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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.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow on Monday
WORLD
Feb 10, 2026
Russia aims only to ‘buy time’ in peace talks, spy report says
The assessment casts a shadow over U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to end the four-year war, as his envoys seek to bring together Russian and Ukrainian negotiators.
Charles Ojiambo Mutoka, 72, with portraits of his son Oscar, who he learned was killed in August, during a press conference where relatives of conscripts demanded urgent government action to repatriate their kin, in Nairobi on Jan. 27
WORLD
Feb 10, 2026
Lies, horror, trauma: Kenyans recount forced Russian recruitment
Hundreds of Kenyan nationals have been lured to Russia with promises of well-paying jobs, only to be forcibly conscripted into the Russian military and sent to fight in Ukraine.
Munich Security Conference Foundation Council President Wolfgang Ischinger attends a news conference regarding the Munich Security Report in Berlin on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
Rise of ‘wrecking-ball politics’ in focus at Munich security meet
The 2026 Munich Security Report describes U.S. President Donald Trump as the “most powerful of those who take the axe to existing rules and institutions.“ 
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, addresses the media in the Oval Office on Sept. 5, the day he signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2026
Trump has killed American deterrence
Trump has shown countless times that he cannot keep promises. His reversals on TikTok, tariffs and Ukraine demonstrate that his commitments have the lifespan of a mayfly.
An investigator works outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow on Friday.
WORLD
Feb 8, 2026
Russia says man suspected of shooting top general has been flown to Moscow from Dubai
A Ukrainian-born Russian citizen has been extradited on suspicion of gravely injuring one of Russia’s most senior military intelligence officers.
Denys and Yuliia Davydenko, both 40, pose for a picture with their children — Maksym, 11, Tymofiy, 6, and Stephanie, 2 — in the kitchen of their apartment in Kyiv on Feb. 1.
WORLD / Society
Feb 8, 2026
Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defies Russia and the cold
The Davydenkos had left Ukraine when Russian forces closed in on Kyiv in 2022, but since returning from Europe, they are resolute in their intention to stay.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
U.S. pushes Russia and Ukraine to end war by summer, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said that Washington ​has proposed talks in Miami in a week, and that Kyiv has already agreed.
A Ukrainian soldier shoots during training at an undisclosed location in the country's Zaporizhzhia region on Jan. 30.
WORLD
Feb 7, 2026
U.S. aims for March peace deal in Ukraine followed by quick elections
Sources say that timeline is likely to slip given a lack of agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the key issue of territory.
Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev speaks after an event involving the Russian Defense Ministry in this image from video released in June 2023.
WORLD
Feb 7, 2026
Russian intel official under Western sanctions is shot and wounded in Moscow
The incident is the latest in a series of assassination attempts Russia has blamed on Ukraine.
Vladyslav Heraskevych will be one of Ukraine's flag bearers during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday.
OLYMPICS / Skeleton
Feb 6, 2026
Ukrainian flag bearer at Olympics proud to display nation’s resiliency
Heraskevych will march in Milan on Friday evening as his country’s flag bearer, alongside speedskater Yelyzaveta Sydorko.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares to meet with then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Kyiv in March 2023. Four years into the war, Japan stands out as a leading supporter of Ukraine through economic and humanitarian aid.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 6, 2026
Four years of war and Ukraine still needs the world
Four years into the war, Japan stands out as a leading supporter of Ukraine through economic and humanitarian aid, testing its ability to sustain international economic diplomacy.
Olga Kurk-Malayeva, 26, hugs her husband Ruslan, 32, a released Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW) who was captured during the defense of Mariupol in 2022, in the Chernihiv region at an undisclosed location on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2026
Emotional reunions and dashed hopes as released Ukrainian soldiers return home
People who never received a notification from the army turned up anyway in a desperate attempt to get news of their loved ones from the released prisoners.
<i>Ōzeki</i> Aonishiki speaks to reporters at Ajigawa Stable on Wednesday.
SUMO
Feb 5, 2026
Rising star Aonishiki shows poise beyond years both in and out the sumo ring
Record-breaking success and incredible assimilation have both been made possible by the young Ukrainian’s diligence, maturity and strong willpower.
A woman walks near the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2026
Ukraine and Russia wrap ‘productive’ first day of U.S.-backed peace talks
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was critical for the two-day trilateral talks to lead to real peace and ‍not offer Russia a new opportunity to continue the war.
Russian prisoners of war at a detention center in western Ukraine on Nov. 26
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2026
The foreign prisoners of war stuck in Ukrainian prison limbo
With Russia and their countries of origin having “no interest” in exchanging them, many foreign POWs are held for years, said a spokesperson for Ukraine’s POW coordination center.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, attends an interview in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2026
Russia’s Medvedev praises Trump but questions U.S. submarine threat
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said that behind Donald Trump’s approach “lies a completely conscious and competent line.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses Chinese and British business delegations at the House of U.K. reception, in Shanghai on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2026
Starmer renews U.K. bid to join EU defense fund after rejection
In November, the European Union rejected the British bid for its defense companies to be able to benefit from the fund.
Ukrainian servicemen prepare before training at an undisclosed location in the country's Donetsk region on Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 1, 2026
Russia’s war death tally spurs European scrutiny on recruitment
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Kyiv’s forces killed 35,000 Russian troops in December.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami&#039;s first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
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.
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.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
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.

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