Bengal polls: Mamata-Abhishek Banerjee, Amit Shah steer parallel 'war rooms'Bengal's first phase of assembly elections saw Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister Amit Shah leading rival 'war rooms'. Both ...
UK sets out new sanctions against Russia after Novichok reportBritain also summoned the Russian ambassador over what it called Moscow's "ongoing campaign of hostile activity". The inquiry concluded tha...
How the 'innocent' British nerve agent victim caught in global murder plotA public inquiry reveals that Dawn Sturgess died after using a perfume bottle containing Novichok, inadvertently caught in a failed assassi...
Alexei Navalny: Russia's charismatic anti-Putin campaignerNavalny was arrested by the police on arrival, which has prompted a wave of condemnation by Western nations who are urging the Kremlin to r...
Russia under renewed pressure to explain Navalny poisoningNavalny fell ill on Aug. 20 during a domestic flight in Russia, and was flown to Germany for treatment two days later. His allies accused t...
EU set to blacklist six people in Russia over opposition leader Navalny poisoningAmbassadors from the 27 EU countries approved sanctions after France and Germany proposed measures last week, saying Russia was responsible...
Chemical weapons body confirms nerve agent Novichok in Navalny's bloodThe Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement that the biomarkers in his blood and urine had "similar...
Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny accuses Vladimir Putin of being behind poisoningRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian Pre...
Novichok-tinged bottle found in Alexei Navalny’s room: ColleaguesSpecialists from a German military laboratory found traces of Novichok on a bottle of “Holy Spring” water Navalny left in his hotel room in...
Alexei Navalny is victim of murder attempt using Novichok: Angela Merkel"This is disturbing information about the attemped murder through poisoning against a leading Russian opposition figure," Merkel said.
2 Russians military spies charged with attempted murder of Skirpals with deadly nerve agentThere was "sufficient evidence" to charge two Russian nationals, Scotland Yard said.
US to slap crippling sanctions on Russia over nerve agent attack in BritainThe State Department said in a statement that the sanctions were in response to the use of a 'Novichok' nerve agent in an attempt to assass...
Vladimir Putin slams 'ungrounded accusations' after UK poisonings"We would like to get documentary evidence but nobody gives it to us," Putin, speaking through a translator, told the US network after a su...
Russia, US diplomats pack their bags after tit-for-tat expulsionsAbout 50 men, women and children left Russia's hilltop embassy in Washington in a blue bus believed to be headed towards Dulles Internation...
Britain accuses Russia of secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent used in attackBritain and Russia have each expelled 23 diplomats over the attack as relations between the two countries crash to a post-Cold War low.
Russia says 23 British diplomats must leave within a weekIn retaliation for British Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to kick out 23 Russians, Moscow has also decided to close the British Coun...
UK, allies point finger at Russia in ex-spy poisoningBoth the United States and NATO issued statements in support of London, as concern mounts over the use of what May described as a military-...