A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred in the Philippines, Sputnik quoted the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) as saying.
The quake occurred at 21:50 GMT on Saturday, at a depth of about 109 miles (175 kilometers), EMSC (...)
Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir (...)
Russia is halting its supply of natural gas to Finland, the Finnish state-owned energy firm Gasum says.
Finland has been refusing to pay for its supplies in roubles. But it also follows an announcement that Finland will apply for Nato (...)
Ukraine has dismissed as "wishful thinking" Russia's plan to connect a giant Ukrainian nuclear power station to the Russian electricity grid.
Russian troops are occupying the sprawling Zaporizhzhia plant by the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine.
It (...)
Russia says it will establish 12 new military bases in the west of the country in response to Sweden and Finland applying for NATO membership.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the announcement on Friday, saying that the new bases would be in (...)
Russia's invasion of Ukraine could cause global food shortages in the coming months, the UN has warned.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war had worsened food insecurity in poorer nations due to rising prices.
The world could face famines (...)
A 21-year-old Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in Ukraine since the war started.
Vadim Shishimarin admitted shooting a 62-year-old man a few days after the invasion began. He faces life (...)
Russia said Wednesday that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol since Monday.
It comes the day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that evacuations at the plant -- a powerful symbol (...)
Serbia's capital was targeted by a slew of bomb threats on Monday, police have said.
Threats were made against schools, bridges, shopping centers, restaurants, the city zoo and a football match, bringing Belgrade rush-hour traffic to a (...)
Turkey's president has restated his opposition to Finland and Sweden joining Nato — just hours after they said they would seek membership.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the two Scandinavian nations need not send delegations to convince Turkey, a key (...)
McDonald's has said it will permanently leave Russia after more than 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants.
The move comes after it temporarily closed its 850 outlets in March.
The fast food giant said it made the decision because of the (...)
The EU is ready to defend Finland and Sweden in the event of a Russian attack, even as it waits to join NATO, according to the bloc's foreign policy chief.
Josep Borrell welcomed the final decision of the two Nordic countries to apply for NATO (...)
Finland's president and government announced Sunday that the Nordic country intends apply for membership in NATO, paving the way for the 30-member Western military alliance to expand amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
President Sauli Niinistö and Prime (...)
Amid new claims by Moscow of a covert biological weapons program in Ukraine, the Director of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) affirmed on Friday that the UN is not aware of any such program and has neither the mandate nor the technical operational (...)
The Group of Seven leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries, and urgent measures are needed to unblock stores of grain that Russia is preventing from leaving (...)
Vladimir Putin is preparing for a long war in Ukraine, with even victory in the east potentially not ending the conflict, US intelligence has warned.
The warning comes as fierce fighting continues in the east, where Russia is trying to take (...)
Moldova, the most fragile of war-torn Ukraine's neighbors, needs and deserves massive support to match its generosity as a recipient of nearly half a million refugees, and to preserve its own stability, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on (...)
Finland and Sweden are expected to reveal in the coming days whether they will ask to join the NATO military alliance. Russia's war in Ukraine has sparked an urgent rethink in both countries.
Coming out in favor of joining would be a historic (...)
President Vladimir Putin is urging authorities to take stronger action to prevent wildfires in Russia.
Speaking in a video call with federal and regional officials, Putin emphasized that the wildfires which hit the country last year were the largest (...)
Every May 9, Europeans celebrate Europe Day, a commemorative occasion that honors the starting point of the continent's political and economic integration, and the peace achieved as a result of the decades-long collective effort.
The celebration (...)
The Russian ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev was doused with red paint by pro-Ukraine activists in Warsaw on Monday when he tried to lay a wreath to commemorate Victory Day.
Andreev was attacked at the Soviet Soldiers Cemetery in the Polish (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday that he was appalled by an attack on a school in Bilohorivka, eastern Ukraine, where many people were sheltering from the ongoing fighting.
Bilohorivka is close to the Government-held city of (...)
US First Lady Jill Biden has met her Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska in Ukraine as Washington announced further sanctions on Moscow.
The two first ladies met at a school in the border town of Uzhhorod.
It was Mrs Zelenska's first appearance in (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast Moscow's military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies.
It came as Russia has been marking Victory Day on Monday with a special military parade in Moscow.
The day commemorates (...)
Severe wildfires in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk have caused seven deaths and injured 19 people as of Sunday, the dpa reported.
Six of those injured are firefighters, the Krasnoyarsk administration told TASS news agency.
Three people, (...)
