Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the outcome of direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Israeli airstrikes ...

Shakhtar Donetsk left its home in 2014 and now operates in Lviv. “It’s very important to keep this name,” the club’s chief ...

Brazil's football confederation on Monday said the 65-year-old Italian will leave Real Madrid one year before the end of his ...

During their Oval Office meeting, Trump once again said he would like to see Canada become the 51st state. But, Carney pushed ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected US criticism Wednesday over Kyiv’s refusal to recognize Russia’s occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Earlier, US President Donald ...

The future of Crimea appears to be a central issue in the current phase of negotiations, although Ukraine has made clear that surrendering the key Black Sea peninsula is non-negotiable.

Moscow’s claim to Crimea has been undermined by the fact that it was ceded to Ukraine under the Soviet ... in 2014 could not have been achieved without the bridgehead of operations being ...

While Ukraine was in turmoil, Vladimir Putin took the opportunity to send troops to overrun Crimea, a diamond-shaped peninsula in the Black Sea. Those troops arrived in Crimea in uniforms without ...

Trump said Zelenskyy spoke to him about Crimea, which has been a sticking point for the Ukrainian president ... They gave it without a shot being fired by him." As far as current negotiations ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated that Crimea belongs to Ukraine and that he refuses to give up the region, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, as part of any peace deal.

KYIV, Ukraine—One of the central points of tension ... decried Russia’s armed seizure of Crimea in 2014 and said they would never recognize the land grab—but did little to help Kyiv get ...