Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least eight people across the country.

Russia plans to send a second oil tanker to Cuba, according to Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilyov.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims its forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region in Ukraine.

A Russian military plane has crashed in annexed Crimea, killing six crew and 23 passengers on board.

A Russian oil tanker has reached Cuba with a huge shipment, easing a dire fuel shortage after months without deliveries.

Top European diplomats are visiting Ukraine to mark the anniversary of atrocities committed in a town near Kyiv by Russia’s invading forces four years ago.

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been sworn in for a third term three months after a disputed election.

Cuba is preparing to receive a sanctioned Russian oil tanker as the island struggles under a U.S. oil blockade.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia on an unannounced visit.

The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive.

Russia is reporting that it has shot down hundreds of Ukrainian drones in a massive overnight attack across its regions and Crimea.

Poland has said it faced a sharp surge in cyberattacks in 2025.

Russia has unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on civilian areas of Ukraine and is stepping up ground attacks along the front.

Russia and Ukraine have traded deadly strikes as Ukraine pushes the U.S. to restart stalled peace talks.

With U.S.-brokered Ukraine peace talks on hold due to the war in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to try to expand his military gains via new offensives against his southern neighbor that will put even more pressure on Kyiv.

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit an island whose power grid is crumbling.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Russia and Iran “brothers in hatred.”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is ready for the next trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Russia, but the meeting depends on Washington and Moscow.

Two weeks into the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has increasingly been knocked back on his political heels.

A Russian missile and drone strike has hit the Kyiv region in Ukraine and killed at least four people.

The U.S. is temporarily easing part of its sanctions measures on Russian oil, a reflection of global worries about sharply higher oil prices due to the Iran war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year.

A Moscow court has convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shootings that killed 149 and injured more than 600 at a concert hall in Moscow.

The Russian national anthem has played again at the Paralympics a day after Germany athletes appeared to stage a protest in the podium ceremony at Milan Cortina.

Russia and Ukraine have made competing claims about who is gaining ground, as Russian strikes keep hitting Ukrainian cities and U.S.-backed talks in Turkey were postponed.

Hungary is introducing a new cap on gasoline and diesel prices as global oil markets surge during the Iran war.

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation — but no action to support its ally.

President Donald Trump says it's inconsequential if Russia has provided Iran with information to help Tehran target U.S. military personnel and assets in the Middle East.

At least 10 people, including two children, have been killed and 16 others wounded in a Russian missile strike on a five-story residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States.

The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics has officially opened amid the tensions of intensifying war in the Middle East and with some countries boycotting the opening ceremony because of the return of the Russian flag to the global sports stage.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones.

The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem.

Libyan authorities say a Russian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas exploded and erupted in flames before sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off the North African country's coast.

A Russian court has banned a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group and has labeled it as extremist in the latest step in the country’s crackdown on the community.

Russia has condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged an immediate stop to the campaign and a return to diplomacy.

The Swedish military says that a Russian drone carried out an unauthorized flight off southern Sweden earlier this week while a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö.

Ukraine's economy will see less growth this year and next due to damage to its energy infrastructure from Russia's attacks.

Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Police in Kenya say they have arrested a suspect in an alleged scheme that tricked Kenyans to fight in Ukraine on the side of the Russians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Ukrainian delegation is set to meet on Thursday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys ahead of another round of trilateral talks with Russia.

The State Department has expressed its displeasure over Ukraine's recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in its war.

As Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine marks four years, the pressure on Russia’s economy is starting to show.

Hungary is threatening to block new EU sanctions on Russia and slow EU help for Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries resume.

Russia launched a major overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine, killing one person near Kyiv and damaging homes and energy sites.

Hungary says it is blocking a major EU loan for Ukraine until Russian oil starts flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline.

Ukraine forces have struck a major missile factory deep inside Russia as Moscow kept up heavy drone attacks on Ukraine.

Five big European military powers have launched a joint effort to build cheap drone defenses and autonomous drones, using Ukraine’s battlefield expertise.

Four years into its full-scale invasion, Russia controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, where an estimated 3 million to 5 million people live.

The Cuban foreign minister is visiting Moscow as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a U.

The latest U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine have ended with no sign of a breakthrough.

The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government’s response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Russian and Ukrainian delegations are meeting in Geneva for U.S.-brokered talks although both sides are far apart on issues such as land, security and a possible ceasefire.

A Ukrainian delegation is heading to Geneva for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, days before next week’s fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.

A Ukrainian drone attack hit a Russian Black Sea port as diplomats prepare for fresh U.S.-brokered peace talks.

Five European countries say Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with a rare toxin linked to poison dart frogs.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has lost his bid to overturn an Olympic disqualification tied to a planned helmet tribute.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee’s rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back.

Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities again overnight as Ukraine accuses Russia of dragging its feet on new U.S.-brokered peace talks.

Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp as it tightens control of online communication and pushes people toward a state-backed alternative.

Russia's top diplomat says that Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington does the same.

A Russian drone has struck a home in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in an attack that killed a father and his three small children.

A senior European intelligence chief says Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine.

A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine has killed one person and wounded two others.

Russian authorities have detained a man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow.

The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a peace deal, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the air force's performance in parts of the country is “unsatisfactory.”.

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact.

Russian authorities say a deputy chief of its military intelligence agency has been shot and wounded.

The U.S. and Russia have agreed to reestablish high-level, military-to-military dialogue for the first time in more than four years.

The Kremlin says it regrets the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States, while President Donald Trump declared he was against keeping its limits and wants a better deal.

Russian missiles and drones have pounded Ukraine’s energy grid in recent weeks.

Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv have met in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered talks to end the nearly four-year war.

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire this week, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia breached its commitment to hold off on energy infrastructure attacks for a week when it launched a major assault on Ukraine overnight.

President Donald Trump says he plans to lower tariffs on goods from India to 18%, from 25%, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil.

A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week.

A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed at least 12 people, according to Ukrainian emergency services.

Emergency power cuts have hit several Ukrainian cities and neighboring Moldova.

Massive power outages in Cuba mean that many people are unaware that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump's request to pause attacks on Ukraine's power grid for a week.

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in Moscow for his second time in less than four months for talks, and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to help the country rebuild its war-battered economy.

A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing in Russia's war in Ukraine could reach 2 million by spring.

Officials in Ukraine say that a heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed at least three people and wounded 23, including children and a pregnant woman.

Russian authorities use various strategies to recruit new troops to replenish its supply of soldiers for its nearly 4-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a security agreement with the United States is “100% ready.”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says talks with Russian and American representatives have concluded with constructive discussions on ending the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi.

Officials say that France’s navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv remain without heating, and nearly 60% of the city is without power following days of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland poses a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has launched more than 300 drones and missiles in a nighttime attack on Ukraine's power grid.

Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks.

Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country, accusing the official of spying.

Officials say emergency repair crews are working tirelessly to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.

Russia has launched another major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that targeted the country's power grid in freezing temperatures.

Britain is discussing with NATO allies how to enhance Arctic security against Russia and China.