A Russian deputy defense minister has been accused of taking bribes and remanded in custody by a court in Moscow.
Timur Ivanov, who denies the charges, is accused of accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale".
Appointed to the defense ministry (...)
The Biden administration is preparing a new aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be worth around $1 billion, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN, and is set to be approved by President Joe Biden after the Senate passes a new (...)
Ukraine says it shot down a strategic Russian bomber on Friday, but Russia claims the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to malfunction.
Ukraine has said it shot down a Russian bomber on Friday.
However, Moscow officials said the plane (...)
It is being called Austria's biggest espionage scandal for decades, which began with the arrest of a former domestic security official and has led to a raft of allegations and accusations.
Egisto Ott, 61, was detained at the end of March on (...)
The Croatian Democratic Union won parliamentary elections on Wednesday, however they will need support from the far right to stay in power.
Croatia's governing conservatives won a sharply competitive election on Wednesday, according to the official (...)
Russia's military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm.
In the second 12 months on the front line — as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy — BBC found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in (...)
The European Union will "start the necessary work" to hit Iran with heavier sanctions after Saturday's aerial attack on Israel, the bloc's top diplomat has said.
Speaking following an exceptional virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday, (...)
Russia's war on Ukraine has entered a new phase. Drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are now frequent and massive, overwhelming its current air defences.
They often include the same Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by (...)
A draft Russia-Ukraine agreement negotiated in 2022 could serve as a starting point for prospective talks to end the fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the draft document that was discussed (...)
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told reporters on Friday that Belgium's intelligence services had confirmed the "existence of a pro-Russian interference network with activities in several European countries" which is "subject to prosecution" in the (...)
Floods in the Russian city of Orenburg have raised water levels to two meters above critical, leaving just the roofs of some houses showing.
The city's mayor urged many residents to leave home, as sirens sounded.
Levels in Orenburg are likely to (...)
The largest power-generating plant in Ukraine's Kyiv region was reportedly destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Thursday as Moscow steps up its attacks on infrastructure.
Russian shelling caused a large-scale fire at the Trypilska Thermal Power (...)
Russian special forces killed two people suspected of plotting terror attacks in a shootout in the country's south on Thursday, the country's National Antiterror Committee said.
According to the committee's statement, the suspects were blockaded on (...)
Ukraine's parliament passed a law on Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft.
Lawmakers dragged their feet for (...)
Russia has said the situation is "very, very tense" as floodwaters continue to rise in the city of Orenburg and surrounding areas.
"Large amounts of water are coming to new regions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Wednesday.
Water levels (...)
Thousands of Georgians have protested in their country's capital over government efforts to pass a law that imitates repressive policy enacted by the Kremlin.
Georgian Dream, the governing party, sent parliament a new draft of the legislation, which (...)
A road bridge has collapsed on railway tracks in western Russia, killing a woman and injuring another five people, local officials say.
All train traffic was halted after Monday's incident in the town of Vyazma, Smolensk region, they say.
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Security will be increased at Champions League games this week after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against venues.
A pro-IS media channel has published multiple posters calling for attacks at stadiums hosting (...)
An 18-year-old in Idaho allegedly planned a violent rampage of local churches, after he pledged loyalty to the Islamic State (IS) group.
Alexander Mercurio was arrested Saturday, one day before he intended to attack churches with guns, (...)
The Russian city of Orenburg is braced for widespread flooding as rivers swell across regions bordering Kazakhstan.
The worse-than-usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow from the Ural Mountains, triggering evacuations throughout the (...)
Ukraine "will lose the war" if the United States Congress does not approve military aid to help it resist Russia's invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"It's important to specifically address the Congress: if the Congress doesn't help (...)
Spiraling geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a "historic turning point" and are forcing Japan to change its defense posture, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told CNN Sunday ahead of a closely watched summit with US President Joe (...)
Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.
Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korčok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote.
A former prime minister, he is an ally of Prime (...)
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from 10 northern regions in Kazakhstan because of floods in the area, the authorities have said.
The worse than usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow.
Across the border in Russia, an (...)
LONDON — An "alliance of authoritarian powers" is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of NATO has warned.
Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC that Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned.
He also said (...)