Nearly two weeks after India and Pakistan reached an uneasy cease-fire, neither New Delhi nor Islamabad agree on what happened preceding it. India blames Pakistan for the April 22 terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that left 26 people dead;

After Israel eased its 11-week aid block this week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Gaza's entire population is at risk of famine.

Something remarkable happened last week, though it didn’t get the attention it deserved: A long and brutal war came to an end.

Canada’s economy is likely in the early stages of a recession, according to forecasters, as unemployment rises and exports fall because of a trade war with the US.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s eastern flank and declared Thursday that “the security of our Baltic allies is also our security” as worries about Russian aggression persist.

Trump’s lead envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Steve Witkoff, has had similar moments of confusion. In an interview in March, he could not name the regions over which the war is being fought. “These so-called four regions,” he said, struggling to recall them. “Donbas, Crimea... You know the names.”

President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi gesture as Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) looks on during a ceremony honoring the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball champion Florida Gators at the White House, May 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Lyudmila Vasilyeva is fined for "discrediting" the Russian army after calling for an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine.