Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations resolution that proposed a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in outer space amid US intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear device capable of destroying satellites.
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A Russian attack on NATO would end in defeat for Moscow, but NATO must increase its defenses, Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday.
Sikorski was describing the new foreign policy direction of Prime Minister Donald (...)
The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, said on Tuesday that the US, UK and Ukraine were behind the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 139 people on Friday — despite repeated claims of (...)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko appears to have cast doubt on Russia's claims that Ukraine was involved in the brutal attack at a Moscow concert hall last week.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre, which killed at least 139 (...)
The European Commission has proposed a steep increase in tariffs on Russian grain that comes into the bloc's common market.
The measure would apply to cereals, oilseeds and derived products, like vegetable oil, that originate in Russia and are bound (...)
Russian forces deported Bohdan Yermokhin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the spring of 2022, flew him to Moscow on a government plane and placed him into a foster family. He was sent to a patriotic camp near the capital where (...)
Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the existence of the Russian state but "there has never been such a need," President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with state media published Wednesday.
The Russian leader made the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Justice Minister Walid Al-Samaani and his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Khomenko have inked a comprehensive road map for collaboration towards strengthening legal and judicial ties.
This landmark agreement was finalized during (...)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he will run for another term in elections set to be held in 2025, a move likely to extend the long rule of a key ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Lukashenko, while speaking to journalists at a polling (...)
Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect NATO allies failing to spend enough on defense "undermines all of our security", the Western military alliance's chief has said.
Jens Stoltenberg also suggested it put US and European troops at (...)
Belarus has conducted mass raids, interrogations and arrests of dozens of friends and relatives of political prisoners, a Belarusian human rights group said, in the regime's latest crackdown on dissent.
At least 159 people were persecuted across the (...)
RIYADH – The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman here on Tuesday, approved the structure and regulatory guide for the Ministry of Finance.
The Cabinet was also briefed on the content of the two written messages received (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman held Tuesday in Riyadh, renewed the Kingdom's commitment, made during the G20 virtual meeting under India's presidency, to continuing its comprehensive efforts to address climate (...)
Russia has rehearsed its ability to deliver a "massive" nuclear strike, the Kremlin says.
The military exercise involved delivering a "response to an enemy nuclear strike", Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
State TV showed him recounting the (...)
China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official explanation.
Li was also removed from his positions as (...)
A preliminary agreement reached on Wednesday paves the way for establishing common rules to manage an unexpected mass arrival of asylum seekers, a crucial element of the European Union's migration reform.
The deal on the so-called Crisis Regulation (...)
China's top diplomat Wang Yi is visiting Russia for security talks, as Moscow seeks continued support for its war on Ukraine.
A close ally of Moscow, Beijing is accused of supporting Russia indirectly during the war, which it denies.
His visit comes (...)
A Polish minister has insisted to Euronews his country's upcoming election in October will be free and fair, despite warnings from observers and opposition politicians.
Minister of Digitalization Janusz Cieszyński hit back at claims security (...)
Russia and Belarus have been invited back to Stockholm's Nobel Prize banquet after being left out last year because of the Ukraine war, the Nobel Foundation says.
Iran has also been invited back to the event in Sweden's capital after not being (...)
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said.
It said the ceremony, in his home city, was held in "a closed format", and all those "wishing to say goodbye can visit the [city's] (...)
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of bodies found in Wednesday's plane crash, Russian officials say.
The Investigative Committee (SK) said the identities of all 10 victims had been established and (...)
Vladimir Putin has broken his silence over Yevgeny Prigozhin's reported death — some 24 hours after the Wagner chief's private jet crashed.
Russia's president said the head of the mercenary group was a "talented person" who "made serious mistakes in (...)
Russia denied it was involved in the Wednesday plane crash that may have killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, calling such speculation "an absolute lie."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said genetic testing is underway to confirm whether Prigozhin (...)
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.
Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air (...)
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has appeared in his first video address since his failed mutiny in Russia, which suggests he is in Africa.
The BBC has not been able to verify where the video was filmed.
The video posted on Telegram channels linked to (...)