The diplomatic outreach was part of an effort to push talks to end the war in Ukraine, though it was not welcome by all European leaders.

A limited cease-fire started Tuesday in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in Ukraine, where people have been trapped without supplies for years.

One of the men, both of whom are British nationals, was charged with assisting Iran’s intelligence service, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Dinorah Figuera, who fled in 2018, ran Venezuela’s last democratically-elected legislative body. She’s been leading opposition talks with the remains of Maduro’s government.

Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologized for comments in which he apparently referred to Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China, as a dictator, after facing backlash and losing brand deals with at least three different Chinese companies.

Since undergoing surgery on October 13 to treat lung cancer, Pope Leo has weighed a major decision: whether ​to press ahead with an intense, three-country tour of South America just 24 days after having part of one lung removed.

A court has ordered the closure of one of Egypt’s last independent news outlets, Mada Masr, after convicting its editor-in-chief on charges of operating a website without a license. On Tuesday,

The deployment comes after a foreign national was beaten to death by a mob during an anti-immigrant protest last week.