Russian special forces freed two guards and killed six men linked to the Islamic State group while elsewhere in Europe, in Germany, police shot a man threatening huge soccer crowds, officials said.

The final declaration at this weekend’s so-called “peace summit” of world leaders in Switzerland on ending the war in Ukraine was not heading for unanimous support despite concerns about the impact of the armed conflict on those whose lives have just begun. It came after Russia, which wasn’t invited, had already demanded more territory before a ceasefire. The standoff came as many fathers fought on the battlefields on what is Father’s Day in many countries amid concerns about thousands of forcibly displaced children.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv give up more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop efforts to join the NATO military alliance to end the war in Ukraine.

Johan Floderus, the Swedish European Union diplomat held in captivity for two years in Iran, has been freed and is on his way home in a prisoners swap, the Swedish prime minister confirmed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv give up more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop it to end his war in Ukraine.

yril Ramaphosa faced major security and social challenges Saturday after being reelected for a second term as South Africa’s president, despite major corruption scandals that underscored the nation’s fragile post-apartheid political era.

European Union envoys “agreed in principle” late Friday on launching EU membership talks with wartorn Ukraine and Moldova after Hungary withdrew its opposition, officials said.

An Italian “anti-fascist” on trial for allegedly attacking neo-Nazis has been freed from house arrest in Budapest as she was elected to the European Parliament, which grants her immunity from persecution, officials said.

Hungary’s nationalist government has repurchased the country’s main international airport as it tries to make Budapest a hub for Chinese tourists.

Moscow said Thursday that the United States should “not be nervous” about Russian warships in Cuba, just 90 miles (144 kilometers) from the U.S., while President Joe Biden was seen wandering away in Italy.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the Group of Seven (G7) western economies agreed to give an extra $50 billion in aid to war-torn Ukraine using frozen Russian state assets as fighting continues on the battlefields.

In a controversial break with historical norms for a mainstream French political party, the leader of France’s conservative ‘Les Républicains’ has called for a nationwide alliance with the far-right anti-immigration Rassemblement National (National Rally) party, Jerusalem Post reports.

A fire spread through a building housing foreign workers in Kuwait on Wednesday, killing dozens of Indian nationals and injuring many, officials said.

Hundreds of Christian families in Lebanon have received medicines, but thousands more still await securing medication, Christian aid workers told Worthy News.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has ordered media to be careful when addressing athletes by gender or marital status ahead of the Olympics in Paris this summer, Worthy News learned late Wednesday.