Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, three senior Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron praised President Trump’s move towards diplomacy with Russia and repeatedly said he would push to boost French and European defense spending. He also voiced support for Trump’s push to make a deal for access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.

An Army executive order in January directs senior responsible officers, who in most cases are generals, to exercise tactical control of their garrisons and all organizations providing services.

They are accused of seeking out and setting up weapons depots for Hamas so militants could later use the firearms and ammunition for attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets. Prosecutors say potential targets included the Israeli embassy in Berlin and Ramstein Air Base.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth year, Moscow is increasingly resorting to clandestine cargo transfers as it wrestles with sanctions and tries to keep its oil exports flowing.

At a minimum, Europe will need to field 50 new combat brigades and some 300,000 troops to offset what the United States would be expected to contribute in the event of a Russian attack, according to an analysis.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027.

President Donald Trump expressed hope that Russia’s war in Ukraine is nearing an endgame as he met Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron on the third anniversary of the invasion. But France’s leader cautioned that it’s crucial that any potential agreement with Moscow does not amount to surrender for Ukraine.

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman conducted routine flight operations in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday after leaving Naval Support Activity Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete a day earlier. The Truman was in port for repairs following a collision with a cargo ship.

Nearly $300 billion spent, more than 150,000 lives lost and over 10 million displaced. Here’s what three years of war in Ukraine add up to.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping about recent Russia-U.S. contacts on Ukraine in a phone call Monday, the Kremlin said.

In a win for Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, the U.N. General Assembly on Monday adopted two resolutions calling for an end to the war, while rejecting a U.S. draft that never mentioned Moscow’s aggression. Instead, both resolutions make clear Russia was the aggressor.

Recent unprovoked acts, including one that left a child with a concussion and another with a broken nose, at Naval Support Activity Naples Elementary School are part of widespread student bullying across grade levels, parents said.

Ukraine on Monday marked the bleakest anniversary yet of its war against the Russia invasion, with the country’s forces under severe pressure on the battlefield and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration apparently embracing the Kremlin in a reversal of American policy.

Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, as he remains in critical condition with a complex lung infection.

A proposal to give the U.S. $500 billion worth of profits from Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv has been taken off the table, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, indicating a more equitable deal is in the works.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany nearly doubled its support, the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War II, projections showed.

The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia.

Ukrainian soldiers who lost limbs in the three-year war against Russia are returning to the battlefield out of a sense of duty amid the grim outlook for their country.