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15 March

Europe

People wait in line for a mobile delivery of essential goods in the Troieshchyna district of Kyiv, Ukraine on January 30, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine Says Russian Strikes Kill Six Nationwide

Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine killed six people and wounded dozens, the authorities said.

15 March

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Zelensky Tells EU: Pressure to Re-Open Russian Oil Pipeline Like ‘Blackmail’

Ukrainian president told European allies that pressure to re-open the Druzhba oil pipeline transporting Russian crude was like "blackmail."

13 March

Europe

A woman looks at the remains of a missile in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Staff Writer With AFP

Russian Missile Kills Three on Bus in East Ukraine: Officials

A Russian strike in eastern Ukraine killed three people near the embattled town of Kupiansk, which Moscow's army is battling to recapture.

12 March

Europe

Rojoef Manuel

Russia Using Mercenaries, Intel Operatives to Guard ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers

Russia has placed individuals with military and intelligence backgrounds aboard oil tankers used to transport sanctioned crude through the Baltic Sea.

12 March

Americas

Master Sgt. Bradley Blair, senior enlisted leader, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, Office of the Dean, completes an exercise in a T-6A Texan II virtual reality flight simulator while wearing a cap that measures brain activity after applying a cervical transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, or ctVNS, device to his neck during a test at the Human Universal Measurement and Assessment Network Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 19, 2023. Researchers with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Human Effectiveness Directorate developed a military-grade ctVNS device to enhance cognitive performance in Airmen and Guardians, specifically to accelerate training, mitigate fatigue and enable decision superiority. USAFSAM and the Human Effectiveness Directorate are two mission units that comprise AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

Rojoef Manuel

US Tests Suspected Weapon Tied to Havana Syndrome in Secret Lab Experiments

The US has obtained and tested a suspected directed-energy weapon that investigators believe could help explain the controversial illness known as Havana Syndrome.

11 March

Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine Hit ‘Key’ Russian Military Factory in Bryansk Strike: Zelensky

Ukraine hit a "key" military factory in a missile strike on Russia's western city of Bryansk, Ukrainian President Zelensky said.

11 March

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Kremlin Declines to Say if US Warned Against Iran Intel Sharing

The Kremlin declined to say whether the US had warned it against sharing intelligence with Iran, as the war in the Middle East continues.

10 March

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Kills 4, Wounds 16 in East Ukraine

Russian strikes killed four people and wounded more than a dozen others in the embattled eastern Ukrainian town of Sloviansk.

6 March

Europe

US President Trump with Ukrainian leader Zelensky.

Staff Writer With AFP

Trump Says Zelensky ‘Has to Get a Deal Done,’ Insists Putin Ready

US President Donald Trump described Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky as the obstacle to a deal with Russia, whose leader Vladimir Putin he insisted was cooperative.

5 March

Europe