The Latest Breaking News from Russia

South Korea's spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia's war against Ukraine had been captured by Ukrainian forces.

As reports of battlefield casualties emerge, Russian locals say presence of soldiers sent by Pyongyang is barely noticed

About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongue

The Japanese Cabinet has approved a record 8.7 trillion yen ($55 billion) defense budget plan for 2025 as Japan accelerates building up its strike-back capability with long-range cruise missiles and starts deploying Tomahawks to further fortify the country against growing threat from China, North Korea and Russia

Azerbaijan officials cited in multiple reports say Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 was downed by Russia’s air defences.

Nato chief Mark Rutte criticises all attacks on critical infrastructure; Putin says Slovakia has offered to be ‘platform’ for any peace talks. What we know on day 1,038

Finnish authorities investigate alleged ‘grave sabotage’ of undersea power cable in the Baltic

February WTI crude oil (CLG25 ) Thursday closed down -0.48 (-0.68%), and February RBOB gasoline (RBG25 ) closed down -0.0119 (-0.60%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Thursday gave up an early advance and closed moderately lower. Crude prices retreated after Thursday's report on weekly US jobless claims showed US continuing...

After reaching multi-year highs, and in CBOT wheat’s case, an all-time peak in 2022, grain and oilseed futures prices have plunged. Farmers in the Northern Hemisphere are on vacation after the 2024 harvest, hoping that 2025 will be a better year and prices can rebound.

Moscow’s Federal Security Service has arrested four Russians accused of helping plan the attack

Key questions and answers about the first fatal crash anywhere in the world involving a passenger jet in 2024