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Former CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

Researchers who track online influence operations say Kremlin-backed groups are renewing tactics they've used to sow distrust and discord in previous elections in the U.S. and around the world.

Bundesliga's bottom side Borussia Monchengladbach come from behind to beat Stuttgart 3-2, as the away side secure their first league win of the season, at the seventh attempt.

Pope and Melania Trump help organise deal to allow humanitarian aid to enter area and for civilians to be evacuated

Nach sechs Niederlagen hat Mönchengladbach sein erstes Spiel der Bundesligasaison gewonnen. Überraschend schlugen die Borussen den VfB Stuttgart. Der Spielbericht

Ukrainians held alongside the American say they witnessed beatings and sexual humiliation by Russian guards during his detention.

President Trump says it was First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative that led to a ceasefire in Oleshky.

The White House announces the US first lady helped broker a local ceasefire on humanitarian grounds in the Ukrainian town as Washington sends mixed messages on Starshield.

Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian capital are hitting harder and more frequently, making 2026 one of the long war's bloodiest years for Kyiv. DW asked people on the ground what life is like.

Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian capital are hitting harder and more frequently, making 2026 one of the long war's bloodiest years for Kyiv. DW asked people on the ground what life is like.

The Ukrainian city of Oleshky, occupied by Russia and on the frontline, faces a humanitarian crisis. The localized truce comes as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said negotiators would meet for wider talks next month.

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One sailor killed and three others missing after Comoros-flagged Khoryv hit near Romanian waters.

The drone unit he leads has been helping push back Russian troops on the front lines in southeastern Ukraine.

A Malta-flagged tanker carrying 40,000 metric tonnes of Russian ⁠diesel is heading towards New York following an agreement with US President Donald Trump , LSEG data showed on Friday. Mr Trump has made several moves to try to ⁠bring down diesel prices ahead of the November 3 midterm elections ​, including waiving ⁠parts of a new ‌sanctions law against Russia

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. First Lady Melania Trump has secured an agr...

US President Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump has secured a ⁠localised ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled ⁠city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, the White House announced on Friday. The ceasefire will begin on ​October 29. Oleshky has been occupied by Russian forces since February 2022 and residents there have reported a deepening

The White House has said that US first lady Melania Trump has secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled ⁠city of Oleshky, which will begin next week.

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Russian strikes against ships attempting to export Ukrainian grain and cargo through the western Black Sea have sharply increased this month.

Repeated Ukrainian drone attacks are increasingly disrupting operations at Moscow's airports. The pounding is part of Ukraine's plan to shut down Russia's airpace.

Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators reached a deal Friday to provide humanitarian assistance in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, in the war-divided region of Kherson in southern Ukraine.

A first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States under a new import agreement has set sail, the Kremlin said Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said he struck a deal with President Vladimir Putin despite Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Kyiv thanked the United States and the United Arab Emirates for facilitating the third stage of the swap.

Inizierà il 29 ottobre per gli aiuti umanitari e l'evacuazione

Russia and Ukraine agreed to release 540 captives following a new round of UAE-led mediation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday. Each side agreed to exchange 270 captives, the ministry said. This brings the total number of captives exchanged between the two countries through the Emirates' efforts to 8,537. The ministry thanked both countrie

Russia’s territorial gains this year are effectively nil as it heads into trilateral talks with Ukraine, US.

The US-brokered talks are the first planned talks since negotiations stopped earlier this year.

Japan is demanding access to a journalist who was arrested by Russian security services. The Kremlin claims that Japan is using journalists as spies.

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A tanker loaded with diesel fuel set sail Friday from Russia for the United States, the first shipment since President Donald Trump agreed to a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to release more fuel into the global market.

<p>People in Russian-occupied city facing severe shortages of food, water and electricity, with some reportedly surviving on weeds</p><p>The White House has said that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, where a deepening humanitarian crisis has left thousands of civilians struggling to survive.</p><p>In a st

Borussia Mönchengladbach steht vor einem Negativrekord. Noch nie hat ein Team eine Bundesligasaison mit sieben Niederlagen begonnen. Es ist das Resultat eines jahrelangen Niedergangs.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence has been accused of making "reprehensible and misleading" comments in the Dáil about Russia's role in the UN Security Council and its approach to UN peacekeeping missions.

The Kremlin says that a first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new import agreement

A new book details the Russian ruler's failed courtship of the Tudor queen, who famously remained unmarried during her nearly 45-year reign

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade not aware of any lobbying by Government to exclude alumina from latest set of measures

After receiving packages with "free drugs," the soldiers were "instructed to take them on camera," police said.

Vienna steps up crackdown on Moscow’s spies after years of leniency that frustrated Kyiv and other European capitals

The Kremlin says trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US to end the war are planned for the first half of November in Abu Dhabi. Read More: https://punchng.com/russia-says-ukraine-us-talks-planned-for-abu-dhabi/

“Everything is fine” is a common refrain in a country used to adapting to a new normal.

Both Putin and Zelenskyy said Thursday they were open for peace negotiations, even as they continued strikes overnight.

Austria's foreign ministry said on Friday it was expelling four Vienna-based Russian diplomats over "activities incompatible with their diplomatic status", a term usually used for spying.

A junior Royal Navy serviceman is facing additional charges after being accused of plotting to leak classified information to Russia.

<p>Residents in Oleshky have been enduring a worsening humanitarian crisis due to the lack of food, electricity and other resources </p><p>The French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has just issued a statement on a shooting in a town west of Paris this morning where one person was killed and four others injured.</p><p>Police said a gunman had opened fire in

Germany is one a handful of FIFA's 211 nations to refuse an invitation to play at the inaugural Under-15 World Cup. The tournament will also mark Russia's return to the FIFA fold.

Henry Spelter, one of the Hungarians who fled his native land 70 years ago, found work at Bewley’s

Possible quotas for Aughinish exports to Russia considered by Brussels officials

A rare escalation this month exposed the increasingly lethal arsenals the two Koreas are building up across the world’s most heavily fortified border.

Lorries waiting at the border to export agricultural produce into the bloc have become a target for Moscow’s attacks

After a decade of blocking marine reserves with Moscow, Beijing seems to have unveiled its own - in a Soviet-named sea. A Daily Maverick investigation uncovers a second Russian connection: a Chinese bid to rewrite the Southern Ocean’s conservation rules, which mirrors changes pushed by Moscow.

<p><strong>• Witkoff briefs Russian president on ‘new aspects in approaches of Europeans and Kyiv’ from Oslo meeting<br>• Moscow mayor says 630 drones launched towards region<br>• Russian strikes injure 15 people in Kyiv<br>• Kremlin aide tells media Russia ready to resume trilateral talks in mid-November</strong></p> <p>KYIV: Russia and Ukraine traded major

Trump has declined to comment on the process that led Starlink to lift speed and access restrictions on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia was ready to resume U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine next month.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attacks showed “there has been no real change” in Russia’s attitude towards the war.

In a push to close deals, Trump has pivoted toward Putin.

When Russia's forces captured their city in 2022, these Ukrainians were trapped. While they managed to escape, they fear for those who remain under Moscow's rule.

The Russian official who called commercial satellites "legitimate targets" now says concerns are "unfounded."

The three waves of Russian missiles were launched at hours after Russia said it was "ready in principle" to resume peace talks with the US and Ukraine.