Adam Taylor

• Europe

The summit is a show of Western unity against Russia — but there are divisions over Kyiv’s candidacy and the U.S. decision to supply it with cluster munitions.

• War in Ukraine

The Biden administration's decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine bypasses a U.S. law that prohibits their use, production or transfer.

• War in Ukraine

Lukashenko said Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin is no longer in Belarus and is in St. Petersburg. A Russian cruise missile attack caused devastation in Lviv, killing four people, Ukrainian officials said.

• Middle East

The recent flare-up of violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip has brought new attention to an old problem.

• World

The country has been gripped by a national crisis as unrest spreads in the aftermath.

• Today's WorldView
• Analysis

More than 238,000 people died in global conflict last year, according to a new study, marking a 96 percent increase year over year.

Russian authorities have accused Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group, of “incitement to armed rebellion.”

• Europe

While troops from the Wagner mercenary group are not at the front line in Ukraine, losing them would hit Russian reserve numbers.

• War in Ukraine

Moscow accused Kyiv a day earlier of striking a bridge connecting Russian-held territory in southern Ukraine to Crimea.