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Some Russian officials have stepped in to defend President Vladimir Putin by mocking his challenger billionaire Elon Musk online. The eccentric Tesla Inc CEO on Monday tweeted: “I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to…

Chris Cuomo wants an arbitrator to award him $125 million for his firing from CNN, alleging his bosses knew full well how he advised his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and suggested they did the same…

The UK government paid Iran $530 million to get British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and dual national Anousheh Ashouri freed from jail. Both left Iran on Wednesday, ending years of detention. Iranian…

Moscow’s top negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky has revealed that Ukraine has tabled a neutral status similar to Austria or Sweden. Medinsky’s revelation of the outlines of Ukraine peace deal further confirmed news that…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday made an urgent appeal to the U.S. Congress for more help in fending off a devastating Russian invasion that began 24 February. It has sent a wave of refugees…

Pakistan on Tuesday demanded a joint probe into an accidental missile launch from India last week after New Delhi said it was investigating the “deeply regrettable” incident that potentially carried dangerous…

Volodymyr Zelensky has accepted that Ukraine can never join Nato, in a significant concession…

The United States’ second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, has tested positive for COVID-19, while his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, tested negative, the White House said on Tuesday. Harris’ deputy Press Secretary,…

The United Kingdom has added 350 more Russians to its sanctions list, hiked tariffs on a swath of imports from vodka to steel, and banned exports of luxury goods in retaliation for Moscow’s full-scale invasion of…

Russian prosecutors have called for jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny to serve 13 years in prison on new embezzlement and contempt of court charges. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal domestic critic,…

Germany will replace some of its ageing Tornado bomber jets with United States-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons, according to the country’s defence minister. Defence minister…

American intelligence officials have discovered that the barrage of ballistic missiles Russia has fired into Ukraine contain a…

The United Kingdom (UK) says it will remove all remaining COVID-19 travel restrictions in place for foreign travellers, effective Friday, March 18. Grant Shapps, UK transport secretary, said the restrictions to be…

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were travelling to Kyiv by train on Tuesday to show support for the country on behalf of the EU. They are the first foreign leaders to visit the…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it is working “day and night” to keep medical supply chains open and preserve the health system in Ukraine, where, it says, medical facilities are stretched to breaking point.…

China’s new COVID-19 cases Tuesday more than doubled from the previous day as the country faces by far its biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The National Health Commission said 3,507 new locally spread cases had been…

Harassed in London and Lisbon, Russian oligarch and owner of Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovich appears to have sought refuge in his home country. A jet linked to him landed in Moscow early on Tuesday, after taking off…

The US has information suggesting China has expressed some openness to providing Russia with requested military and financial assistance as part of its war on Ukraine, a Western official and a US diplomat…

The government in Kyiv continues to function, the banking system is stable and debt payments are viable in the short term, but the Russian invasion could plunge Ukraine into a devastating recession, the IMF said…

A jet suspected to be used by sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich was in Israel on Monday, but the foreign minister said the country was not a haven for Russian businessmen subject to international asset freezes over…

A global food crisis looms unless the war in Ukraine is stopped because fertiliser prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can no longer afford soil nutrients. Russian fertiliser and coal billionaire Andrei…

British police on Monday evicted squatters who had occupied a London mansion suspected of belonging to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. The property was placed on Britain’s sanctions list last week in response to…

Russia may suspend exports of wheat, barley, maize (corn) and rye starting from Tuesday until June 30, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the agriculture ministry. Russia is the world’s largest…

Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine were gearing up on Monday, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators set to talk again. Both sides have cited progress, even though Russia attacked a base near the Polish…