International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Rafael Grossi warned on Tuesday that the situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has grown “completely out of control” since Russian troops seized the facility in March.
Social media reacted swiftly to the Russian courts’ 9-1/2-year prison sentence for WNBA player Brittney Griner on drug charges.
Canada is sending military trainers to the United Kingdom to teach Ukrainians how to fight invading Russian forces.
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A judge in Russia convicted American basketball star Brittney Griner of drug possession and smuggling Thursday and sentenced her to nine years in prison.
The internal Conservative Party vote to choose Britain’s next Prime Minister has been delayed over election hacking fears.
In a demonstration of Germany’s “green energy” agenda failures, a coal-fired power plant will be reconnected to the electricity grid.
Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro announced his intentions last week to build a series of large-scale luxury tourism complexes on La Tortuga, one of the nation’s uninhabited islands.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a military document that declared the United States is the primary threat to Russian security.
Former President Donald Trump blasted the proposed plan to swap WNBA player Brittney Griner with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
The first ship set off under an UN-Turkey deal that will release Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing hunger crisis.
Inflation within the Eurozone has hit yet another record high as the currency bloc struggles to deal with the ongoing gas crisis.
Pope Francis offered prayers for Ukraine Sunday while urging the warring parties to “stop and negotiate.
The detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner in Russia is a result of her having to travel there because she was unable “to make equal pay here in the United States,” according to an MSNBC segment that highlighted the “disparity in American life” as WNBA players are paid less than NBA players on average.
The socialist Prime Minister of Spain has told the public to ditch their ties to deal with the heat amid the energy crisis gripping Europe.
A rumour that claimed Russia influenced populist Matteo Salvini to collapse Italy’s technocratic “unity” government under Mario Draghi has been quashed by an official with links to Italian intelligence.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol, the
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Friday there should no longer be any doubt that Russia intends to dismantle Ukraine “and dissolve it from the world map entirely.”
MOSCOW (AP) – A drone-borne explosive device detonated Sunday at the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, injuring six people, officials said.
An energy expert said the U.S. cannot be energy independent if it relies on hostile nations like Russia and China for resources.
(AFP) – Russian energy giant Gazprom suspended gas supplies to Latvia on Saturday following tensions between Moscow and the West over the conflict in Ukraine and sweeping European and U.S. sanctions against Russia.
Russia’s population contracted by a record margin of about 86,000 people between January and May, the online newspaper Moscow Times reported on Friday, citing new data from the Russian statistics agency Rosstat.
Britain’s official National Security Advisor, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, has warned that the risk of nuclear escalation is greater today than it was during the Cold War, particularly with respect to China.
A Swedish analyst warned that Russian shutting-off gas to Europe could see prices soar and even collapse electrical grids.
The United States has reportedly offered the Russian government a deal to free two imprisoned Americans, WNBA star Brittney Griner and corporate security executive Paul Whelan.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, posed for a special digital cover for Vogue magazine while their country continues to be invaded by Russia.
WNBA star Brittney Griner said she fears that language translation problems have added to the troubles as she faces drug possession charges.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the New York Post published Tuesday that he hoped to see leftist American counterpart Joe Biden visit his country, but he did not believe Biden had control over his own travel itinerary.
Having been unceremoniously told to leave his position as Prime Minister, rumours are now circulating that Boris Johnson could be the next head of NATO.
Part of the unspoken fallout of Russia’s ongoing military assault on Ukraine is the complete or partial destruction of 173 Christian churches in the country, Spanish Catholic media revealed Tuesday.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday said Israel was always ready for open dialogue with Russia, with which it shared a “long history,” appearing to walk back harsher statements a day earlier.
The director of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Tuesday that he expects Moscow to end its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) by 2024, Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency reported.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently sent a delegation of military tanks and troops from the Chinese city of Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, to the Russian city of Zabaikalsk in preparation for Beijing’s participation in Moscow’s International Army Games on August 13, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Tuesday.
Vladimir Putin’s Russia has once again halved Germany’s gas supply, a move that will further harm an already struggling EU economy.
Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk called for “zero tolerance” toward Russia Tuesday, insisting that Putin aims at the total annihilation of the Ukrainian people.
Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk condemned Russia’s “cynicism” and “treachery” Sunday following missile attacks targeting Ukraine’s grain reserves.
The official regime news agency of North Korea accused America on Sunday of being “a vicious sponsor of biological terrorism throwing mankind into destruction” in an article echoing Russian government claims that Washington was producing biological weapons in Ukraine prior to Moscow’s expanded invasion this year.
A Russian chess-playing robot recently grabbed the finger of a seven-year-old opponent and broke during the Moscow Open chess tournament. The VP of the Russian Chess Federation blamed the child for making his move too quickly.
German business confidence has fallen more than expected this month, hitting a two-year low amid worries about higher energy prices.
Russia’s decision to shut down a major institution responsible for the immigration of Jews to Israel would constitute a “serious event” that would gravely impact ties between the two countries, Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday.
Protesters at an LGBTQ event in Berlin have demanded that Ukraine is armed in order to allow the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol to host a Pride parade.
