Day: February 22, 2026

Birthrates have fallen since Russia’s invasion but some have held on to hope and are bringing up children despite risks

A telephone conversation was held between Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeyhun Bayramov, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, AzerNEWS reports.

Russian attacks have made an already harsh winter even harder to endure for Ukrainians. And yet, after four years of war, most remain determined to tough it out.

A woman who sought asylum in the United States after fleeing a country where homosexuality is illegal says the Trump administration’s third-country deportation system sent her to another one.

When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine surpassed 1,418 days last month, it officially exceeded a historic milestone — the same span of time it took Moscow to defeat Nazi Germany

President Trump said his planned meeting with President Xi Jinping would be a grand display, but tensions over trade and defense could dampen the mood.