A missile-and-drone barrage killed at least six people in Ukraine’s capital, officials said, hours after officials said they had made some headway on a peace proposal.

China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Japan’s new leader declared strong support for Taiwan. Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.

The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.

The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.

The Kremlin’s leader is standing back as Ukraine and Europe scramble to negotiate changes to a U.S. proposal to end the war.

President Trump tried to keep the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, out of prison. He failed, and now he is moving on.

Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war with Russia would continue. But details remained unclear.

Scientists suggested that climate change could make central Vietnam a global hot spot for destructive storms. This year has seemed to prove the point.

A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.

The announcement on Sunday, which was light on details, came weeks before a similar action takes effect in Australia.