There is a deepening divide in the international community on how to deal with the Taliban, who have been in power for three years and face no internal or external opposition. Afghanistan’s rulers have pursued bilateral ties with major regional powers.

NATO fighters scrambled seven times during the past week to track down Russian military aircraft violating international aviation regulations over the Baltic Sea, allied defense officials said.

Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed as he left for his office. On Monday, Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, opened a criminal investigation against him, accusing him of directing the use of banned chemical weapons.

Advertisements along the sidewalk in Kyiv ask for donations to help fill financial gaps across the military. By scanning a QR code, people can help buy anything from body warmers and drones to armored cars for soldiers. But some charities are seeing a decline in individual donations in part because of the economic situation in the country.

Bashar Assad’s departure leaves unclear Moscow’s military role in the country. The Russian presence includes not only Hmeimim, but also Syria’s sole warm-water port in the nearby coastal city of Tartus

U.S. forces killed 12 Islamic State militants Monday in airstrikes on some of the terrorist group’s Syria-based camps, defense officials said.

Students at a school on this U.S. base in northeastern Italy are once again making friends among their Italian peers through a nearly 50-year-old exchange program that has been revived following the COVID-19 pandemic.

France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescuers and supplies to Mayotte on Monday after the tiny French island territory off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. Authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.

An estimated 3,700 tons of low-grade fuel oil has spilled into the Kerch Strait after two Russian ships were seriously damaged by stormy weather, Russian state media reported Monday.

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after it came under attack.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and the Pentagon say some North Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region.

“This stream of volunteers doesn’t stop,” Putin told a meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow on Monday. “A turning point on the front lines has been reached, and we have completely taken the strategic initiative.”

Ramstein Air Base and German police officials confirmed Monday that unauthorized drones have flown over the Air Force installation in recent days, though details about the unmanned aircraft remain scarce.

Germany and France on Monday launched a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris, a connection hailed as a symbol of a close friendship between the two countries.

Russia is stepping up a clandestine campaign of sabotage and hybrid attacks against the United States and its allies in Europe, according to a new report.

A searchlight, a World War II-era machine gun and lots of coffee and tea help a band of volunteers protect the night skies over Ukraine’s capital from drones.

Two Russian oil tankers have been seriously damaged following a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling oil and sparking an emergency rescue operation.