Victoria Friedman

ISIS has declared a new phase of activity in Syria and has carried out several terrorist attacks since February against the government of Ahmed ​al-Sharaa.

Ukraine has submitted a revised application for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, bringing it closer to membership.

Human rights groups and European politicians charge that this legitimizes the Islamist regime running Afghanistan.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.N. Andrii Melnyk said with recent strikes on Russian locations, Kyiv has changed the dynamic of the war.

Park Sung-jae is the latest of several of Yoon Suk Yeol’s cabinet to have been convicted and sent to prison for their roles in the martial law imposition.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian forces have shot down 84 drones heading for Moscow in the early hours of the morning.

Kyiv sees EU membership as an important security guarantee for national stability once the war with Russia is over.

Lithuania’s coalition government has agreed to keep spending at least 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense, among the highest in NATO.

Advocacy group for post-war adoptees said apology does not go far enough.

The key to the agreement is Washington’s nuclear demands, which must be met before any sanctions relief or economic waivers.