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Grieving families awaited news of loved ones into the night. A mobile phone somewhere among the charred personal belongings rang and rang, with no one to answer. The bodies — more than 50 in all — were sheathed in white bags and carted away near a slide and a swing set in a children’s playground.Thursday’s strike in the tiny village of Hroza,…

As people in much of the world flocked to see Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster film “Barbie” this summer, viewers in Russia were left out. At least officially.Along with other studios, Warner Bros., the producer of “Barbie,” stopped releasing movies in Russia shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But that…

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive has rumbled forward in recent months, it has encountered minefields and forces dug into elaborate trench networks. Kyiv’s forces have also run up against a Russian tactic of ceding ground before striking back.Reports on Monday illustrated the issue: Russian forces said they had staged an assault on Ukrainian troops…

The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a yearlong multinational security mission for Haiti, led by Kenya, aimed at cracking down on rampant gang violence that has unraveled life for many on the Caribbean nation.The 15-member United Nations Security Council voted to authorize a security mission that would guard critical…

ST. PETERSBURG — Dozens of people gathered at Yevgeny Prigozhin's grave site on Sunday to pay tribute to the late Russian mercenary chief on the 40th day since his death in a mysterious plane crash. According to Orthodox Christian tradition, the souls of the deceased remain on Earth for 40 days before finding their…

The Ukrainian pursuit of sovereignty in the face of Russian aggression has been accompanied by a profound gratitude for the unwavering support from the United States. Presently, Ukraine treads the path towards liberation from Russia’s historical hegemony,  much like America’s journey away from the British Crown in the 18th century.…

Moscow, March 2023. On the steps of the Kremlin, Xi Jinping bade farewell to Vladimir Putin after a three-day visit. Xi's parting words were just within earshot of the cameras. But they echoed around the world. "Right now there are changes the likes of which we haven't seen for 100 years," he said. "And we are the ones driving these changes…

Bundles of cash arriving on flights from Russia via Armenia provided an early sign of mischief in a tiny Eastern European enclave. Then came a wave of noisy street demonstrations featuring destitute pensioners paid to chant for the removal of their country’s pro-Western president.But events in that enclave, Gagauzia, in the Republic of Moldova,…

The Russian-installed authorities in occupied Crimea said Ukrainian forces targeted the peninsula with another air attack on Saturday, the second in two days as Kyiv increasingly takes aim at the region in an effort to disrupt Moscow’s military operations.Mikhail Razvozhayev, the governor of Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city and the home of…

Comment on this storyCommentEditor’s note: In April 2022, the Russian police arrested opposition activist and Post contributor Vladimir Kara-Murza for criticizing the war in Ukraine. On Sept. 4, authorities at the Moscow detention center where he has been held for more than a year informed his lawyers that he was no longer in custody there.…