Funeral ceremonies are set to begin on Tuesday for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, as authorities probe what caused the aircraft to smash into the side of a remote mountainside during foggy weather (...)
Alleged leaders of an extremist plot to overthrow Germany's government went on trial on Tuesday amid massive media and political interest.
The case — which shocked the country in late 2022 — involves more than two dozen suspects and 260 witnesses (...)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Western countries of exploiting the "myth" of a Russian threat to escalate an arms race and form a "European military alliance with a nuclear component."
Speaking at a meeting in Moscow, Lavrov (...)
NATO's top military officer has said Russia's armed forces are incapable of any major advance.
"The Russians don't have the numbers necessary to do a strategic breakthrough," NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli told reporters (...)
In a recurring nightmare, horrors usually repeat themselves. For the Ukrainian border town of Vovchansk, they're getting worse.
Every street seems aflame. The shelling is constant. Torn up tanks and Humvees litter its streets. Small arms fire can be (...)
A massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea early Friday caused power cutoffs in the city of Sevastopol and set a refinery ablaze in southern Russia, Russian authorities said.
The drone raids marked an attempt to strike back during Moscow's renewed (...)
Russia is currently not seeking to capture Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, President Vladimir Putin has claimed.
"There are no such plans today," he said at the end of his visit to China.
But he stressed that Russian forces were advancing (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to deepen their strategic partnership in Beijing on Thursday, in a stark show of their growing alignment as Moscow's troops advance in Ukraine.
Putin — whose delegation includes (...)
Ukraine has pulled back its troops from several villages in the border region of Kharkiv following continued pressure from Russian forces.
Soldiers had come under heavy fire and moved to "more advantageous positions" in two areas of the northeastern (...)
Georgia's Prime Minister has said the passage of a controversial foreign influence bill, which has sparked mass protests around the country, "creates strong guarantees of long-term peace and tranquility" in the country.
Irakli Kobakhidze said the (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that American military aid on its way to Ukraine would make a "real difference" on the battlefield. The comments came as the top diplomat made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to reassure its ally (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday, marking the first visit of a Biden administration official to Ukraine following the long-delayed passage of US supplemental funding to the war-torn country, the State Department (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president's second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has removed his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defense minister, the Kremlin has announced.
The 68-year-old has been in the role since 2012 and is to be appointed secretary of Russia's Security Council.
Papers (...)
Three men have been charged under the National Security Act with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference.
All three will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court later.
The Metropolitan Police said the Hong (...)
Overnight protests in Georgia have continued into the morning in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passing of a controversial law.
After a standoff with protesters outside parliament in Tbilisi, security forces pulled out from the main square on (...)
Russia is claiming its forces have entered the north-eastern border town of Vovchansk, near Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.
Ukraine says there is still heavy fighting taking place there.
Russia has intensified its attacks on the region (...)
Ukraine says it has repelled a Russian armored attack in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, after Moscow's forces launched an incursion across the border and sought to break through defensive lines.
Kharkiv regional head Oleh Syniehubov said Russian (...)
The annual Red Square military parade felt different this time round.
And not just because of the spring snowstorm.
There were 9,000 people marching across the square. Sounds a lot. But in previous years – before Russia's invasion of Ukraine – the (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary on Wednesday, marking the end of his five-day European tour.
His visit is set to solidify numerous agreements with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, further strengthening China's regional economic (...)
The red flags start at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport and run all the way along the motorway into the center of Serbia's capital.
This is Serbia's way of showing that it is proud of its "ironclad friendship" with China – and welcoming Xi Jinping to (...)
He could probably have walked it blindfolded.
For the fifth time Vladimir Putin took the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew's Throne Hall. There he took the oath of office and was sworn in as Russia's president for a new (...)
China's President Xi Jinping has said his country is willing to work with France toward a global "cessation of war" during the upcoming Paris Olympics.
At a press conference in Paris, Xi said China has been playing an "active role in achieving (...)
The labeling of Japan as "xenophobic" by Joe Biden was "unfortunate" and "not based on an accurate" understanding of the country, Japan's US embassy says.
The US president said during a campaign fundraising event earlier this week that Japan, India, (...)
China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for the country's ambitious space program.
The Chang'e-6 probe – China's most (...)