The French and British envoys were called for meetings amid escalating tensions over the Ukraine conflict The UK and French ambassadors in Moscow were summoned by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday amid rising tensions over the Ukraine conflict. The envoys were seen visiting the building housing...

Moscow has reported the capture of a village 25km to east of a key linchpin in Kiev’s defenses Russian forces have driven Ukrainian troops out of two settlements in Kharkov Region and Donbass, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has announced. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said forces from Russia’s...

The presidential inauguration is scheduled to take place at the Kremlin on Tuesday Final preparations are concluding at the Kremlin in Moscow ahead of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as the president of Russia. Putin won his fifth term in office in March, claiming 87.28% of the vote amid a record...

The IDF warned of “extreme” military action in southern Gaza, while Hamas decried what it called a “dangerous escalation” Israel has urged Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah, warning that it will take “extreme” military action against Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city. The Jewish state...

The inauguration is scheduled to take place at the Kremlin on Tuesday The final preparations are concluding at the Kremlin in Moscow for the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as Russia’s president. Putin won his fifth term in office in March, claiming 87.28% of the vote amid a record turnout of over...

Tomasz Szmydt, who is seeking asylum in Belarus, says Warsaw’s foreign policy is dictated by the US and its allies Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt has asked for political asylum in Belarus in protest over his country’s “unfair and dishonest” anti-Russia stance. Szmydt, who served at the Provincial Administrative...