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 (...)
Ukraine reported that it intercepted 14 out of 16 drones deployed by Russia over the southwestern region of Odesa.
In addition, Russia launched five S-300 guided anti-aircraft missiles aimed at the eastern regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk, alongside (...)
Lines at some polling stations in Russia grew suddenly at around 12 p.m. local time Sunday, the hour at which supporters of the deceased opposition leader Alexey Navalny called on people to protest the election.
A CNN team at a polling station in (...)
Niger's military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger – days after holding high-level talks with US diplomatic and military (...)
Grant Shapps aborted a trip to southern Ukraine last week for "security reasons", the UK Defense Ministry said.
The defense secretary had to scrap his visit to Odesa last week after UK intelligence reportedly warned Russia had become aware of his (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron says 'all options are possible' in Ukraine, although the current situation doesn't require them
Emmanuel Macron warned Western powers against showing any signs of weakness to Russia as he reiterated his position that (...)
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 (...)
Voters in Russia headed to the polls on Friday for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule.
The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown by Putin that has crippled (...)
Several people have been detained for vandalism at polling stations on the first day of voting in presidential elections, Russian officials say.
Incidents involved green dye being poured into ballot boxes, the boxes being set alight and fireworks (...)
Russians are heading to the polls over the next three days for a presidential election that is set to hand Vladimir Putin a fifth term in power as he faces opponents carefully curated by the Kremlin and who pose no real threat to his (...)
Warships from China, Russia and Iran have held live-fire exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway this week as the three partners put on a show of force in the volatile region, according to reports in state-run media.
The drills near the Gulf of (...)
European Union countries reached on Wednesday evening a hard-fought deal to boost and revamp military assistance to Ukraine. The agreement struck by ambassadors in Brussels will inject an additional €5 billion into the European Peace Facility (EPF) (...)
Ukraine has launched drone attacks on at least three oil refineries deep inside Russia, as Kyiv intensifies its cross-border strikes days before President Vladimir Putin's anticipated re-election.
A Ukrainian defense source told CNN on Wednesday (...)
Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced the opening a regional office in Riyadh, marking a significant milestone in the company's journey of collaboration and growth. The decision to establish the office in Riyadh underscores the (...)
Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, who is the former chief of staff of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, was attacked Tuesday outside his house in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, according to Navalny's spokesperson Kira (...)
India has said it joined the world's top nuclear powers by mastering the ability to put multiple warheads atop a single intercontinental ballistic missile.
The successful test of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) technology on (...)
Moldova has slammed Moscow's decision to open polling stations in the breakaway Transnistria region ahead of presidential elections in Russia on 15 -17 March, summoning the Russian ambassador on Tuesday.
Transnistria is not recognized (...)
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 (...)
The Biden administration announced another package of military aid to Ukraine worth up to $300 million on Tuesday after months of warning there was no money left, with officials saying the new funding became available as a results of savings made in (...)
Three Ukraine-based Russian paramilitary groups said they have crossed into Russia and are now fighting government troops there.
The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL) and Siberian Battalion (SB) posted videos purportedly showing their fighters in (...)
A South Korean man has been detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, local media has reported.
South Korean officials have confirmed the arrest and say its diplomats have engaged in talks for his return.
Baek Won-soon was arrested in the (...)
It was a dark night when the attack happened. Ukrainian drones were approaching fast through the water.
By the time the crew of the Russian patrol ship Sergey Kotov saw them, it was too late. Russian sailors opened fire with heavy machine guns, but (...)
There is an inevitability about the outcome of Russia's looming presidential election.
Like it or not, Vladimir Putin, the man driving a catastrophic war in Ukraine, a brutal crackdown on dissent, and a lurch toward isolation in Russia, now the (...)
Donald Trump will not fund Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion if he is elected US president again, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said.
"He will not give a penny in the Ukraine-Russia war. That is why the war will end," the conservative (...)
There was little mention of politics at Sunday's Oscars ceremony, but there were multiple calls for global peace.
Upon winning the Academy Award for best international feature for the Auschwitz-set drama "The Zone of Interest," filmmaker Jonathan (...)