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Ukrainian service members fire a Multiple Launch Rocket System toward Russian troops near the front-line town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Land in focus at Geneva peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
Russia is demanding that ​Ukraine cede the remaining 20% of the eastern region of Donetsk that Moscow has failed to capture — something Kyiv refuses to do.
The United States-Russia-Ukraine talks in the United Arab Emirates highlight a Trump-era transactional approach that prioritizes commercial deals over institutions or alliances, risking instability in Europe and boosting China’s long-term strategic position.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2026
What Trump wants from Russia
A U.S.-Russia arrangement in which Ukraine is little more than a bargaining chip risks hollowing out this project before it is consolidated.
Sunday service at the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh on the outskirts of Johannesburg
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Lacking money, Russia turns to god in push for African influence
In less than three years, the Russian Orthodox Church has expanded to at least 34 countries in Africa, up from four.
Members of the Ukrainian military battalion known as the Da Vinci Wolves prepare care packages to be delivered by drone to soldiers on the front line in the Dnipro region of Ukraine on Jan. 3.
WORLD
Feb 17, 2026
Bitter cold complicates Ukraine’s drone defense
Temperatures across the 1,200-kilometer front line have plunged to their lowest of the entire four-year Russia-Ukraine war, complicating the use of the weapons.
A burial site for Russian soldiers killed during fighting in Ukraine, in Kostroma, Russia
WORLD
Feb 17, 2026
Russia’s losses boost reliance on foreign fighters, U.K. says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited a figure of 30,000 Russian personnel killed in action in January alone.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2026
Four takeaways from the Munich Security Conference
Among the takeaways from the Munich Security Conference was that European leaders do not believe a ceasefire will soon come in the Ukraine war started by Russia’s invasion.
Rescue services search for victims under wreckage after an airstrike on a residential building in Kyiv on June 17, 2025. Vladimir Putin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine has devasted Ukrainian cities, claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and forced more than 10 million people to flee their homes.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2026
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed Europe forever. Here’s how.
The conflict is raising concerns over Europe’s ability to resist or coexist with an aggressive Russia under Vladimir Putin and its readiness state if he isn’t stopped in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the Munich Security Conference in the German city on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2026
Zelenskyy says U.S. too often asks Ukraine, not Russia, for concessions
Zelenskyy also accused Moscow of seeking to delay decisions by changing its lead negotiator.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Munich Security Conference in the German city on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2026
Rubio tells Europe to join Trump’s fight, saying it belongs with U.S.
Speaking at a security conference in Munich after months of turmoil in U.S.-European relations. Washington’s top diplomat struck a markedly soothing tone.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping via video link from Moscow on Feb. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 15, 2026
China expanding aid for Russia’s war, Western officials say
The war couldn’t continue without ongoing Chinese support, particularly the export of dual-use components and critical minerals used in Russian drone production.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrive at an informal European Union leaders retreat at Alden Biesen Castle in Rijkhoven, Belgium, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2026
Europe talks nuclear weapons after U.S. delivers reality check
The countries involved in discussions usually host U.S. military assets, are close to Russia and feel directly threatened by Vladimir Putin, sources said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (center) is flanked by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron during the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2026
Europe calls for U.S. reset at security talks
This year’s Munich Security Conference comes at a time of strained ties between Europe and the United States.
Some historians say Donald Trump’s narcissism, impulsiveness, and disregard for international norms closely resemble those of German Kaiser Wilhelm II, creating risks for global stability and undermining the pillars of international order.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2026
Trump is a lot like Kaiser Wilhelm: vanity itself
Donald Trump’s extraordinary performance in Davos, littered with falsehoods, insults and explosions of grandiloquence, closely resembled one of the Kaiser’s public performances.
U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey told reporters Thursday that allies have pledged as much as $35 billion in new military aid to Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2026
Ukraine gets $35 billion in military aid pledges after attacks
A series of massive Russian air strikes on energy infrastructure and civilian targets left millions of Ukrainians to endure winter without steady lighting and heat.
Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych is seen during a training session in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Tuesday wearing a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion of the nation.
OLYMPICS / Skeleton
Feb 13, 2026
Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasts IOC after Ukrainian banned for helmet honoring war victims
The International Olympic Committee said Heraskevych had failed “to adhere to the IOC athlete expression guidelines.”
Ukraine skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych holds his helmet, which depicts victims of his country's war with Russia, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Skeleton
Feb 12, 2026
Ukraine skeleton racer Heraskevych disqualified from Olympics over memorial helmet
The IOC said he had been kicked out of the Milano Cortina Games “after refusing to adhere to the IOC athlete expression guidelines.”
Mercedes-Benz cars at a Panavto dealership in Moscow on Dec. 19. A Russian car dealer has said that most foreign cars sold in the country are imported through China regardless of where they are built.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 12, 2026
Thousands of foreign cars sold to Russia through China, circumventing sanctions
Automakers from regions imposing sanctions say they prohibit sales to Russia and that the trade happens against their will.
Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych takes part in a skeleton training session at Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS / Skeleton
Feb 12, 2026
IOC ‘begs’ Ukrainian to race without helmet that honors countrymen killed in war
The athlete, however, remained defiant after a meeting between ​the two sides on Wednesday afternoon failed to break the impasse.
A Russian service member aims a weapon while undergoing an intensive combat training course at a firing range in the Rostov region, Russia, on Jan. 19.
WORLD
Feb 12, 2026
Russian war losses now exceed recruitment, Western officials say
Moscow sustained around 9,000 more battlefield losses in Ukraine than it was able to replace last month.
Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls depict Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in a shop in Moscow on Tuesday. Since returning to the White House, Trump has upended domestic and foreign politics while ramping up pressure on institutions ranging from universities to the Federal Reserve.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2026
Corruption watchdog sees ‘worrying decline’ in democracies such as U.S.
Transparency International said the United States had slid to the lowest-ever score on its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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