Irina Kapilova, 49, deported to Lithuania after 28 days in the notorious Okrestina prison. She says Israeli Embassy in Minsk did not help her, Foreign Ministry calls her allegations "baseless" and says embassy helped secure her release.
Ukrainian president expects Russian "hostility" to escalate following Ukraine's bid to join European Union. Meanwhile, planned US sale of armed drones to Ukraine hits a snag.
This year's documenta fifteen art show is currated by the Indonesian group Ruangrupa, which has been accused of inviting organizations that support the anti-Israel boycott, divest, and sanction movement.
Russia's war in Ukraine "could take years," says NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. "We must not let up in supporting Ukraine."
The threat to food security and a "battle of narrative" with Russia on Western-imposed sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine will dominate European Union foreign ministers' talks in Luxembourg this week.
France's Emmanuel Macron promises Ukraine six more truck-mounted artillery guns, the latest in a new round of Western arms pledges as the war grinds on in the Donbas region. NATO defense ministers meet to discuss plans for strengthening the alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia from planning any further aggression.
US to send $1 billion more military aid to outgunned Ukraine. Turkey continues to block Sweden and Finland's NATO membership bids. Russian forces press their offensive in the Donbas region. Two US citizens missing and feared captured in eastern Ukraine.
Pentagon official Colin Kahl says the Russian president continues to have "designs on a significant portion of Ukraine." Russian troops destroy three bridges leading out of Sievierodonetsk, but Ukrainians continue to try to evacuate the wounded.
"If Israel approves Ukraine's loan request, the Jewish state will not only help 40 million people in their just struggle for survival but also show that it chose the right side in the fight against dictatorship and barbarism," one expert says.
Norway defends its decision to label Judea and Samaria products as being in line with the EU Court of Justice, but international law experts remain unconvinced.