Iran and Belarus signed a wide-ranging package of agreements Wednesday aimed at boosting cooperation in defense, industry, and trade while presenting a united front against Western sanctions.
Ukraine says Russia launched two ballistic missiles and nearly 100 drones overnight in more than a dozen locations across the country, as Moscow claimed it intercepted scores of Ukrainian drones over land and sea.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump still believes the U.S. would take control of Greenland, despite a “horrendous” call with Denmark’s prime minister and demands by Russia to split the world’s largest island.
Russia has warned that U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons against targets in Russia demonstrates Washington’s deep involvement in the conflict. However, the chief of the NATO military alliance has defended these policies.
The pro-Western ruling conservative HDZ party won most seats in Croatia’s parliamentary elections but faced tough talks to secure a majority in parliament and form a governing coalition, results released Thursday showed.
Elections in Croatia were expected to decide whether the Balkan nation will move closer to Russia or remain on its pro-Western course.
Widespread flooding across cities and towns in Russia and Kazakhstan led to the evacuation of over 110,000 people from their homes after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks.
The Russian Supreme Court, in a lawsuit with no defendants, has ruled in favor of designating the “international LGBT social movement” as extremist.
U.S. officials expressed concerns on Tuesday that Iran is gearing up to supply Russia with sophisticated short-range ballistic missiles for its military operations in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
Russia’s military prepared to launch a new nuclear supersonic weapon on Thursday as Washington-Moscow relations dropped to their lowest point since the previous Cold War.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) criticized Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and reciprocated by indicating their intention to suspend the treaty as well.
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Sunday it has successfully tested a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile from its new strategic nuclear submarine, the Imperator Alexander III, Reuters reports.
A mutiny in Russia that threatened to escalate into a coup and civil war appeared over Sunday. It was seen as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most significant challenge to his authority since gaining power over two decades ago.
In further evidence of warm ties between Russia and Iran, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk announced this week that Moscow hopes to sign a free trade zone agreement with Iran and several other Eurasion countries by the end of the year, i24News reports.
Moscow said Tuesday it had pushed back armed insurgents who crossed the border from Ukraine to launch attacks in Russia’s Belgorod region in the deadliest cross-border confrontation since the war began 15 months ago.
The Group of Seven (G7) of the world’s leading economies gathered Friday in Japan’s city of Hiroshima, nearly wiped off the map by the world’s first atomic bomb in World War Two.
Iran has denied delivering over 300,000 artillery shells and about a million rounds of ammunition to Russia for use in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow reluctantly acknowledged Friday that a Russian supersonic warplane accidentally bombed a Russian city, injuring several people, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the border with Ukraine, where a war is ongoing.
Russian spy ships are in the North Sea preparing to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, an investigation showed Thursday.
A Moscow court ruled Monday that the Wall Street Journal paper reporter Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist held in Russia since the end of the Cold War, must remain in pre-trial detention.