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Germany marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis’ Buchenwald concentration camp on Sunday as one of the country’s former presidents warned against “radicalization and a worldwide shift to the right.” The governor of the state of Thuringia, Mario Voigt, and former German President...

Families of 16 people who were listed as missing from the Croatian war were notified that their loved ones had been identified after their remains were found in 2024 in a mass grave near Vukovar. Besides family members, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Veterans Tomo Medved and Chief State...

Hungary will leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it has become “political”, the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said as he welcomed his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanhayu—the subject of an ICC arrest warrant—to Budapest for an official visit. Standing beside Netanyahu...

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of breaking the terms of a tentative U.S-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges to negotiating a broader peace in the war in Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry alleged that Ukrainian drone attacks hit an...

Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounded 14, Ukrainian officials said, despite agreeing to a limited ceasefire. Zaporizhzhia was hit by 12 drones, police said. Regional head Ivan Fedorov said that residential buildings, cars, and communal...

Turkish authorities detained 37 people for sharing “provocative” content on social media, the interior minister, pressing ahead with a crackdown on dissenting voices that escalated with the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mayor Ekrem...

Russia and Ukraine Swap Hundreds of Prisoners in One of The War’s Largest Exchanges Russia and Ukraine said they had each swapped 175 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges since the Russian full-scale invasion started three years ago. “We are bringing back soldiers, sergeants, and officers...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but the terms need to be worked out, and he emphasized that it should pave the way to lasting peace. “So the idea itself is correct, and we certainly support it,” Putin...

Ukraine said it was ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, as the US announced it would immediately lift its restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing after high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia. Donald Trump said he now hoped Vladimir Putin would reciprocate...

Ukraine has launched a “massive” drone attack on Moscow, killing at least three people and causing widespread damage. The barrage, proclaimed by Kyiv as the largest ever drone assault on the Russian capital, came as Ukraine prepares to present a plan for a partial ceasefire with Russia during talks...