With Russia’s diminished influence in Syria, Ukraine calls on Israel to reconsider its stance and provide essential defensive weapons and technology.

Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and reconciliation between enemies.

Pope Francis has called for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end the war triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In his traditional Christmas Day address, the Pope said "boldness [was] needed to open the door" to dialogue "in order to achieve a just and lasting peace" between the two sides.

Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, delivered the "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas message and blessing from the Vatican at noon local time.

AI warfare may conjure images of killer robots and autonomous drones, but a different reality is unfolding in the Gaza Strip. There, artificial intelligence has been suggesting targets in Israel’s retaliatory campaign to root out Hamas following the group’s Oct.

Associated Press journalists have been covering these conflicts since they began. Now, as 2024 ends and a new year begins, we asked two veteran AP reporters — Josef Federman in Jerusalem and Samya Kullab in Kyiv — to talk about what they saw the past year and what struck them. Here are their accounts:

Russia's president says he should've prepared more before launching his country's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Geopolitical uncertainties increased in 2024 as tensions escalated in West Asia. Israel was involved in four conflicts in the region, including with Hamas in Gaza and Iran. Peace remained elusive in R

Ukraine, like the United States, is a volunteer society, and immediately after the war, groups sprang up around the country to bring supplies to villages and towns under shelling and help or shelter those who wanted to evacuate. The TrustChain has drawn on such groups.

With the collapse of the Assad regime and Russia’s declining influence in Syria, some are saying that an opportunity for a rapprochement between Israel and Ukraine now exists, where it hadn't ...

With politicians facing wars, or their own political battles at home, The Independent looks around the world at what leaders from across the globe have said this Christmas