Category: 4. World

VILNIUS — A group of Belarusians, newly freed in a major release of political prisoners, described years of grim and sometimes sadistic conditions in prison custody as they spoke publicly, some for the first time in years.

A total of 52 people…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for its invasion of Gaza City, a growing number of soldiers — and their mothers — are saying no.

There are no official…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s newest aircraft carrier has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the navy said Friday. The body of water separates China from Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing says…

Ukraine has struck Russia’s largest oil terminal on the Baltic Sea during one of its biggest overnight drone attacks in months.

The aerial assault targeted the Primorsk oil port in the Leningrad region, the final station of the Baltic Pipeline…

Russia and Belarus on Friday launched a long-planned joint military exercise involving thousands of troops that has raised concern in the West.

The exercises, dubbed “Zapad 2025,” or “West 2025,”…

Ma’ale Adumim was in a festive mood on Thursday. The city was decorated with flags and posters everywhere announcing the “signing of the Ma’ale Adumim umbrella agreement.”

This agreement, which involves all government ministries and…