Ahead of a pivotal European Council meeting, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed Parliament, outlining Italy's foreign policy priorities. The meeting, set for later this week, will focus on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East. PM Meloni welcomed Sweden and Finland's NATO accession, denouncing Russia's hostility towards these nations…

Facing a Russia-organised potential rival to the Olympics, the IOC, yesterday, urged sports and political leaders not to participate in the Friendship Games due to launch weeks after the Summer Games in Paris.

Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine plans to evacuate 9,000 children following an uptick in deadly Ukrainian shelling, the region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said Tuesday. Kyiv's attacks on the territory have killed 16 people since last week, with shelling intensifying in the run up to elections poised to keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2030,…

North Korea has shipped around 7,000 containers of arms to Russia to use in its war with Ukraine since the transfers began around last July, South Korea's defence minister said Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on Monday, telling his Russian counterpart his re-election "fully reflects the support of the Russian people", Beijing's state media reported. With 99 percent of polling stations having submitted results, Putin had secured 87.33 percent of all votes cast, official election data showed Monday, according…

Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be "intimidated" as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years.

Vladimir Putin was headed for another six-year term as Russian president Sunday, exit polls showed, paving the way for the hardline former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Victory for the 71-year-old in the three-day vote was never in doubt, with all his major opponents dead, in prison or…

Russia on Sunday ordered increased firepower and training for the navy to counter the threat of Ukrainian air and naval drones after a series of strikes on Russian warships.

Russians started voting on Friday in a three-day presidential election set to hand hardline leader Vladimir Putin another six-year term as fresh attacks bring the raging conflict in Ukraine further into Russian territory. In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, the former KGB agent is casting the election as…

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged Russians to vote in elections this weekend that come at a "difficult" time for the country, as the long-serving leader seeks to yet again cement his hold on power.

Russia's sports minister on Wednesday said Moscow should not boycott the upcoming Paris Olympics despite the severe restrictions on its athletes over the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in December suspended Russia from the 2024 Games, but gave the green light for Russian athletes to compete as neutrals as long as…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Wednesday that French leader Emmanuel Macron's criticism of Moscow on Ukraine is due to "resentment" at losing allies in Africa to the Kremlin. Macron has stood out amongst Western leaders as one of the most vocal opponents of Russia in recent weeks, saying that there…