Montenegro has approved the extradition of a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to the United States, the Balkan country’s Justice Ministry said on Friday.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition, saying it was the only way to give the country a stable government capable of tackling its problems.
Russia’s aviation chief said Friday that a Ukrainian drone attack was underway in the Russian region that an airliner was destined for before it diverted and crashed earlier this week.
NATO is calling for a probe into the downing of an Azerbaijan commercial aircraft as suspicions mount that a Russian air defense system was responsible for the crash.
This year saw a host of multinational exercises and engagements, plus touching homecomings, epic sporting events and World War II commemorations. Here are the best 2024 images from Stars and Stripes.
Christmas on Ukraine’s front line started, fittingly, in an old barn filled with hay. Soldiers filed in as Lt. Mykola Bagirov, the brigade’s chaplain, began chanting prayers in a setting straight out of a Nativity scene - never mind the M113 armored personnel carriers parked beside him.
North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military intelligence said Thursday.
The Russian operator of a cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria on Monday says it has been hit by a series of explosions in an act of sabotage. The company’s claims couldn’t be independently verified.
Russia rebuffed incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, while saying it’s ready to hold negotiations on a long-lasting peace agreement to end almost three years of war.
Russia’s Federal Security Service said that the suspects were planning to kill one of the senior officers using a remotely controlled car bomb and another with an explosive device hidden in an envelope. The announcement follows the killing of a top Russian general last week.
The Estlink-2 power cable brings electricity from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic Sea and went down on Wednesday. The incident follows damage to two data cables.
Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that it was too soon to speculate on the reasons behind the crash, but said that the weather had forced the plane to change from its planned course.
Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning.
Authorities said a Russian warship arrived later Monday to oversee rescue operations. The Russian embassy in Spain told RIA Novosti it was investigating the accident.
Serhii Lysak says at least 11 other people were injured and more people could be trapped beneath the rubble of the four-story apartment block.
A Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, Russian news agencies reported.
Activists are calling for an investigation into Ukraine’s top defense institutions over accusations that tens of thousands of locally made mortar rounds are failing to fire, or badly misfiring.
More than a hundred sailors assigned to this rural outpost in the Polish countryside help protect Europe against ballistic missile threats much the same as if they were at sea.
France marked a day of mourning Monday for victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated its poorest territory, Mayotte, over a week ago.