Ukrainians fighting to stabilize thin defensive lines in the east Pokrovsk is facing one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are battling to hold the key hub, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower. Brian Mann
News from one of the fiercest areas of fighting in eastern Ukraine NPR correspondent Brian Mann is reporting near Pokrovsk, one of the fiercest areas of fighting in eastern Ukraine where Russian soldiers are trying to capture a key transportation and coal-mining hub. Brian Mann
Activists in France are angry over sentencing in mass rape case The lead accused, a man who drugged his wife and invited other men to their home to rape her, was given 20 years in prison. But the 50 other participants were given more lenient sentences. Eleanor Beardsley
Dozens of men are found guilty of raping a woman in France who was drugged to sleep A French court found dozens of men guilty of raping a woman whose then-husband had drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade. The court sentenced the husband to a maximum 20 years in prison. Eleanor Beardsley
What we can learn from Ukraine's assassination of a senior Russian general in Moscow NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building. Michel Martin
A mass rape trial in France has changed the conversation about sexual assault The verdict in a mass rape trial taking place in southern France is expected by the end of the week. Fifty men are charged with the rape and sexual abuse of a woman who was drugged by her husband. Eleanor Beardsley
Russian general in charge of chemical and biological warfare is killed in Moscow The apparent assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov came a day after Ukraine's security service charged him with using banned chemical weapons. Joanna Kakissis
An explosion kills the head of Russia's nuclear defense forces in Moscow A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow. A Ukrainian official said the country's security service carried out the attack. The Associated Press
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, paving way to new elections German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost the confidence vote in parliament. It's the end of his fractious coalition government and it marks an historic transition for Europe's largest economy. Rob Schmitz
Germany's Scholz loses a confidence vote, triggering new elections German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had hoped for this outcome when he called for the confidence vote, analysts say. His aim: to win fresh elections in February and come back with a stronger mandate. H.J. Mai