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Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Volyn region on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2026
Russia and Ukraine trade allegations of civilian attacks on New Year’s Day
Moscow reported a deadly strike on a hotel in territory it occupies in southern Ukraine while Kyiv said there had been another attack on its power supply.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his daughter Kim Ju Ae (center) and wife, Ri Sol Ju, watch a New Year's celebration performance at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 1, 2026
North Korea’s Kim hails ‘invincible alliance’ with Russia in New Year’s letter
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised his troops fighting abroad as forging an “invincible alliance” with Russia in a new year’s message, state media said Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during a special EU leaders meeting in Brussels in March.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2025
Give Ukraine back its future
For over a decade, the West has been pondering how to manage Ukraine’s inevitable subordination to Russia. It is time to change the half-hearted paradigm, Chrystia Freeland writes.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukranian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2025
Zelenskyy discusses U.S. troop presence in Ukraine with Trump
The Ukrainian leader also called allegations of strikes by Kyiv on a Putin residence a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against his country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses for a group photo with leaders and officials from Europe, the U.S. and NATO at the Chancellery in Berlin on Dec. 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2025
Europe faces some tough wartime decisions
On the diplomatic front, Putin’s strategy to “keep the Europeans out, Americans in and the Ukrainians down” is paying off, judging by Trump’s increasing pressure on Zelenskyy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a meeting in Moscow on Dec. 29. Russia has accused Ukraine, without evidence, of launching a drone attack on Putin's residence.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2025
Peace hopes dented as Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin residence
Russia has said that it is reviewing its stance in negotiations in response to the attack, which Kyiv dismisses as baseless and aimed at derailing talks.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a news conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday
WORLD
Dec 29, 2025
Trump says U.S. and Ukraine ‘a lot closer’ on peace deal but ‘thorny issues’ remain
After meeting Zelenskyy in Florida, the U.S. president acknowledged that the fate of the Donbas region remains a key unresolved issue.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 28, 2025
Zelenskyy talks with allies en route to U.S. as Russia pummels Ukraine
The talks came hours after Russia pummeled Kyiv with drones and missiles in its latest attack on the capital.
Rescuers and police officers stand next to a body bag containing the remains of a victim in Kyiv on Saturday following Russian missile and drone strikes.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2025
Russia pummels Kyiv ahead of Zelenskyy’s U.S. visit
Zelenskyy said some 500 drones and 40 missiles pounded the capital and its surrounding region. He questioned Russia’s intentions to end the war.
An image shows a former airbase in eastern Belarus where Russia is believed to be stationing its new nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missiles.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2025
Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made clear his intention to place the missiles, but the exact location has not been previously reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in an award ceremony for service members, in Moscow on Dec. 17
WORLD
Dec 26, 2025
Most Russians expect Ukraine war to end in 2026, state pollster says
The pollster’s findings sign that the Kremlin could be testing public reaction to ​a possible peace settlement as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict intensify.
A flare stack at an liquefied natural gas plant in Russia. Ukraine has widened the scope of its attacks on Russian energy assets.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2025
Ukraine says it has hit a Russian gas processing plant and oil refinery
Ukraine has widened the scope of its attacks on Russian energy assets, targeting not only crude refineries but also pipelines and other facilities.
Pope Leo XIV waves from the main balcony of St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican on Thursday.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2025
Pope urges Russia-Ukraine dialogue in Christmas blessing
In his first Christmas homily as pontiff, Leo also addressed the dismal conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Displaced Palestinians walk along a road in the Saftawi area of Jabalia as they leave areas near Gaza City, where they had taken refuge, toward the northern part of the Gaza Strip, on Jan. 19.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
Building peace together in a world of conflict
It is too easy to turn away from conflicts where there is no simple solution, but the spirit of international cooperation demands we work together to find answers and provide hope.
A destroyed building in Sloviansk, one of two Ukrainian-held cities that form Kyiv’s last main defensive belt in the Donetsk region in the east, on Sept. 14
WORLD
Dec 25, 2025
Zelenskyy opens way to demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine to reach peace
The offer, made in comments to reporters this week, was the closest Zelenskyy has come to addressing the thorny territorial disputes in Donetsk.
(Left to right) French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after a news conference during a meeting of the “Coalition of the willing,” in Kyiv on May 10
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
‘Never again,’ and yet here we are again
The promise not to repeat the mistakes that led to World War II has for decades shaped international institutions and security policy, but now, this motto’s influence has waned.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Dec. 4, 2025
WORLD
Dec 24, 2025
Zelenskyy says draft plan freezes front line and opens way for concessions
The Ukrainian president said the 20-point plan, agreed on by U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators, was being reviewed by Moscow.
A family poses for a picture next to a carousel during a Christmas fair in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Dec 24, 2025
Kyiv’s wartime Christmas showcases city’s split reality
Celebrations have nevertheless taken over the city despite the constant threat of Russian missiles and drones.
Fourteen-year-old Yevenhelina Tuturiko poses in a corridor of an underground school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 16.
WORLD
Dec 22, 2025
Ukraine’s lost generation caught in ‘eternal lockdown’
First there was the pandemic in March 2020, then the invasion — forcing young Ukrainians to spend most of their time in front of the family computer to study and unwind.
While many have heralded a multipolar world, what is emerging instead is a “multisphere” order — spheres of influence without fixed boundaries or shared norms to contain them.
COMMENTARY / World / Perspectives
Dec 22, 2025
The perils of a multisphere world
A volatile world of blurred norms and fragile alliances demands new strategies to manage coercion and risk.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami'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.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
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.  

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