In eastern Ukraine, war-weary soldiers and civilians await Russia’s next move
By Orla Guerin BBC News, Donbas, Ukraine Ukraine escalation The front lines of Eastern Ukraine are snow-laden and the big…
US Supreme Court: The women in the running to replace Stephen Breyer
US President Joe Biden has affirmed that he will appoint a black woman to the top US court for the…
Ukraine crisis: Nord Stream 2 pipeline could be axed, US warns
Ukraine conflict The US has threatened to halt the opening of a key pipeline that would link Russian gas…
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the end of the term later this year after nearly…
Top court to weigh end to race-based US college admissions
The US Supreme Court will take up two cases this autumn that ask whether university race-based admissions violate civil rights…
Ukraine: US troops on high alert over stand-off
Ukraine conflict Some 8,500 combat-ready US troops are on high alert to deploy at short notice amid rising tension…
Ukraine tension: President Zelensky hits back at Biden comments
Ukraine conflict Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has hit back at comments made by his US counterpart Joe Biden about a…
Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue
Four people who were held hostage at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, have been freed unharmed after…
Tsunami threat over after huge Pacific volcano eruption – monitor
The threat of further tsunamis around the Pacific after Saturday’s huge underwater volcano eruption near Tonga has passed, a monitoring…
‘Havana syndrome’: US baffled after new cases in Europe
Four more US diplomats working in Geneva and Paris have fallen ill with a suspected neurological illness known as “Havana…