Zelensky says Russia refusing ceasefire ‘complicates the situation’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia refusing to accept a ceasefire was complicating efforts to end Moscow’s more than three-year-long conflict against his country. “We see that Russia rebuffs numerous calls for... Read more »

Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill 320

Residents walk next to damaged cars stuck to an electric pole following flash flooding due to heavy rains in a neighborhood of Mingora, the main town of Swat Valley, northwestern Pakistan, on... Read more »

Federal judge denies the Trump administration’s request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody

Immigrants play soccer at a US government holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, July 9, 2019. ERIC GAY / AP A federal judge ruled on Friday, August 15, to... Read more »

Macron vows to punish ‘hatred’ after olive tree honoring Jewish victim is cut down

The stele and the trunk of the olive tree, presumably cut down with a chainsaw, which was planted in 2011 in front of a memorial to Ilan Halimi in Epinay-sur-Seine, on the... Read more »

In Serbia, hundreds arrested in violent anti-government protests amid reports of police brutality

Supporters of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic hurl flares at anti-government protesters during an anti-government protest in front of the Serbian Progressive Party office in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko... Read more »

Washington attorney general sues Trump administration over police takeover

Brian Schwalb, center, attorney general for the District of Columbia, speaks outside the federal courthouse in Washington DC, on September 3, 2024. LINDSAY WHITEHURST / AP The attorney general for the US... Read more »

Trump to meet Putin in high-stakes Alaska summit for Ukraine’s future

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, August 15, 2025, en route to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. LUIS M. ALVAREZ /... Read more »

Mali junta accuses foreign powers of destabilization plot

Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita attends the first ordinary summit of heads of state and governments of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Niamey, Niger July 6, 2024. MAHAMADOU HAMIDOU /... Read more »

Global plastic pollution treaty talks extended in ‘haze’ of confusion

Activists stage a protest during the final day of negotiations of a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution, at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 13, 2025. FABRICE COFFRINI /... Read more »

Over 100 humanitarian organizations denounce Israeli rules for aid groups

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, on August 13, 2025.... Read more »