Macron pushes for new sanctions against Russia

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he favors new sanctions against Moscow after claiming Russian forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he favors new sanctions against Moscow after claiming Russian forces committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv.

Pakistan's president Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi has dissolved parliament - a step towards a snap election - after a campaign to impeach Prime Minister Imran Khan.

A Russian governor has accused Ukraine of bombing a fuel storage facility in western Russia with helicopters and starting a massive fire in Kyiv's first reported airstrike on Russian soil.

North Korea last week simulated the launch of what analysts called its "monster missile," Seoul's military said on Wednesday, adding that in reality the test was likely the same ICBM that Pyongyang fired in 2017.

BERLIN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Germany to help tear down a new "wall" Russia is building in Europe in a moving video address to parliament on Thursday.

MOSCOW — Russia said Wednesday that Ukrainian neutrality was at the heart of ongoing talks between Moscow and Kyiv aimed at finding a diplomatic solution to the nearly three weeks of fighting.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that any country attempting to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict.

KIEV - Ukrainian forces repelled Russian invaders on the streets of Kyiv on Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting civilians and appealed for more global embargoes.

BEIJING - Beijing recorded its highest number of new COVID-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family have left their home in the national's capital Ottawa for a secret location as up to 50,000 truckers gather to protest against the country's vaccine mandate and COVID lockdowns.