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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

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

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.

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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

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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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.

<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

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

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.

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

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.

A Ukrainian man was arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia - one of several such cases in Germany this year.

Stephen Hubbard, an American who'd been detained by Russia for more than four years, has landed back in the U.S., President Trump said. Ramy Inocencio has more.

Russia bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles in an hourslong nighttime barrage, while the Russian military said Thursday that its air defenses intercepted over 800 drones fired by Ukraine at Moscow and other cities.

U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard has been released from a Russian prison. This comes after President Trump made a diesel deal with Russia and a U.S. envoy met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine war. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.

Hubbard, a Michigan native, spent four years wrongfully imprisoned in Russia before being released on Wednesday.

Ukraine says 'appeasement' will not end war as Russian attacks kill 1, injure 22 in its capital.

Russian strikes have killed at least seven people across Ukraine, authorities said, shortly after US President Donald Trump’s envoy met with Vladimir Putin Read More: https://punchng.com/russian-strikes-kill-seven-in-ukraine-after-us-envoy-meets-putin/

Donald Trump’s envoy met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo before heading to St Petersburg in diplomatic push

Kyiv has come under a fresh Russian missile attack, just hours after Moscow signalled it was ready to resume peace talks

Ukraine has accused Russia of failing to change its position on the war, by firing a wave of ballistic missiles just after US envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin to discuss the resumption of peace talks.

Democrats in the US have said that they received an intelligence briefing that Russia has been waging a misinformation campaign against their candidates running in next month's midterm elections.

A report by MPs urges the UK to address capability gaps including a lack of Royal Navy warships and submarines, as Russia seeks to dominate the region.

Kyiv's government is vowing to fix the bureaucratic hurdles faced by foreign volunteers.

In an interview with CBS News after Stephen Hubbard was released from Russian custody, his son, Fr. Joseph Coleman, said his father might have made a mistake in staying in Ukraine when the war began.

Retired Michigan teacher Stephen Hubbard was a wrongfully held prisoner in Russia for more than four years before his release on Wednesday. Margaret Brennan reports on the details.

Retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard has been released from a Russian jail after over four years of detention. His son, Joseph Coleman, spoke to CBS News about the good news. CBS News' Natalie Brand has more.

<p>Committee cites shortfalls of submarines and warships and says ‘dramatic progress’ needed by end of decade</p><p>Britain risks failing to deter future Russian aggression in the high north beyond the UK because of shortfalls in the number and availability of Royal Navy submarines and warships, MPs on the defence select committee have said.</p><p>The commit

Weidel said the far-right AfD is in "talks" to bridge differences with France’s National Rally that largely concern Russia.

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Mr. Hubbard, a 74-year-old teacher, was held for more than four years on what the State Department called fabricated charges.

US envoy Steve Witkoff due in St Petersburg for talks with Vladimir Putin after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Norway on Tuesday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the change happened after talks with his American counterparts, including a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

<p>Advance warnings of missile attacks were seemingly suspended last week by the White House, but Ukraine’s president says: ‘Now it works’</p><p>The US has resumed sharing intelligence with Kyiv about Russian missile strikes, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday after a meeting with the US envoy Steve Witkoff in Norway.</p><p>He said Ukraine was again receivi

<p>Mounting anxiety as Russia’s war on Ukraine reaches Nato’s borders with targeting of vessels transporting agricultural cargo</p><p>Nato is deploying additional military assets to the Black Sea amid the recent deadly escalation of Russian attacks on merchant shipping, as five more vessels were attacked on Tuesday.</p><p>Russia’s military said it ⁠struck ​t

A new report reveals the plight of North Korean workers at a drone factory in Russia. It also raised concerns that Pyongyang could gain hands-on knowledge of advanced weapons systems through the workers it sends there.

A new report reveals the plight of North Korean workers at a drone factory in Russia. It also raised concerns that Pyongyang could gain hands-on knowledge of advanced weapons systems through the workers it sends there.

<p>How close is too close for encounters between sensitive spacecraft orbiting Earth? With a mysterious approach to another satellite, Russia&rsquo;s military may be trying to find out</p>

The strikes that took place over several days earlier this month were the first publicized attacks on Russian data centers.

Stephen Hubbard was a wanderer. But when he moved to Ukraine, the war brought arrest, torture and imprisonment. He turns 73 this week.