Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Pope meets Russian Orthodox number two ahead of meeting with Patriarch

Pope Francis met Bishop Anthony, the second most powerful leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Friday ahead of an expected summit next month with its Patriarch Kirill, who supports the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Putin and Erdogan contacts underline complex Russia-Turkey ties

Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan meet on Friday for the second time in just over two weeks, after Turkey helped broker a deal to resume Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports which were blocked by Russia's invasion.

Reuters

Massive queues at Moscow H&M as stores sell last stock

One customer who queued up outside an H&M outlet said she was ‘going to buy whatever there is’

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

War in Ukraine can't be ended by ignoring Russia - Erdogan aide

A top aide to Turkey's president said on Friday the international community cannot end the war in Ukraine by ignoring Moscow, as Tayyip Erdogan headed to Russia to meet his counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Reuters

Ukrainian frontline city imposes weekend curfew to root out collaborators

Ukraine's southern frontline city of Mykolaiv will impose an unusually long curfew from late Friday to early Monday morning as authorities try to catch people collaborating with Russia, the region's governor said.

Reuters

Russia kicks out 14 Bulgarian diplomats

Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday that Moscow declared 14 Bulgarian diplomats persona non grata.

Reuters

Amnesty International's report criticizing Ukraine is dividing the rights group

A report says Ukraine placed its forces near noncombatants, putting them in danger. Government officials say they evacuate civilians from combat areas, and that the report depicts "a false reality."

WEKU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Cuomo's comeback exposes corporate media

Cuomo's return after being exposed as a propagandist shows how corporate media types aren't held accountable

Salon

Martin Schram: Guess who’s playing voter manipulation games now

Private citizen Joe Biden and the Democratic Party were absolutely right way back when they kept demanding an investigation of what we’d just learned: Russia had interfered big-time in America’s 2016 elections — running video ads and doing lots more that helped Donald Trump win the presidency.

Tribune News Service

American diplomat’s awkward encounter with Russia and China

No eye contact among top foreign officials as Blinken enters room

The Independent UK

Explainer-Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Russia?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 163

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 163rd day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Turkey Continues its Drone War in Northern Syria

A Tal Tamr Military Council member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed by a Turkish drone strike in Tal Jumaa on Thursday. The areas east of the Euphrates witnessed an increase in Turkish drone attacks, which killed leaders and prominent fighters of the People’s Defense Units. The new…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken: China Military Drills Are ‘Significant Escalation’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that China's military exercises aimed at Taiwan including missiles fired into Japan's exclusive economic zone represent a "significant escalation" and that he has urged Beijing to back down. China launched the drills following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s forces ‘undermining security and safety’ of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, says MoD

Russian forces have “likely undermined the security and safety” of Ukraine’s biggest nuclear power plant, UK defence chiefs warned on Friday.

Daily Mirror

100,000 North Korean soldiers could be sent to join Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine

North Korea has made it clear through “diplomatic channels” that as well as providing builders to repair war damage, it is ready to supply a vast fighting force, reported Regnum news agency

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Ready to Discuss Prisoner Swap with US, Lavrov Says

Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss prisoner swaps with the United States through an existing diplomatic channel, a day a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drugs offence. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said President Vladimir Putin and his US…

Radio France Internationale

Turkey's Erdogan due in Russia to 'sound out' Putin on Ukraine and Syria

Ending the war in Ukraine and starting a new one in Syria are expected to dominate talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Foreign Affairs

Nobody Wants the Current World Order

How All the Major Powers—Even the United States—Became Revisionists

Reuters

UK says Russia's actions at Zaporizhzhia power plant likely undermine its security, safety

The actions taken by Russian forces at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has likely undermined security and the safety of the plant's normal operations, Britain said on Friday.

The Times of India

Chess Olympiad: It's time for India vs India

With medal chances bright, hosts' first and third teams should look to go for the kill and avoid friendly draw

Reuters

After Griner gets jail, Russia ready to discuss swap with U.S

Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the United States in private, a day after a Russian court jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for nine years for a drugs offence.

ABC News

Russian billionaire Alexander Abramov suing Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong over financial sanctions

Steel mogul Alexander Abramov argues sanctions the federal government has imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine have caused him severe reputational damage.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Three Grain Ships Set to Leave Ukraine; NATO Chief Says Russia Must Not Win

Three ships carrying a total of 58,041 tons of corn have been authorized to leave Ukrainian ports on Friday as part of a deal to unblock grain exports, as a Russian offensive forced Ukraine to cede territory in the east. The first vessel carrying Ukrainian grain allowed to leave port…

Reuters

Ukraine calls for Black Sea grain deal to extend to other products - FT

Ukraine has called for the deal that relaxes Russia's blockade of its Black Sea grain exports to be extended to include other products, such as metals, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

1 … 1939 1940 1941 1942

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Amnesty International

World Trade Organization

116 stories

Rosatom

115 stories

Russian Orthodox Church

82 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.