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A Russian drone strikes an apartment building in Ukraine, killing at least 6

Jan. 30, 2025 09:33 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack, killing at least six people and wounding nine others, officials said Thursday. The Shahed drone blew out a wall and surrounding windows in the building in...

Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

Jan. 29, 2025 13:47 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Freezing foreign aid. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions. Then Monday, the new Trump administration announced a freeze on all federal loans and grants, though that pause has...

Western officials warn Ukraine over weapons procurement dispute

Jan. 29, 2025 05:40 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western officials have warned Ukraine that an escalating rift between the defense minister and procurement chief may jeopardize trust in the country and urged the government to resolve the situation quickly so as not to disrupt weapons supplies. The conflict...

Trump’s nominee for Pentagon weapons buyer was a key figure in the president's first impeachment

Jan. 28, 2025 10:57 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's nominee to be the military's top weapons buyer is an official who directed the Pentagon to withhold aid from Ukraine in 2019 as Trump sought a commitment from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate the Biden family — a key component of the...

Intelligence sharing by the US and its allies has saved lives. Trump could test those ties

Jan. 27, 2025 00:10 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — As Russia moved closer to invading Ukraine nearly three years ago, the United States and its allies took the extraordinary step of declassifying and sharing intelligence to expose Moscow’s plans. Information flew across the Atlantic from U.S. spy agencies to NATO...

Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine

Jan. 26, 2025 15:50 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s industrial heartland, while uncertainty over the continued flow of U.S. funding has reportedly halted...

As Hegseth takes charge at the Pentagon, here's what changes could be in store

Jan. 26, 2025 15:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth starts his first official day on Monday morning, he will face a daunting array of issues to tackle — from global conflicts and border security to administrative tasks. At the top of his list is addressing President Donald...

US has not stopped military aid to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Jan. 25, 2025 13:03 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the U.S. has not stopped military aid to Ukraine after newly sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would pause foreign aid grants for 90 days. Zelenskyy did not clarify whether...

Ukrainian winemaker and US veterans team up to show the best of Ukraine, a glass at a time

Jan. 25, 2025 11:36 AM EST

MONTCLAIR, Va. (AP) — In a wine shop an hour outside of Washington, owner Arthur Lampros sampled a wine from a part of the world that was totally new to him, racking his brain to pin down the tastes on his tongue. Was there a body of water near the vineyards, he wondered, that...

Trump leans in on targeting Russian oil revenue as he tries to fulfill pledge to end Ukraine war

Jan. 24, 2025 18:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is emphasizing that targeting Russia's oil revenue is the best way to get Moscow to end its nearly three-year war against Ukraine. Trump, who pledged in the campaign that he'd broker a quick end to the grinding conflict, in his first days...