Ukraine Crisis

HELSINKI: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday denied Moscow's claim that Ukraine had attempted to assassinate Russian leader Vladimir Putin after Russia said two drones were shot down over the Kremlin.05:37Putin assassination plot…

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francison Sunday called on Hungarians to "open doors" to migrants, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the central European country led by a prime minister who is staunchly anti-immigration.Throughout his…

BUDAPEST: Tens of thousands thronged a central Budapest square on Sunday for Pope Francis' open-air mass on his third and final day in Hungary in a visit dominated by the war in neighbouring Ukraine.The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff is…

MOSCOW: When a powerful blast shook a Russian city near the border of Ukraine residents thought it was an Ukrainian attack. But the Russian military quickly acknowledged that it was a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its own…

AMSTERDAM: Associated Press photographer Evgeniy Maloletka won the World Press Photoof the year on Thursday for his harrowing image of emergency workers carrying a pregnant woman through the shattered grounds of a maternity hospital in the…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das co-chairs Day 1 of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCG) meeting in Washington DC on April 13, 2023. | Photo Credit:…

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.Xi's government gave no details…

Last Updated: March 20, 2023, 05:30 ISTRussian President Vladimir Putin welcomed China’s willingness to play a “constructive role” in solving the Ukraine crisis. (Image: AFP)Xi and Putin signed a ”no limits” partnership agreement weeks…

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Illia Kruhlov took his wife Sasha and two young daughters to the Polish border and said goodbye for what could have been the last time. The women, like countless others in Ukraine, sought…

BEIJING: China is playing an increasingly prominent role on the sidelines of Russia's war in Ukraine as the conflict drags on into its second year.From a "position paper" on resolving the war to allegations that Beijing may be mulling arms…