Ukraine

A Russian tanker was hit by Ukrainian drones in the Kerch Strait a day after Kyiv said it had carried out a seaborne drone strike on a navy ship, Russian officials have said. “The SIG tanker … received a hole...

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia's powerful Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said late on Tuesday that the increase in military assistance to Ukraine by the NATO alliance brings World War Three closer. Commenting on the first...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Beijing aimed at easing soaring US-China tensions. Blinken is the first US Secretary of State to visit Beijing in...

NATO began the largest air force drill in Europe in the alliance's history on Monday, as Ukraine says it is advancing against Russia in the eastern part of the country. The German-led "Air Defender 23" will run until June 23...

US billionaire philanthropist George Soros has handed over the running of his $25bn financial and charitable empire to his son Alex. The Hungarian-born financier said his son had "earned it", in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Alex is the...

About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding on both sides of the Dnipro River after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, officials in Ukraine say, with floodwaters expected to peak on Wednesday. The prediction came after UN aid...

A vast dam was blown on Tuesday in the part of southern Ukraine controlled by Russia, unleashing a flood of water across the war zone, according to both Ukrainian and Russian forces. Both sides blamed the other for destroying...

Russia’s defense ministry has claimed it has fought off a large-scale attack by Ukraine in the south-eastern Donetsk region. It said it killed 250 Ukrainian troops and destroyed 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armored combat vehicles in...

CIA Director William Burns visited Greece earlier in the week where he met intelligence officers in a visit shrouded in secrecy. Local news media reported that the top American spy was in Athens on Tuesday and left for an unspecified...

Russia has blamed Ukraine for drone strikes that hit Moscow on Tuesday morning injuring at least two people and damaging several buildings. The Russian military says eight drones were used in the strikes, all of which were shot down by...