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Ukraine’s flag bearer proud to show his country is still standing

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych during an interview REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Ukraine train had just a ‘minute’ to evacuate before Russia attack

Ukrainian train attendant Olga Terletska is honoured at a ceremony in Kyiv for her actions on Jan 27, when Russia targeted a train in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, killing five people.

UAE plans compound for Palestinians in Israeli-held south Gaza, map shows

TOPSHOT - This picture taken from a position at Israel's border with the Gaza Strip shows destroyed buildings in the besieged Palestinian territory on February 5, 2026. The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack just across the Israel-Gaza Strip border which resulted in the deaths of 1,221 people on the Israeli side, triggered the Gaza war in which over 71,800 Palestinians have been killed and thousands of buildings destroyed. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Activists plan new, bigger flotilla to try to bring aid to Gaza

A flotilla of humanitarian boats departing from Sicily on Sept 27, 2025.

Japan atomic bomb survivors fear nuclear war as US-Russia arms control pact expires

US President Donald Trump did not follow up on Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to extend warhead limits in the agreement for one year.

55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed on battlefield, Zelensky tells French TV

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky added that a large number of people were considered officially missing.

Melania Trump says talks with Putin team continue to free Ukrainian kids

Fifteen children have been returned to Ukraine since the first lady started her advocacy, including seven children in December 2025.

A global nuclear arms race looms with collapse of Russia-US New START treaty

The end of New START removes the last restraint on Russia developing its nuclear arsenal, on display here during its Victory Day military parade last year.

Russia aims to ‘cut’ entire regions from Ukraine train network, says rail chief

A war crimes prosecutor and a police officer working at the scene of a Russian drone attack on a passenger train in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Jan 27.

French president’s top diplomat held talks in Moscow on Feb 3, sources say

FILE PHOTO: France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks flanked by his diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne during a diplomatic meeting with Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, UK National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Germany national security advisor Jens Ploetner at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, France April 17, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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