Tag: Russia

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. Ruling in response to a…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched one of the biggest drone attacks on the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula since the full-scale war that started with Russia’s invasion 21 months ago, Russian officials said Friday. They did…

Those who argue that helping our allies means it shortchanges Americans, are misguided. In defending her vote against sending aid to Israel, firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, said she doesn’t believe using “Americans’ hard…

Alsu Kurmasheva, who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and holds dual Russian and U.S. citizenship, went to Russia in May to deal with a family emergency. Today she sits in prison, another victim of…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam, Kyiv officials said Monday, as the Kremlin’s war entered…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said on Friday that North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine. Speculation about a possible…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a whirlwind return visit to Washington on Thursday to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine, delivering an upbeat message on the war’s progress while facing new questions about…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden made his case before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression, warning that no nation can be…

MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Loral…

Representative’s husband dies in plane crash WASHINGTON — Eugene Peltola Jr., the husband of Rep. Mary Peltola, died following a plane crash, the Alaska Democrat’s office announced Wednesday. Peltola is returning to Alaska to be…