Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced with three other candidates all approved by the Kremlin.
But when election officials said results gave him more than 87% of the vote, he said Russia's (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not "ruled out" in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia's full-scale invasion grinds into a (...)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will soon put forward a common strategy for the EU's defense industry, designed to strengthen military production and arms supply.
Von der Leyen, who has just announced her intention to run for a (...)
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 (...)
Vladimir Putin has told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Washington should recognize Moscow's interests and persuade Ukraine to sit down for talks.
The Russian president also said he believes a deal can be reached to release US reporter Evan (...)
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) has honored the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) for obtaining a certificate of recognition that food products in the Kingdom are free from industrially produced trans-fatty acids (ITFA) or artificial (...)
The Biden administration told Congress it intends to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed off on Sweden's accession to NATO on Thursday – a development that caps off more than a year of quiet, complicated (...)
Two Russian missiles have struck a hotel in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 11 people, the Kharkiv governor says.
Photos from Ukraine's State Emergency Service showed the hotel heavily damaged and firefighters at the scene.
Governor (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to Lithuania, a key ally of Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement he was welcoming Zelensky to his country, where the two (...)
Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia.
Meanwhile, strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one (...)
Some of the world's richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to new data published by UNICEF.
The Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth report card showed shocking results, with some of the richest (...)
Ten northern European states that form the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) decided on Tuesday to activate a "defence clause" enabling the deployment of additional military assets to protect infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.
The move comes after (...)
Politicians in Lithuania want to widen access to automatic firearms, claiming it would make the country safer, though others warn the changes could bring new dangers.
Two conservative MPs have put forward a bill amending the Arms and Ammunition (...)
A Russian missile struck a cargo ship as it docked in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, killing the pilot and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukraine's southern military command said a Russian tactical aircraft in the Black Sea (...)
Lithuania has closed two of its six border crossings into Belarus, as Latvia and Poland bolster their borders with Russia's ally.
There has been tension in the Baltic states and Poland over the presence of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus.
Landlocked (...)
Western countries announced new sanctions against Belarus on Wednesday, three years after the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
The 9 August 2020 vote sparked a massive protest movement in Belarus, with hundreds of thousands of people (...)
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to speed up their integration into the European Union's electricity system in order to desynchronize from the Russian power grid.
The three Baltic countries, which are EU and NATO members, still remain a (...)
Russia's Wagner mercenary group could stage an attack to sever the Baltic states from NATO, an expert has said, though he doubted if such a "suicidal" step would be taken.
Dr Stephen Hall, lecturer of Russian politics at the University of Bath, (...)
Wagner fighters in Belarus could pose as migrants and enter the EU, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has warned.
Wagner could also facilitate illegal migration from Belarus, which Poland describes as "hybrid warfare", he says.
About 100 (...)
Lithuania has revoked the residency permits of more than 100 Russians living inside the country, deeming some a security threat.
In figures shared with Euronews on Monday, the country's Migration Department said it had stripped 38 Russians of their (...)
Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeniy Prigozhin has rejected an offer to his fighters to serve as a unit in Russia's army, President Vladimir Putin says.
He told Kommersant newspaper that many group commanders had backed the plan to be led by a (...)
President Joe Biden and alliance leaders enter the first day of the high-stakes NATO Summit Tuesday with a reinvigorated sense of unity after a major win on Monday evening when Turkey agreed to Sweden's bid to join the alliance.
The leaders gather (...)
Finland's far-right Finance Minister Riikka Purra has apologized for a string of racist comments she posted 15 years ago that have just come to light.
Describing the posts as "stupid", she said she was sorry for the harm and resentment they had (...)
US President Joe Biden has landed in the UK ahead of a Nato summit in Lithuania later this week - which comes after several allies questioned his call to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.
The UK and Canada are among those who voiced concern about (...)
President Joe Biden told CNN in an exclusive interview that Ukraine is not yet ready for NATO membership, saying that Russia's war in Ukraine needs to end before the alliance can consider adding Kyiv to its ranks.
Biden told CNN's Fareed Zakaria (...)