Karim Khan, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, speaks at a Parliament Hill news conference during his first official visit to Canada in May 2023.
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The war crimes probe signals a new path for Canada that prioritizes international law and corrects past policy failures, while validating the experiences of Ukrainians.
Shot while reporting from Ukraine: Swiss photojournalist Guillaume Briquet.
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Journalists and media workers are being deliberately targeted by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Pariahs flock together: Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un at the Vostochny cosmodrome.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
The long-range ATACMS missiles that Ukraine desperately wants the US to provide.
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Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden and Nato leaders to supply Kyiv with more – and long-range – weapons.
A handout photograph shows Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev speaking on a mobile phone from the scene of the missile attack.
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Two successful operations in and around Crimea demonstrate that, while Ukraine’s ground counteroffensive is moving slowly, Kyiv is expanding the scope of its ambition.
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Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s 2023 state of the union speech saw her press for expansion for the union’s own good.
Polish defences near Milosna, west of Warsaw, August 1920.
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Vladimir Putin’s propaganda about the Russian invasion of Ukraine reflect themes once propagated by Vladimir Lenin.
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South-East Asia is anxious about the Ukraine war’s impact on regional economies. For New Zealand, that presents more pressing geopolitical priorities than confronting China.
Election under occupation: a woman casts her vote in Russian occupied Donetsk, in the east of Ukraine.
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Elections to install pro-Moscow puppets in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine should not be taken seriously. Here’s why.
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Russia is not only looking for much-needed ammunition, it is trying to counter Western influence wherever it can.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking with BAE Systems in May 2023 about establishing a business in the country.
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Most companies don’t benefit from conflict, but some see past the operational risks to build or strengthen their bases in war zones.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin toast during their dinner at the Kremlin in Moscow in March 2023.
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The spectacle of two UN Security Council members — China and Russia — allegedly perpetrating mass atrocity crimes is deeply troubling. Here’s how the international community must step up.
The good old days: Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, rose to prominence after being a Kremlin catering boss.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Ukraine has reportedly used cardboard drones built from flatpack kits to attack a Russian airfield.
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The drones are light, cheap, easy to transport and have proved to be highly effective as a weapon of war.
Landmine contamination is a problem which has blighted many countries for decades after the conflict has ended.
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Landmines are killing thousands in Ukraine. Clearing the land and making it safe for people is likely to take decades.
Russian president Vladimir Putin speaking via video link at the 2023 Brics summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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As the Brics alliance signs up new members, Russia continues to win over more allies.
People carry a body bag away from the wreckage of a crashed private jet near the Russian village of Kuzhenkinoi on Aug. 24, 2023. Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died in the crash along with nine other people.
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The core members of the Wagner Group, who are loyal to the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, will likely seek revenge against Vladimir Putin for his death. Is the Russian leader now living on borrowed time?
Face masks depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin displayed at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia. Prigozhin reportedly died in a plane crash on Aug. 23.
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Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board.
Eight GOP candidates for president after they entered the debate hall in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023.
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From immigration and federal spending to Ukraine and the state of American schools, eight GOP presidential candidates had a lot to say.
Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, photographed on June 24, 2023, in Russia.
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The lesson in the presumed death of the mercenary leader two months after his mutiny against Putin: Don’t make yourself an enemy of Russia’s leader.