UN, Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials to run Istanbul center coordinating passage of critical food cargo through heavily mined waters, in accord hailed as 'beacon of hope'

Reported casualties follow Thursday barrage on densely populated area of Kharkiv that killed at least three and wounded 23

Wheat and other grains trapped in country amid Russian blockade; 'We don't have any other choice -- we have to hope something works,' farmer Rakhmon Mirzoyev says

A history of treating victims of wars and the Holocaust has provided Israelis with extensive experience in handling psychological suffering

Foreign Minister Lavrov says forces will now deal with targets beyond country's east because of new threat posed by arms given to Ukrainians

Rabbi Barbara Aiello reconnects ancestral community with Jewish history, links that were nearly severed 5 centuries ago when the Inquisition forced Jews to convert to Christianity

US accuses Moscow of planning to annex areas of Ukraine under its control; missiles hit areas near Odesa, killing 5-year-old girl, Kyiv says, though Russia claims ammo depots hit

Olena Zelenska meets with Blinken, plans to reunite with Jill Biden and address Congress, though wife of war-torn country's president not traveling as representative of Kyiv

Ukrainian premier cites hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration in prosecutor's office, state security service, other government departments

Fearing Ukrainian counterattacks, Moscow is pressuring its troops 'to further intensify the actions of units in all operational areas' and to produce more territorial gains