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• Russia claims pivotal Ukrainian city; Kyiv says fight ongoing

  Russia claimed control Sunday over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of its grinding war. Ukraine's General Staff of the military reported that its forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk in Luhansk province, but the president said the fight for the city was ongoing.

  

• 3 dead, 3 critically wounded in shooting at Denmark mall

  A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Sunday, killing three people and critically wounding three others, police said.

  

• Germany, Ireland slam U.K. move toward overriding Brexit deal

  Germany and Ireland have condemned the U.K government's move towards unilaterally rewriting parts of the post-Brexit deal with the European Union.

  

• Where abortion 'trigger laws' and other restrictions stand after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

  The U.S. Supreme Court's majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade has led states to implement their own abortion policies. The ruling has already resulted in a patchwork system across the U.S. -- as was anticipated -- in which access to the procedure is, for many people, determined largely by whether a state is controlled by Republicans or Democrats.

  

• Russian laser scientist dies two days after arrest for state treason

  A Russian scientist who was arrested in Siberia last week on suspicion of state treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, lawyers and a family member said on Sunday.

  

• West African leaders meet to review sanctions on coup-hit neighbours

  West African leaders attended a summit Sunday as their regional bloc pursues its efforts to resolve the political impasse in three coup-hit nations and stem the growing threat of extremist violence.

  

• With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka keeps schools closed

  Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday extended school closures for one week because there isn't enough fuel for teachers and parents to get children to classrooms, and the energy minister appealed to the country's expatriates to send money home through banks to finance new oil purchases.

  

• Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia

  Slovyansk could become the next major target in Moscow's campaign to take the Donbas region, Ukraine's predominantly Russian-speaking industrial heartland.

  

• Children among 77 kept in Nigeria church for rapture, police say

  Police in Nigeria have freed at least 77 people who were kept in a church basement by pastors who preached to them about Christian believers ascending to heaven with the second coming of Jesus Christ, authorities said Sunday.

• After abortion ruling, U.S. clinic staff grapple with trauma

  Nationwide, U.S. workers at clinics that shuttered abortion services are feeling fear and stress as they try to pick up the pieces and chart a path forward. At the Women's Health Center of West Virginia, the days following the historic court ruling brought on a different kind of grief for staff as their new reality set in.