found 6,492 cases of alleged crimes of aggression and war crimes since the onslaught of Russia’s invasion nearly 50 days ago.

Israeli troops operating in the West Bank shot and killed two Palestinians, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday, in the latest escalation of violence between the sides amid intensifying Israeli raids in the occupied territory.

Ireland’s foreign minister is in Kyiv, the latest in a string of senior European politicians to make the trip to show support for Ukraine’s fight against Russian invasion.

Hundreds of Russians speaking out against the war on Ukraine are facing charges as a result of a new repressive law passed last month condemning "false information."

Russia will have to bolster its defenses in the Baltic Sea -- including a potential nuclear escalation -- if Sweden and Finland join NATO, Moscow said on Thursday.

Russia confirmed Wednesday that the flagship of its Black Sea fleet had been evacuated after it was "seriously damaged," claiming that a fire on board caused an explosion, Russian media said. Ukraine said its military hit the ship with two cruise missiles.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine appears to have set off a "perfect storm," sparking multiple crises across the globe in the areas of food, energy, and debt, with devastating impacts for developing countries, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday.

Military and intelligence experts have labeled Russia's shift in military focus an attempt to save face following a disastrous campaign in Ukraine.