The United Nations Development Program says it's secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster

In 18 months South Sudan is supposed to head to the polls for presidential elections, the culmination of a peace agreement signed nearly five years ago to pull the nation out of fighting that killed some 400,000 people

A regional governor says at least three people have been killed and 25 wounded after missiles hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine

Regional Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles that hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack in the central city of Kryvyi Rih have killed at least six people

Russian missiles hit civilian buildings in a central Ukrainian city overnight, killing at least 10 people in a warehouse and a residential building, regional officials said Tuesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that he could order his troops to try to seize more land in Ukraine to protect Russian territory on the border

Ukraine’s military has reported intense fighting with Russian forces, while the country’s nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” for safety as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th month

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that counteroffensive and defensive actions are underway against Russian forces

Colombia’s government and the country’s largest remaining guerrilla group have agreed to a six-month cease-fire during talks in Cuba, the latest attempt to resolve a conflict dating back to the 1960s