Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage with him directly to end the war.

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, along with his wife and three other individuals, according to a filing Thursday from the U.S. Treasury Department. It’s the latest Trump administration move to pressure the island’s leadership.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's new council to combat antisemitism draws backlash over members critics say are hostile to Israel and Jewish concerns.

The Somalian military and opposition militias opposed to extending the president of the country's term skirmished Thursday in its capital.

Hungary agreed to drop its opposition to opening the formal access talks but is still opposed to the fast-track membership process that Ukraine says it needs as protection from Russia.

Labour mayor Andy Burnham signalled on Thursday he would run in any leadership race against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying that if ​he won a local election later this month he would ‌seek to join any challenge against the British leader.

Protests have grown in Albania over a development project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. The Associated Press reports the project is planned within a nature reserve, while one environmental group says the area is being “irreversibly destroyed.

The SAVE America Act, a far-reaching Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be his congressional allies' top priority, has failed in the Senate.