
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's former right-hand man was taken into custody on Thursday on money-laundering charges, part of a fight against graft that is fueling wartime political tensions.

As the federal government prepares to send seven election observers to Armenia, an advocacy group featuring the former president of Human Rights Watch is warning Canada and its Western allies of democratic backsliding prior to the June vote.

Russia on Thursday unleashed a third straight day of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, killing nine people and injuring dozens while levelling buildings in the capital Kyiv.