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Russian troops closing in on a Ukrainian power plant, but it's already been 'cannibalized' by crews
Ukraine's energy grid has undergone 11 major attacks since March, and one thermal power plant was deconstructed before Russian forces moved in.
Analysis
The ruble is down, the price of potatoes is up. But is Russia's economy really in trouble?
Russia's economy has been able to steer through the sanctions and continues to hike military spending.
Putin says Russia fired 'hypersonic ballistic missile' at Ukraine in response to use of U.S., British weapons
Russia President Vladimir Putin says Moscow fired a new medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile at a military facility in the southern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, in response to what he calls Western aggression after Kyiv got the green light to fire missiles deeper into Russia.
Analysis
Ukraine can fire U.S. missiles into Russia. The Kremlin changes its nuke policy. Is this what everyone feared?
Russia has changed its nuclear doctrine in response to the U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to fire American-made ballistic missiles deeper into Russia.
As Canada leads a beefed-up NATO force near Russia's border, the alliance prepares for Trump
At the sprawling forested Ādaži military base, north east of Riga, Latvia, 3,000 troops have spent the past two weeks participating in a Canadian-led NATO military exercise designed to simulate an attack on the Baltic nation coming from beyond its nearly 300 km-long border with Russia.
Analysis
As it loses ground to Russia, Ukraine greets Trump win with public praise and private worry
Among the first world leaders to publicly react to Donald Trump's latest electoral victory was Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who praised his win and applauded what he described as Trump's commitment to achieving "peace through strength." But Ukrainian officials are almost certainly concerned about what a Trump presidency could mean for the country's fight against Russia.
Analysis
This UN force is struggling to help keep the peace in southern Lebanon. So why is it still there?
The mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is to help enforce a UN resolution adopted after the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. But as war has broken out again, some observers question whether the peacekeeping force should have that mandate renewed next year.
With olive harvest underway, Palestinian farmers fear Israeli settler attacks
UN officials say a surge in attacks from Israeli settlers in the West Bank are threatening the safety of Palestinians trying to harvest olives this fall.
Analysis
Hamas leader is dead, but hostage families worry it may not be enough for Netanyahu to make a deal
One day after Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, was killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, Israel announced it was sending another military unit into Jabalia, in northern Gaza, hardly a step toward a ceasefire deal.
Israel's air defences are straining under repeated attacks from Iran and Hezbollah, expert says
The arrival of a U.S. high-altitude defence battery — along with dozens of American troops — will help boost Israel's air defence systems, which, according to one Israeli defence expert, are straining under repeated attacks from Iran and its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah.