Europe

Zelenskyy reports heavy Russian, North Korean troop losses

Russia's defense ministry says its forces have taken control of the village of Nadiya in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region

Danish-Swedish farmdog joins American Kennel Club's lineup

Small, sprightly dogs’ main job was rodent patrol, but they also would herd, act as watchdogs and play with farmers' children

Moldovan PM warns of security crisis after cutoff of Russian gas 

Flows of Russian gas via Ukraine to central and eastern Europe were halted on New Year's Day after a transit agreement between the warring countries expired and Kyiv rejected doing further business with Moscow

Talks on new 3-party Austrian government collapse as one party leaves

Parties refuse to work with the leader of the far-right party that won election in September

Montenegro to tackle gun control after mass killing left 12 dead 

An emergency session of Montenegro's National Security Council is expected to call for a new gun law and urgent actions to confiscate what are believed to be abundant illegal weapons in possession of Montenegro's 620,000 citizens

Iran summons Italian ambassador over arrest of Iranian wanted by US 

The summons came a day after a similar move by Italy over Iran's arrest of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala, who was seized in Tehran on December 19 while working under a journalist visa

Russian drone attack kills 1 in Kyiv suburbs

4 more people hurt

German, French foreign ministers press Syria for ‘inclusive’ transition

Diplomats tell new leader that Europe will not finance new Islamic structures

Zelenskyy says Trump could be decisive in stopping war in Ukraine  

Comments come as Russia advances quickly on eastern front 

VOA Kurdish: Three Kurdish women reportedly tortured in Turkish prison

VOA Creole: Voltaire asks France to repay Haiti's independence debt 

Ukraine blocks transit of Russian gas to Europe, prompting price hike 

Russia set to lose $5 billion; Slovakia criticizes Ukraine's decision