Brussels unveils its 19th sanctions package, aiming to cut Russian LNG imports sooner than planned while expanding restrictions on banks, crypto platforms, and foreign trade links

Tehran seeks Russian support for new reactors ahead of possible UN sanctions snapback, while Putin offers to extend a key nuclear treaty in a bid to reshape ties with Washington

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting after Estonia reported Russian fighter jets entered its airspace. Greece’s foreign minister will attend, as the incident marks the second such NATO airspace breach this month

The Intervision contest, which originally existed briefly in the 1960s and 1970s in the Soviet era, has been revived by Moscow as a cultural counterweight to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Under Turkish law, this offense carries a prison sentence of 6 months to 1 year.

Donald Trump said India and Russia appear to have aligned with China following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, hosted in Beijing this week with leaders showing support for Xi Jinping

The United States plans to phase out some military assistance to European nations near Russia, including Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, urging them to shoulder more of their own defense costs

The former U.S. president accused China, Russia, and North Korea of conspiring against the U.S. following Beijing’s massive WWII anniversary military display

At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China and Russia urged a shift toward multipolar governance, offering financial aid and cooperation projects to counter the U.S.-led world order

NATO seeks deterrence, not escalation, Germany's top defense chief said. "We are training exclusively for defensive purposes," Breuer said.

Moscow has rejected claims it interfered with the GPS of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane, after reports said the crew had to rely on printed maps during a flight that landed safely in Bulgaria

Beijing rejected calls to join Washington and Moscow in nuclear arms talks, stressing its smaller arsenal, defensive doctrine, and refusal to enter an arms race

Putin can play his games unhindered in a war that’s increasingly his own

One thing is certain: there can be no settlement without the Palestinians, nor any solution without Ukraine.

Greek Prime Minister calls for ceasefire and insists borders cannot be changed by force during a leaders’ video conference on Ukraine

“According to preliminary information, 12 passengers on the bus were injured and one of them later died from their injuries,” the regional railway administration announced via Telegram

Despite its magnitude of 8.8, the quake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula caused only moderate tsunami waves due to local geological factors, deeper-than-expected origin, and improved early warning systems

A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Kamchatka triggered tsunami waves across the Pacific, damaging ports, prompting mass evacuations, and disrupting airports, with impacts felt as far as California and Canada