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ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogansaid on Friday that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Russian grains sent under the Black Sea export deal should go to poor African countries for free. "In my phone…

KYIV: A Russian-installed official in southern Ukraine said Moscow will likely pull its troops from the west bank of the Dnipro River in Khersonand urged civilians to leave, possibly signalling a retreat that would be a setback to…

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak raised India’s neutral position on Ukraine with PM Narendra Modi during their recent phone call, it has emerged. UK foreign secretary James Cleverly also raised the issue “directly” with external…

KYIV: Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from wartorn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger. Moscow announced the sudden…

KHERSON: The streets and boulevards of the Russian-held port of Khersonin southern Ukraine are virtually empty. Many shops and businesses have been shuttered and, at a jetty on the banks of the Dnipro River, a handful of people board a…

KYIV: Experts from the United Nations' nuclear power agency on Tuesday were inspecting two sites where Russia has made unfounded claims that Ukraine is manufacturing "dirty bombs." International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi…

MOSCOW: The Russian army accused Ukraine of a "massive" drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea on Saturday, claiming the UK helped in the strike that damaged a ship. Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea, which has been targeted…

LONDON: Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised US B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the "nuclear threshold" and that Russia would take the move into account in its military…

KYIV: Ukrainian authorities on Friday announced further rolling blackouts in and around the country's largest cities amid ongoing Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo, the state operator of Ukraine's high-voltage…

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoiguon Friday said that the "partial mobilisation" of 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine that Russia announced in September was complete. Speaking at a meeting with Russian President…