The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

As Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip continues and people flee south, international laws will be tested, experts say.

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan has approved the parliament’s decision to join the International Criminal Court in a move that has further strained the country’s ties with its old ally Russia

Treason and grief in the town of Hroza after a deadly Russian missile attack; Kyiv makes remarkable progress in Black Sea

Vladimir Putin is expected to travel outside the borders of the former Soviet Union for the first time in 20 months to meet China’s Xi Jinping on October 17. The visit, if it happens, is likely to entrench a relationship in which Russia has become a useful tool in a…

President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has come at huge economic costs. By conservative estimates, the Russian economy has taken a US$67 billion annual hit as a result of war expenses and the effects of economic sanctions. In the early stages of the invasion, some analysts put the costs even…

Donald Trump claims the Gaza war is all about him — and at this point, that staggering narcissism is no surprise

Putin is later set to travel to China for a forum on Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative

The world’s agreement to protect civilians was never perfect. But that’s no excuse for leaders in Russia, the US and the UK to row back from it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Marina Ovsyannikova was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison in Russia

As the war enters its 597th day, these are the main developments.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio wants “details” on how Ukraine is spending military aid. Let’s give him a few, along with the big picture Jordan is obviously missing, a leader of Chicago’s Ukrainian community writes.