Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Roscosmos in a move which follows a series of setbacks for Russia's space agency ...

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's military denied the city had been captured and ...

Russia's economy grew by 4.1% in 2024, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Friday, ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Ukrainian forces counter-attack inside Russia's Kursk region, with Ukraine armored units breaking out of the town of Sudzha ...

The Foreign Office has revoked the accreditation of a Russian diplomat after a British official was expelled from Moscow last ...

Two people have died after an explosion rocked an upmarket block of flats in Moscow – including the founder of a battalion that battled Kyiv’s forces in eastern Ukraine, Russian authorities and news ...

A blast in an upscale residential block in Moscow killed one person and wounded four others on Monday morning, Russian news ...

Outlets in countries such as Ukraine and Myanmar are among organizations that rely on U.S. funding to report news ...

A fire at Paris' town hall endangers its bell tower. Firefighters respond swiftly to prevent further damage. Cause under ...

The International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) decision to permit Under-18 players from Russia and Belarus to compete internationally in team events is seen as a positive development, Russian ...

Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly but ...