Ukrainian officials insist they won't use Western-provided arms to hit Russian territory but leaks suggest otherwise

Tehran seized two ships last week in response to the US confiscating a tanker carrying Iranian oil to China.

A series of recent high-level meetings suggests Beijing may be willing to engage with Washington again, in spite of various provocations and a complete diplomatic breakdown in February.

The <em>New York Times</em> spoke with several senior American and European officials who had different views on how the war in Ukraine should proceed.

China and Brazil are pushing for a ceasefire

Heavy fighting continues in Bakhmut

The bill would prohibit the US from normalizing with Assad and expand sanctions on Syria to target countries that are normalizing

Southern separatists want to bring back the borders of South Yemen

Pretoria hit back at the accusation

The meeting marks the highest-level in-person engagement between the two sides since Biden met Xi in Bali last November

The provision of Storm Shadow missiles marks an escalation of NATO support for Ukraine

Reports say Ukrainian forces pushed Russian forces back by 2km in an area to the southwest of the city