Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who has been accused by the International Criminal Court of the war crime of forcibly deporting Ukrainian children from areas of the country occupied by Russian forces, on Tuesday rejected that characterization of her actions as “a farce” and instead sought to portray her work as a humanitarian project. Since […]
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With Fingerprints, DNA and Photos, Turkey Seeks Families of the Missing
When a powerful earthquake struck southern Turkey last month, a lawyer concluded that her relatives had been buried in the rubble of their collapsed apartment. Three days later, rescue workers recovered the bodies of her mother and brother, she said, but days, then weeks, then a month passed with no sign of her father. His […]
A ‘Bridge to the West’ Dies in Belarus, as Moscow Seeks More Help in Ukraine
The thaw in relations with Washington ended abruptly six months later when Mr. Lukashenko, backed by Moscow, used brutal force to end protests by hundreds of thousands of people in Minsk and other Belarusian cities after a rigged presidential election that returned him to office for a sixth term. Just days before Russian troops invaded […]
U.S. Seeks Closer Ties With India as Tension With China and Russia Builds
NEW DELHI — The United States is placing India at the center of its ambition to detach global supply chains from the clutches of American adversaries, seeking to cement ties with one of the world’s fastest-growing economies as tensions with China remain high and as Russia’s war in Ukraine upends international commerce. Treasury Secretary Janet […]
Russia Seeks to Force Ukrainians to Fight Their Countrymen
Russia is stepping up its conscription efforts even as it forces residents to vote in staged referendums that could lead to annexation, according to Ukrainian officials, witnesses and rights groups.
Referendum Seeks to Mend the Open Wound at Australia’s Heart
The new prime minister is seeking support for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament, even enlisting the backing of Shaquille O’Neal. Here’s what it would entail, and why it faces an uncertain path.
As U.S. Seeks to Close Guantánamo, Saudi Center Could Be Option
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Nobody was home at the dusty brown campus of the reintegration center for recovering Islamic extremists. The swimming pool was still. The lights were on at the gallery of art therapy works, but there were no visitors. Not a slip of paper was out of place at the psychological and social […]
Live Updates: Ukraine Seeks Inquiry Into Killing of Dozens at Russian Prison Camp
The covered bodies on Friday of people killed when an explosion tore through the barracks of a prison camp in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. Credit…Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters As international outrage swelled, Ukraine on Saturday called on global organizations including the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to quickly investigate an explosion […]