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A stabbing attack at a revered shrine in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad has claimed the life of a second Shiite cleric, state television reports.

Two senior EU officials are heading for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the first visit by Western leaders since the alleged Russian atrocities in Bucha emerged earlier this week.

The U.S. Congress has voted overwhelmingly to remove favorable trade status for goods from Russia and Belarus and to ban the import of Russian oil and other energy products.

The European Union has agreed on a fifth package of sanctions against Russia for its unprovoked war against Ukraine, including measures banning the import of coal and closing off EU ports from Russian vessels.

Belarusian journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva, who is serving a two-year prison sentence for covering protests against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has now been charged with high treason just ahead of her release.

Microsoft Corp says it has disrupted hacking attempts by Russian military spies aimed at breaking into Ukrainian, European Union, and U.S. targets.

An investigation by Current Time and Meduza looks at the secretive life of the Dutch man who is believed to have been Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law -- the husband of Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria.

06/04/2022 - Polish project Pianoforte, about the Chopin Competition, and the Ukrainian documentary Up in the Air, on a young aerial gymnast, won two awards each

Opinion surveys conducted by Russian pollsters – both state-controlled and independent – show that support for President Vladimir Putin has grown since the February 24 invasion of Ukraine, along with approval for his government. Here’s why that support may not be as robust as the surveys say. 

Alona Zahreba made a video diary of life in the besieged Ukrainian port, showing how they gathered snow when water was cut off and smoke rising from nearby explosions. She spoke to Current Time about what life was like in Mariupol, and how she and her family escaped.