EU sanctions 27 ships it says are helping Russian war machine

The European Union placed sanctions on more than two dozen vessels, including 17 that hauled oil for Moscow.

Greece claims neighboring North Macedonia broke historic name deal, warns its EU hopes may suffer

Greece is accusing neighboring North Macedonia’s new center-right government of breaking a historic deal on the country’s name. Athens also warned that this could harm North Macedonia’s hopes of joining the European Union.

Dagestan, in southern Russia, has a history of violence. Why does it keep happening?

Over the years, Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan has been beset by extremist violence. This weekend, there was more bloodshed, a large-scale and coordinated assault that raises difficult questions for Russian authorities about continued security lapses

Leader of NATO member Poland visits China, talks to Xi about Ukraine, peace and trade

Polish President Andrzej Duda has met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks on Ukraine, peace and bilateral trade on a visit to Beijing that brings the leader of a NATO member to a country that has backed Russia in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

US Navy base in Sicily looks back on 65 years, ahead to burgeoning NATO role

NAS Sigonella has grown to 1,300 acres and about 40 tenant commands, among them Space Force, Army, Marines and Air Force detachments. The military community of more than 6,000 also includes civilians, service member families and Italian workers.

Supreme Court will take up Hungary’s bid to end lawsuit from Holocaust survivors

The Supreme Court has agreed to intervene for the second time in a dispute between Hungary and Holocaust survivors who want to be compensated for property confiscated from them during World War II.

Russian region of Dagestan holds a day of mourning after attacks kill 20 people, officials say

Russia’s southern region of Dagestan is holding the first of three days of mourning following a rampage by Islamic militants who authorities say killed 20 people, most of them police, and attacked houses of worship in apparently coordinated assaults in two cities.

Russia summons US envoy over Ukraine missile strike in Crimea

The U.S. “bears equal responsibility” with Ukraine for the attack and Russia will retaliate, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said in a statement Monday. The U.S. began supplying Kyiv with ATACMS missiles earlier this year.

US soldier buried for 80 years in German mass grave laid to rest at American cemetery in Normandy

A Jewish American soldier who was killed in France during World War II and mistakenly buried in a mass grave for German soldiers has finally joined his fallen comrades in Normandy.

More than 15 policemen, several civilians killed by gunmen in Russia’s southern Dagestan region

More than 15 policemen and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, have been killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, its governor says.