Farmers and their horses walked in a festive parade through the small Bavarian town of Warngau on Sunday to honor their patron saint, St. Leonhard.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday denounced Russia’s hybrid attacks against democracies, saying the European Union is fighting daily to debunk misinformation.

Russian officials have publicly confirmed that the scientists will use the labs to study deadly microbes in an effort to strengthen defenses against bioterrorism as well as future pandemics. But the new construction is being closely watched by U.S. intelligence agencies and bioweapons experts concerned about Russia’s intentions.

A Russian drone strike killed a teenager in Kyiv during a nighttime barrage on the Ukrainian capital that lasted for hours, officials said, while five people were reportedly killed in a missile attack on central Ukraine that also left at least 21 injured.

The Institute for the Study of War, which has been monitoring the conflict, cited visual evidence that Russian forces have recaptured 46 percent of the Ukrainian salient in the Kursk region.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was in Bosnia and Serbia as part of a trip to aspiring E.U. member states in the Balkans, designed to assure them that E.U. enlargement remains a priority for the bloc. There are fears in the West that Putin is plotting trouble in the volatile Balkans.

Many Georgians fear the ruling party is dragging the country toward authoritarianism and away from a chance to join the E.U. And its shift toward adopting Russia-style laws has cost it support in the West, though the trend cannot be explained by influence from Moscow alone, one expert said.

North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed Friday.

More than $465,000 in gear was stolen from the Grafenwoehr Training Area, but the two men were convicted only of handling a small portion of that equipment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin closed a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies on Thursday, praising its role as a counterbalance to what he called the West’s “perverse methods.”

Russian lawmakers on Thursday ratified a pact with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance, a move that comes as the U.S. confirmed the deployment of 3,000 North Korean troops to Russia.

A Defense Department audit has found that $1.1 billion in payments meant to support Ukraine in the months following Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country lacked proper documentation.

The 12,000 North Korean troops sent to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are not a legitimate force, South Korea’s national defense minister said.

An international conference for Lebanon in Paris on Thursday raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support to help the country where war between Hezbollah militants and Israel has displaced a million people, killed over 2,500, and deepened an economic crisis, French organizers said.

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Prosecutors in Munich said the suspect and the two victims had met previously. They said Wednesday that the three men were drinking together and argued about the situation in Ukraine, “as a result of which the accused felt that his national pride was hurt,” they said in a statement.

Cyprus’ clear policy shift toward deepening U.S. relations after decades of walking a tightrope between Washington and Moscow gained added steam after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

His last victory came in a 2020 election denounced at home and abroad as fraudulent. That prompted an unprecedented wave of mass protests. His government responded with a violent crackdown, arresting and beating thousands.

Under the deal, the allies will work closer together to protect vital underwater cables in the North Sea. The two countries say they will also cooperate to prioritize developing long-range strike weapon.