The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart about a U.S. surveillance drone that crashed into the Black Sea after an encounter with a Russian fighter jet, as officials sought to keep the incident from further escalating tension already high over the invasion of Ukraine.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says US ‘will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows’.

Former Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday blasted Ron DeSantis over his criticism of the war in Ukraine.

Russian officials say a bid will be made to recover a US drone from the Black Sea while US authorities say no intelligence can be gained.

Zahra, 17, recalls how she sat handcuffed and blindfolded, waiting to be tortured for the ninth day in a row. Six months into the ongoing protests against the Islamic regime, this is a daily reality for many Iranians pushing to overthrow the government.

Sergei Zhirnov, a former KGB colleague of Vladimir Putin, has claimed that body doubles are being employed at key events after he was seen gesticulating fervently and repeatedly touched his nose

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a pre-recorded message to the Society of Editors Media Freedom Conference on Wednesday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a pre-recorded message to the Society of Editors Media Freedom Conference on Wednesday.

Ukrainian troops on Wednesday defended positions in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine amid a relentless push by Russian forces to capture a city that has been turned into a wasteland by seven months of fighting. Both sides claimed successes in what has become the longest-running battle since Russia launched its full-scale…

Thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the war-ravaged country's opposition-held northwest on Wednesday, marking 12 years since the start of pro-democracy protests and rejecting any international "normalization" with Damascus. The brutal repression of the 2011 protests, which began during the so-called "Arab Spring" uprisings, triggered a complex civil war that drew…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered Russian President Vladimir Putin his support in the Ukraine conflict during a visit to Moscow on Wednesday. The meeting between the two leaders in Moscow came as thousands of Syrians demonstrated in rebel-held northwestern Syria to mark 12 years since the start of pro-democracy protests…