Ukraine summons Iranian diplomat as Tehran denies missile transfer to RussiaUkraine's foreign ministry summoned an Iranian diplomat, warning of severe consequences if reports of Tehran supplying Russia with ballisti...
10 Sep, 2024, 09.53 AM IST
Telegram becomes free speech flashpoint after founder Pavel Durov's arrestThe company's growth -- it now has more than 900 million users -- has been driven partly by a commitment to free speech. Telegram's light o...
26 Aug, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Russia accuses Ukraine after mob storms Dagestan airport 'to catch' JewsVideos obtained by Reuters from the airport at Makhachkala, the regional capital of Dagestan, showed the rioters, mostly young men, waving ...
30 Oct, 2023, 11.35 PM IST
The chaos in Russia is a morale booster for Ukraine as it pushes forward with its counteroffensiveThe recent military rebellion against the Russian army in Rostov-on-Don has given a morale boost to Ukrainian troops. The disarray within t...
26 Jun, 2023, 12.55 PM IST
The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizensRights advocates say that Russia under President Vladimir Putin has harnessed digital technology to track, censor and control the populatio...
23 May, 2023, 12.38 PM IST
Russian missiles pound Ukraine's energy system, force power outagesUkraine's air force said Russia had fired 71 cruise missiles, of which 61 were shot down, and explosions were reported by local officials a...
10 Feb, 2023, 07.27 PM IST
Russia hits targets across Ukraine with missiles, dronesThe Kremlin's forces focused their bombardments on Ukraine's industrial east, especially the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces that make up the...
10 Feb, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
Ukraine: 'Fast-track' talks underway for missiles, planesMykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine's supporters in the West "understand how the war is ...
28 Jan, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
Half of mobilised men in Russian region sent home, commissar fired: GovernorRussia's first mobilisation since World War Two, declared by President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 21, has led to widespread discontent among o...
03 Oct, 2022, 10.42 AM IST
Moscow fumes after EU cuts off shipments to Baltic outpostThe latest diplomatic crisis is over the Kaliningrad enclave, a port and surrounding countryside on the Baltic Sea that is home to nearly a...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Russia steps up Ukraine fight as more Mariupol evacuations expectedThe United States was warning that Moscow is preparing to formally annex regions in the east, while the European Union told member states t...
03 May, 2022, 12.58 PM IST
Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns Russia is eyeing other countries after UkraineRustam Minnekayev, deputy commander of Russia's central military district, was quoted by Russian state news agencies as saying full control...
23 Apr, 2022, 03.02 PM IST
EU cuts air links with Belarus over forced plane landingStrongman Lukashenko sparked international outrage by dispatching a fighter jet Sunday to intercept a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius...
25 May, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
Explainer: What was behind diversion of a Ryanair flight to Belarus?Ryanair Flight FR4978, traveling from Athens to the Lithuanian capital, was in Belarus airspace about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Lith...
24 May, 2021, 11.51 PM IST