Bulgaria’s defense capabilities will not be seriously affected by Moscow’s decision to suspend Russian helicopter repair certificates to local companies, the defense minister said on Friday. Dragomir Zakov said Bulgaria would also continue to repair Ukrainian military equipment. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a statement a day… Read More

Italian Premier Mario Draghi has told his Cabinet he will offer his resignation on Thursday evening to the president, following the refusal of a coalition ally to support a government bill. “The majority of national unity that has sustained this government from its creation doesn’t exist any more,” Draghi said… Read More

Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 20 people and wounded about 90 more Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country’s president called the attack “an open act of terrorism” against civilians in locations without military value. Ukraine’s national police said three missiles hit an office… Read More

Sri Lankan protesters began to retreat from government buildings they had seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo. Embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from protesters furious over… Read More