Europe

Lithuania's foreign minister reminds Washington what's at stake in Ukraine war

5:14am March 29, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

Lithuania's foreign minister visited Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. this week to make a pitch to the divided electorate in the U.S. that Europe needs American support to win the war in Ukraine.

It's been a week since gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow

5:14am March 29, 2024

by Charles Maynes

The attack killed 143 people and injured scores more after the attackers set the venue on fire. The group ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack — an assessment the U.S. has deemed credible.

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After a year in Russian detention, WSJ reporter's sister still fights for his release

4:50pm March 28, 2024

This Friday marks a year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security forces. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with his sister about how he's doing.

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Students leave the underground school built in a Kharkiv subway station to board a bus home.

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Ukraine's Kharkiv moves classrooms underground so kids survive Russian attacks

3:13pm March 27, 2024

With Russian troops on the offensive, Ukraine's second-largest city is taking the drastic step of moving classrooms for primary and secondary education underground.

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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's jail sentence has been extended by a Russian court

5:54pm March 26, 2024

by Charles Maynes

A Russian court has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three more months, nearly a year after he was detained by Russian forces on spying allegations.

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Putin's leadership challenges are starting to mount up

5:54pm March 26, 2024

by Greg Myre

Vladimir Putin bills himself as the man who can provide security and stability to Russia. But the terror attack in Moscow is the latest in a series of events that challenges that narrative.

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A demonstrator holds a placard, after Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday.

A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.

12:05pm March 26, 2024

He spent seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy and five years in prison, both in London. U.S. prosecutors want his next move to be to the U.S. But the High Court has delayed that.

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Europe

Lithuania's foreign minister reminds Washington what's at stake in Ukraine war

It's been a week since gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow

After a year in Russian detention, WSJ reporter's sister still fights for his release

Ukraine's Kharkiv moves classrooms underground so kids survive Russian attacks

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's jail sentence has been extended by a Russian court

Putin's leadership challenges are starting to mount up

A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.

London's High Court to rule on whether Assange can appeal extradition to the U.S.

Security is paramount in Russia. How then was the concert attack able to happen?

Biden's National Security adviser says US had "duty to warn" Russia of Moscow attack