A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings -- and evacuations of coastal areas -- in Hawaii and alerts for other areas of the U.S. West Coast. After the initial tsunami waves had was...
LONDON -- The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it defeated a Ukrainian ATACMS attack in the western Bryansk region, shortly before the Kremlin updated its nuclear weapons doctrine to allow for nuclear strikes in response to foreign ...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea ratified a major defense treaty with Russia stipulating mutual military aid, the North’s state media reported Tuesday, as the U.S., South Korea and Ukraine say North Korea has sent thousands...
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has crossed the border into Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. They are likely to discuss an arms deal as Russia faces a Ukrainian counter offensive, a US official said. South K...
Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets....
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Reports of a Ukrainian breakthrough on the front line of the war have been denied by Russia - even though the claim was made by pro-Russia sources. Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group fighting on the Russian side, accuse...
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The defence ministry in Moscow says a Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed the city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine. Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the blast had left a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide in th...
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian...
'The air raid siren was on for seven hours' Iryna Nemyrovych lives in the suburbs of the capital, Kyiv, with her husband and their three-month-old baby, together with their parents and grandparents. She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme...
The United Kingdom is among more than 30 countries that have pledged support to an ongoing ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in international sporting events amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It follows a summit involving all the ...
Russia has banned oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed by Western nationsearlier this month. The price cap - which was agreed by the G7 group of nations, Australia and the EU - came into force on...
Thirteen-year-old Nika Selivanova made a heart shape with both her hands, waving goodbye to her best friend Inna who was pressed up against the glass partition that divided the entrance hall of Kherson's train station from the waiting area....
Ukraine's national energy company has urged citizens to \\\\"charge everything\\\\" by 07:00 (04:00 GMT) Thursday because of expected power cuts caused by Russian missile strikes. Energy plants were hit by Russian missiles again on Wedn...
Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water. A presidential aide said the situation across Ukraine was now critical. Prosecutors say two people were...
Russia ramped up security on its only bridge to Crimea after a huge blast destroyed sections of it on Saturday. President Vladimir Putin has now ordered the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) to oversee the key connector to the occupi...
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian officials have begun to "prepare their society" for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but added he does not believe Russia is ready to use them. In an interview with the B...
Russian men are attempting to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the Ukraine war. Queues have formed at border crossings since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation on Wednesday, which could see...