Festus Omwamba was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in the northern Kenyan town of Moyale, near the border with Ethiopia.

As U.S. and Ukrainian officials meet to talk peace, Russia launches drones and missiles and makes it clear there's no rush in Moscow for a ceasefire.

Pavel Durov, the billionaire CEO of the messaging app Telegram, has confirmed Russian state media reports that the country's Federal Security Service is investigating him for "aiding terrorism." Access Now — a digital rights non-profit that has been vocally critical of Telegram's security and privacy in the past — says this probe is nothing more than a pretext to crack down on free speech.

Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine began on February 22, 2022. The Trump White House is attempting to broker a peace deal.

By Pavel Polityuk and Olena Harmash KYIV, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine's energy sector and railway infrastructure overnight on Thursday, injuring dozens of people,

Russia's development of the 9M729 prompted Trump to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, then a cornerstone of nuclear ⁠arms control, in 2019, saying ⁠the ground-launched missile could fly far beyond the permitted limit of 500 km (310 miles).

It comes as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country will do everything to secure peace and justice.

South African police detained 11 men at Durban airport after they allegedly traveled to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that any deployment of British troops in Ukraine would prolong the war, not end it. France and Britain have said they intend to send troops to Ukraine once a ceasefire in the war with Russia is reached.

The International Paralympic Committee's general assembly voted last September to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete under their own flags with their anthems at the upcoming Paralympics in Italy.

Sam Kiley reports from Ukraine’s fortress belt in Pavlohrad and Izium in eastern Ukraine on the dramatic effect of switching off the Starlink satellite network used by Russian forces