Keir Starmer will sign a century-long partnership with Ukraine today, as the prime minister makes his first visit to the war-torn country in an effort to shore up support for Kyiv – just days ahead of the arrival of Donald…
Trump says a meeting with Putin is being set up
United States President-elect Donald Trump has said a meeting is being set up between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Republican offered no timeline for talks between the two leaders. “He wants to meet, and we are setting…
‘Highest price for war’: Russia lost 430,000 soldiers in 2024, says Ukraine
Russia’s gradual, grinding advance in parts of Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk succeeded in wresting away 4,168 sq km (1,609 square miles) of fields and abandoned villages in 2024 – equivalent to 0.69 percent of the country. That was the…
Bashar al-Assad in Moscow with family after Russia grants Syria tyrant asylum
Opposition fighters toppled Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday morning, ending his 54-year authoritarian rule – and the leader is now reportedly in Moscow with family Bashar Al-Assad is reportedly in Moscow with family after he “stepped down” and “left…
Syria’s rebels overthrow Assad, celebrations sweep country
Celebrations swept Damascus on Sunday after Syrian rebels entered the city and ended the rule of President Bashar Assad, who reportedly fled the country and was granted asylum in Russia, TASS, Arab TV stations and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Vladimir Putin to reject Donald Trump’s opening peace offer, says Russian tycoon
Donald Trump’s pledge to end Russia’s war in Ukraine is doomed to failure if the US president-elect does not involve broader talks on Moscow’s security concerns, an influential hardliner close to the Kremlin has warned. Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian tycoon…
Russia jails soldiers who killed entire family in Ukraine
A Russian court has sentenced two Russian soldiers to life in prison for killing a family of nine in occupied Ukraine, in a rare example of the country holding its troops to account for alleged war crimes. The entire Kapkanets…
NATO chief confirms North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk region
North Korea has sent some 10,000 troops to train in Russia, the Pentagon says, more than tripling the previous estimate as NATO warned of a dangerous expansion of the Ukraine war. Russia and North Korea have boosted their political and…
EU to impose new sanctions over Russia’s alleged meddling
European Union (EU) foreign ministers to agree on new sanctions over Russia’s alleged attempts to take political influence in Moldova, Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu said on Monday. The EU sanctions target Russian actors and organisations accused of destabilising the…
Czech Republic and Poland call on EU to do more to tackle irregular migration
The prime ministers of Czech Republic and Poland said Wednesday that the European Union has to do more to tackle unauthorized migration and condemned the practice of renewing border checks among the bloc’s 27 member states. “We have agreed that…