4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (578+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Protesters in Kyiv called for the dismissal of Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after a new round of deadly Russian strikes and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s removal of a popular defense minister sparked outrage. Several thousand people gathered…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (572+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The human cost of the war between Russia and Ukraine continued on Saturday as Ukrainian drone strikes inside Russia and renewed Russian attacks on Ukraine left more civilians dead and injured. Russian authorities said overnight Ukrainian…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (507+ words) ANKARA (Worthy News) – NATO leaders received more than they bargained for during last week’s summit of their military alliance in Turkey, leaving with an unusual diplomatic gift: a personalized Turkish-made revolver complete with live ammunition, courtesy of host President Recep…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (361+ words) The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when, in 1849, he coined the phrase "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." (The more things change, the more they remain the same.) It has been repeated…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (640+ words) KYIV/PARIS (Worthy News) – Ukraine said its air defenses intercepted five Russian ballistic missiles during a sweeping overnight assault that nevertheless struck multiple locations in Kyiv, damaging warehouses and a school. The interceptions marked the first time in nearly two…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (761+ words) PARIS/SOFIA/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The European Union failed to add the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church and a Russian billionaire to its latest sanctions package after Bulgaria vetoed their inclusion. The standoff comes weeks after Hungary’s new government signalled…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (716+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down on Sunday after a weekend in which numerous people died in Russian air strikes and Kyiv’s counterattacks, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to his war-torn nation’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1035+ words) (Worthy News) – President Donald Trump closed a tense NATO summit Wednesday by hailing what he called “tremendous unity” inside the alliance, even after delivering blunt warnings to Spain, renewing his push for U.S. control of Greenland, and announcing a…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (735+ words) KYIV/MOSCOW/ANKARA (Worthy News) – At least three people were killed and dozens more injured Wednesday as Russia and Ukraine exchanged fresh long-range attacks, while Kyiv struck deep inside Russia, forcing the shutdown of the country’s largest oil refinery and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (775+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Russia launched one of its largest combined missile and drone assaults on Ukraine’s capital early Monday, killing at least 15 people in Kyiv and wounding 77 others across the country, Ukrainian officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared…...