Fico, who was seriously wounded in the attack, was sworn in as prime minister for the fourth time last year after campaigning on a pro-Russian, anti-American platform.

The Russian and Chinese leaders are expected to emphasize their shared objective of reshaping global power and ending U.S. dominance over world affairs.

American and Israeli officials are offering increasingly blunt assessments about Hamas’s resilience and Netanyahu’s failure to plan for postwar Gaza.

But the Biden administration remains opposed to allowing Ukraine to strike targets inside Russian territory with U.S. weaponry — something Ukrainian policymakers have been pushing for.

The demise of La Corona, downgraded to an ice field after shrinking to less than five acres, makes Venezuela the first nation in the Andes range without a glacier.

A U.S. delegation will present the government of Niger this week with detailed plans for shuttering two key American bases and withdrawing all U.S. troops.