Europe

The country’s new plan includes 15 initiatives, five of which aim at increasing knowledge among children and the youth.

International Court of Justice orders Russia to cease military operations in Ukraine. Kyiv accuses Moscow of deliberately targeting Mariupol theater sheltering an estimated 1,000 civilians. Biden calls Putin a "war criminal" in his sharpest condemnation of the Kremlin leader since the invasion began.

Both sides dismissed a report in the Financial Times that the two sides have drafted 15 points that will serve as the basis for a peace plan.

For the first time in a public address to world leaders, Ukrainian leader shows a packed auditorium of lawmakers a graphic video of the destruction and devastation his country has suffered in the war.

The Council of Europe suspended Russia's membership over the Feb. 24 Ukraine invasion, saying it has "no place for an aggressor." Kremlin's move said to pre-empt Moscow's expected expulsion from the continent's leading human rights body.

The Chelsea Football Club owner also has Israeli and Portuguese passports and it is unclear how a travel ban within the EU would affect his ability to move freely in the region. "Israel will not be a route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia by the US and other Western countries,” FM Lapid says.

Meanwhile, in a rare show of unity, the US Senate unanimously passes a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.

Foreign Ministry says it is maintaining official relations with Washington and if necessary would make sure that high-level contacts with the people on the list could take place.

"It is our duty to be where history is forged. Because it's not about us, but about the future of our children who deserve to live in a world free from tyranny," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says.