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Ukraine air attack on Belgorod injures 8, governor says
A Ukrainian air attack on Russia's Belgorod region injured eight people and damaged scores of residential buildings and cars, the...
May 11, 20241 min read


Vietnam irks EU by delaying meeting ahead of possible Putin visit
HANOI -Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry has annoyed the European Union by postponing a meeting next week with the EU's top official on...
May 11, 20242 min read


Seven killed as bus falls into river in Russia's St Petersburg
ST PETERSBURG, Russia -Seven bus passengers died and several others were injured after their bus careered off a bridge and into the Moika...
May 11, 20241 min read


Factbox-Who is Russia's Mikhail Mishustin?
Here are some key facts about Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, whose reappointment as prime minister President Vladimir Putin...
May 10, 20242 min read


Two injured, houses burnt in Russia's attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine says
Ukraine destroyed all 10 drones as Russia launched an overnight attack, but two people were injured and residential buildings in the...
May 10, 20241 min read


Analysis-Ukraine peace summit pushes neutral Swiss toward Western embrace
ZURICH - An upcoming Ukraine peace summit, ostensibly the most ambitious bid in years by neutral Switzerland to mediate a major...
May 10, 20244 min read


Putin warns of global clash as Russia marks victory in World War Two
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to...
May 9, 20243 min read


Russian deputy defence minister loses appeal against detention in $11 million bribe case
MOSCOW -A Russian court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov against his pre-trial detention in a...
May 9, 20242 min read


Factbox-Who is the US soldier detained in Russia?
MOSCOW - U.S. Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was detained on May 2 by police in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok on suspicion of...
May 9, 20243 min read


US soldier bucked Army rules before arrest in Russia
WASHINGTON -Before his arrest in Russia, U.S. soldier Gordon Black not only broke Army rules by traveling to the Russian city of...
May 9, 20242 min read


Factbox-How Ukraine is keeping the lights on under Russian fire
KYIV - Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, hitting nearly a dozen energy infrastructure...
May 8, 20243 min read


Fire and hide: Ukraine's artillery pinned down by Russian drones
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine - Rumbling out of its forest hideout, the hulking German-supplied howitzer has only a few minutes to fire before...
May 8, 20243 min read
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