US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range US missiles to strike inside Russia. A top UN official warns of a mass displacement crisis in Ukraine after Russian attacks on critical infrastructure as winter takes hold
Read MoreThe pro-Russian Georgian Dream party is set to extend its control of parliament, but there are cries of a "stolen election" from the pro-Western opposition. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022
Read MoreThe beleaguered UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Russia on Wednesday to attend the BRICS summit, where he’s expected to meet with Vladimir Putin. The U.S. Justice Department warned Elon Musk that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law.
Read MoreStray dogs are eating the dead in the streets of northern Gaza, an emergency services chief says. UK investigating the origins of a package that caught fire at a DHL depot in Birmingham, amid heightened fears that Russian agents are intent on causing “mayhem” on Britain’s streets.
Read MoreFrench protesters rage at ‘stolen election’ as Macron picks conservative Europhile for PM. Iran recently transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war against Ukraine
Read MoreThe widely-respected foreign minister of Ukraine has been shuffled out of his position. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named Europhile and centre-right politician Michel Barnier as the country's new prime minister
Read MoreThe head of Israel's biggest labour union called for a general strike on Monday to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to bring back Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, as thousands of protesters took to the streets. Kharkiv, Ukraine gets pounded by more Russian missiles - dozens of victims
Read MoreVice President Kamala Harris, in the first rally of her 2024 presidential campaign, behind full throttled attack on Donald Trump.
Read MoreNational Security Communications Advisor John Kirby has said there will be no change in US policy to allow Ukraine to strike further into Russia. The toll from the Russian missile barrage on Ukraine yesterday jumped to at least 41 killed, almost 200 injured
Read MoreRussia is scouring China for second-hand machine tools using shadowy networks of buyers, as the Kremlin races to secure vital equipment to increase arms production. Russian commanders have ordered not to take Ukrainian soldiers prisoner but to behead them instead, Ukraine says.
Read MorePolice carried out raids on Wednesday in connection to “Russian interference” in the European Parliament. A Hong Kong court has found 14 democracy activists guilty of subversion and acquitted two in the biggest national security case
Read MoreRussia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions. Ukraine's security council secretary Oleksiy Danilov has been dismissed. Belarusian authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka said the gunmen who attacked a concert hall near Moscow last week tried to flee into his country but were unable to because of additional security measures.
Read MoreA huge Russian attack overnight using at least 60 drones and 90 rockets targeted several Ukrainian regions. European leaders have agreed on a unified statement on the Middle East, calling for an immediate humanitarian pause in Gaza leading to a sustainable ceasefire.
Read MoreThe UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics
Read MoreVoters across Russia cast ballots on Sunday on the third and final day of an election set to formalise six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin. Sky News being sued for negligence by family of a Ukrainian fixer killed covering the war
Read MoreJailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is dead. A New York judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay $354m (£280m) in a landmark fraud case
Read MoreThe so-called biting sanctions introduced against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine appear to be having limited bit in the elite circles of Moscow and St Petersburg. Belorussian President grants himself lifetime immunity from prosecution
Read MoreAt least 18 people were killed and well over 100 wounded in a wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine - including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Kharkiv. Ukraine's military says Russia launched a "massive" attack with 158 drones and missiles - the air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously"
Read MoreA divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hints at mobilisation of up to 500,000
Read MoreFrance's foreign minister has called for an "immediate and durable" truce, saying "too many civilians are being killed.” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said 104 of 112 Russian drones have been downed in the past week
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