WASHINGTON — The FBI declined to confirm whether any of its agents took part in the operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, a refusal that is now
KHARTOUM — Sudanese army-aligned sources say government forces and allied fighters have captured more than 10 South Sudanese nationals they allege were fighting with the Rapid Support Forces, a claim that, if
New Year’s Day arrived with the familiar whine of drones and the familiar fog of competing claims, as Russia and Ukraine accused each other of striking civilians while each argued it was
KYIV — The war between Russia and Ukraine pushed into its 1,408th day, the kind of grinding, day-count conflict tracked in The Eastern Herald’s Russo-Ukrainian war digest, with the same blunt logic
In the grinding stalemate of Russia’s war on Ukraine, now dragging into its 1,406th day, a cascade of battlefield savagery and diplomatic feints unfolded on December 31, casting long shadows over fragile
UKRAINE — A fresh wave of political scandal has struck Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration as yet another Ukrainian lawmaker faces criminal charges for bribery. According to reports from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption
As US President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Mar-a-Lago on Monday, the fragile Gaza ceasefire, brokered under American auspices, hung by a thread, frayed by repeated Israeli violations
MOSCOW — As 2025 draws to a close, Russia’s top military commander delivered a stark accounting of the year’s battlefield triumphs, underscoring a relentless advance that has reshaped the front lines in
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmaker Steffen Kotré has delivered a blunt assessment: Ukraine’s bid for European Union membership is doomed for at least the next two decades. In an interview
Riga’s flirtation with dismantling its railway lifeline to Russia has ignited a fierce debate over economic self-sabotage versus national security. Russian diplomats warn that severing these tracks would deliver a devastating blow
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