AP Was There: Early Chernobyl victims buried in Moscow cemetery
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the weeks after the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power…
An AP photographer looks back at the Chernobyl disaster
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city…
Russia sits back as the Iran war escalates
MOSCOW (AP) — As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words…
Fears loom for a new arms race as the last nuclear pact between the US and Russia expires
The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire Thursday, removing…
Starmer finally goes to China — and tries not to trigger Trump – POLITICO
These are likely to include joint work on medical, health and life sciences, cooperation on climate science, and…
Inside an exiled prince’s plan for regime change in Iran – POLITICO
Pahlavi has sought to encourage foreign financial support for workers who will disrupt the state by going on…
Putin’s great-power project faces the ‘end of an era’ – POLITICO
Hristo Rusev/Getty Images Just a year ago, Putin signed a 20-year strategic partnership agreement with Tehran. Now the…
Trump’s superpower flex in Venezuela delivers a humbling blow to Putin’s Russia – POLITICO
The more optimistic quarters of the Russian camp argue that Trump’s actions in Caracas show international law has…
Russia’s population is getting smaller and older. Putin sees that as a national security threat
For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In…
Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš wins parliamentary election, shifts stance on Ukraine
PRAGUE (AP) — Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš won a parliamentary election Saturday in a a political comeback…
FBI Director Kash Patel clashes with Democrats at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with skeptical Democrats at a contentious Senate oversight hearing Tuesday,…
Leaders gathering in China may be simply looking out for their own interests
TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of China, North Korea and Russia stood shoulder to shoulder Wednesday as high-tech…