President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, nine years after he exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA).
Read articleRussia must face "just punishment" over its invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the UN General Assembly in New York.
Read articleThe nation has paid a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, with a state funeral and military procession.
Read articleUkrainian forces were charging through an expanding area of previously Russian-held territory in the east on Friday after bursting through the frontline in a surprise breakthrough that could mark a major turning point in the war.
Read articleAs the day began on Friday and the UK entered its first full day of mourning, church bells rang out in the Queen's honor across the country, gun salutes were fired in royal parks in her memory, and people gathered outside Buckingham Palace in London.
Read articleBritain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in late 2020, has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets both the original and Omicron version of the virus.
Read articleThe 31-year-old Olympic gold medallist was detained in February at an airport near Moscow when vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage.
Read articleThe US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed.
Read articleThe classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases.
Read articleFor the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro (EUU) and the US dollar is nearly the same -- the two currencies are less than one cent away from parity.
Read articleOften overlooked amid the human suffering, Russia is inflicting lasting damage on wildlife and globally important wetlands
Read articleA teenage gunman murdered at least 19 children and two teachers after storming into a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.
Read articleSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates President whose modernization policies helped transform his country into a regional powerhouse, died on Friday aged 73, state media WAM said.
Read articleAs many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said on Sunday.
Read articleRussia has warned the United States that there will be "unpredictable consequences" if Washington keeps arming Ukraine, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Read articleElon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter (TWTR) and take it private, saying he believes it needs to be "transformed."
Read articleIn the town of Bucha, 37 km (23 miles) northwest of Kyiv's city centre, Reuters reporters saw a man lay sprawled by the roadside, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head.
Read articleUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has called urgently for “meaningful and fair†peace talks over Russia’s invasion amid further attacks, including a claim by Moscow that it had used a hypersonic missile for the first time, hitting a depot in the west of the country.
Read articleUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he spoke with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Friday and Ukraine expects progress to be made on its application to join the European Union in the coming months.
Read articleRussian shelling struck Kyiv on Tuesday killing at least two people, authorities said, as invading forces tightened their grip on the Ukrainian capital and the mayor announced a 35-hour curfew starting at 8 p.m.
Read article"I know that you want to survive," he said, adding that those who surrendered would be treated "as people, decently".
Read articleDepending on the Russian, the sight of so many well-known American companies suddenly suspending operations in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is either cause for alarm — or generating disgust.
Read articleOksana Markarova appears moved as she thanks attendees, while US president condemns Putin’s ‘tyranny’
Read articleSeveral dozen Japanese men have answered a Ukrainian call for foreign volunteers to fight Russia's invasion, according to a media report on Wednesday.
Read articleDuring the 5 days of fighting against the aggressor, people have not just left Ukraine: almost 80,000 of our compatriots have returned to their homeland, most of them men.
Read articleThe Vatican said on Monday it was ready to "facilitate dialogue" between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, and called for an immediate stop to the "military attack".
Read articleProtesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York on Thursday to denounce the invasion of Ukraine -- while more than a thousand who tried to do the same in Russia were arrested.
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