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U.S. to send $400 million more military aid to Ukraine

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

The new command post, announced Friday, signals a more permanent, long-term program to continue to aid Kyiv in its fight against Russia. In total the U.S. has provided to Ukraine more than $18 billion since Russia invaded Feb. 24.

With millions without power, Ukraine's Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'energy terrorism'

By Andrew Meldrum, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of "energy terrorism," with Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy network leaving millions of people without power. Zelenskyy said 4.5 million people were without electricity.

Iranian protestors clash with police near capital; more deaths reported

By Associated Press

Iranian protesters and security forces have clashed in a town near the capital, where state-run media reported at least two deaths.

News Wrap: Netanyahu returning to power in Israel after election victory

In our news wrap Thursday, final results in Israel's elections confirmed Benjamin Netanyahu's victory, political tensions spike in Pakistan after a gunman tried to kill former Prime Minister Imran Khan, at least two more people died in the latest mass…

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Ethiopian government, Tigrayan rebels reach truce, but enormous challenges remain

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda

Ethiopia's civil war is the deadliest conflict in the world. As many as half a million people have died in the conflict between the federal government and the northern province of Tigray, whose leaders used to run the country. The…

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How Russian soldiers ran a 'cleansing' operation in Bucha, Ukraine

By Erika Kinetz, Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press

It was a cold, gray morning, March 4 in Bucha, Ukraine. By nightfall, at least nine men would walk to their deaths at 144 Yablunska street, the nerve center of Russian violence that would shock the world.

4 Palestinians killed in flare-up of violence as Israel counts votes

By Jalal Bwaitel, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Violence Thursday was flaring as Israel tallies the final votes in national elections held this week, with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expected to lead a comfortable majority backed by far-right allies.

Russians try to subdue Ukrainian towns by threatening, kidnapping mayors

By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

As Russians seized parts of eastern and southern Ukraine in the opening stages of the war, mayors, civilian administrators and others say they have been abducted, threatened or beaten to force their cooperation.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid concedes defeat to Benjamin Netanyahu in election

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

The former prime minister is expected to head the country's most right-wing government in history when he takes power, likely in the coming weeks. Netanyahu's victory ends Israel's political instability, for now.

In the Amazon rainforest, a giant fish makes a comeback thanks to settler and Indigenous cooperation

By Fabiano Maisonnave, Jorge Saenz, Associated Press

Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu.