war in Ukraine

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said in his New Year's address Saturday that "moral, historical rightness" is on Russia's side as his country faces international condemnation for its offensive in Ukraine.As Russian regions in the Far…

BEIJING: China “stands on the right side of history,” the country's leader Xi Jinping said on Saturday in a New Year's address that came as questions swirl over his government's handling of Covid-19 and economic and political challenges…

LONDON: Rishi Sunakstruck a cautious note with his first New Year message as British prime minister on Saturday and warned that the UK's problems won't go away in 2023, at the end of a “tough” 12 months during which his government had…

LONDON: A politically and economically tumultuous 2022 culminated in a historic first for the UK as Indian-origin Rishi Sunaktook charge at 10 Downing Street as the country's first non-white Prime Minister.At 42, the British Indian…

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Thursday that Washington and Kyiv were turning a deaf ear to Russia's concerns following a historic visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyyto the United States.Zelenskyy enjoyed a hero's welcome on a…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin described the fighting in Ukraine as a 'tragedy' but vowed to pursue his campaign there until its goals are reached, while his defence chief on Wednesday announced a plan to increase Russia's…

WASHINGTON: The prospect of growing military threats from both China and Russia is driving bipartisan support for a surge in Pentagon spending, setting up another potential boom for weapons makers that is likely to extend beyond the war…

Ukrainian forces staged their heaviest shelling attack in years in the country's Russian-controlled east on Thursday, Moscow-installed officials said, as both sides ruled out a Christmas trucein the nearly 10-month-old war. Alexei…

BANGKOK: Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Vice President Kamala Harris called for open communication during a brief meeting on Saturday, days after his extensive talks with President Joe Biden aimed at keeping tensions in check.…

TALLINN, ESTONIA: When Russia's top military brass announced in a televised appearance that they were pulling troops out of the key city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, one man missing from the room was President Vladimir Putin. As…