Sammy Westfall

• War in Ukraine

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary general, is in Ukraine for the first time since Russia's invasion began.

• War in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he raised the issue of F-16s in a call with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

• Africa

Blinken called the attack on a U.S. convoy "reckless" as the military factions continued to level accusations of violence against each other after a cease-fire.

• Asia

Assassins posing as journalists killed Atiq Ahmed, 60, a mobster-turned-lawmaker, and his brother Ashraf Ahmed as they answered questions on live TV.

• War in Ukraine

Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who leads Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, shared a video on Telegram showing Ukrainian prisoners of war preparing to return home.

• War in Ukraine

A stalemate in Ukraine — with neither Kyiv nor Moscow inclined to negotiate — is the most likely scenario, according to the leaked intelligence documents.

• War in Ukraine

Serbia, which has sought to appear nonaligned between Russia and the West, denied the leaked report that it may be providing lethal aid to Ukraine.

• Europe

Speculation over whether the U.S.-based royals would attend the May 6 ceremony has heightened after Harry inveighed against his family in a memoir and Netflix documentary.

• War in Ukraine

A top Russian general said the Kremlin will ramp up air defenses near Finland, which recently joined NATO and doubled the alliance's land border with Russia.