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Several killed as Russia strikes multiple targets across Ukraine
The attacks were the most recent in a string of nocturnal strikes that Russia has stepped up as Kyiv prepares to launch a significant counteroffensive. According to officials, a 29-year-old was also killed in the attacks in the northeast Kharkiv region
With eye on China, US and five allies condemn trade-related 'economic coercion'
Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand jointly released the statement with the United States, emphasizing that "trade-related economic coercion and non-market-oriented policies and practices" threatened the multi-lateral trading system and "harms relations between countries."
Russia summons Japan's ambassador to protest military supplies to Ukraine
Japan - which has backed Western sanctions against its long-time antagonist in east Asia in response to Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine - last month promised Ukraine around 100 military-use vehicles "such as trucks", having previously given protective equipment such as helmets
Japan to offer emergency aid to Ukraine, to host reconstruction meeting
The two leaders spoke by phone as Russia and Ukraine trade blame for the collapse of the dam, which sent waters cascading across the war zone of southern Ukraine this week, forcing tens of thousands to flee
India, Russia spar over control of rail joint venture for making 120 Vande Bharat trains
A Note Verbale was then sent by the trade representative of the Russian Federation to the Indian government of India on 8 May asking it to direct RVNL to stick to the original contract
Russian invasion increases challenges, risks for Ukraine coal mines
But pits are still producing coal in parts of eastern Ukraine that are not occupied by Russia, an act of defiance that the miners see as vital to the war effort
Top Dutch court upholds decision awarding Crimean gold artefacts to Ukraine
The artefacts had been on display at the Allard Pierson Museum in the Netherlands when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, and Ukraine and museums in Crimea had demanded their return
Sweden charges man suspected of financing outlawed Kurdish militant group
Sweden, which applied to join NATO last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, wants its membership ratified before the alliance's summit in mid-July in Vilnius
1 killed, 8 injured in Russian strikes at Kherson amid flood evacuation drills
Evacuation efforts are underway in Kherson after the Nova Kakhovka dam, the largest reservoir in Ukraine in terms of volume collapsed after an explosion this week
Ukraine's counteroffensive: How Kakhovka dam breach has wreaked havoc on Russian defensive positions
According to near-infrared (NIR) imagery taken on June 7, the flooding is severely undermining Russian defensive positions that had been set up on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro river
In all probability, Russians blew up Nova Kakhovka dam, but blame game on
Damage to the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP) dam caused massive flooding of Dnipro River delta, river wetlands, estuaries and shoreline settlements in Kherson Oblast
US knew of Ukraine's plan to blow up Nord Stream gas pipeline three months before
An unnamed European intelligence agency told the CIA in June last year that a six-person team of Ukrainian special operations forces intended to blow up the Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline
Russia says it thwarts big attack in Ukraine
Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine had attacked on Sunday morning with six mechanised and two tank battalions in southern Donetsk, where Moscow has long suspected Ukraine would seek to drive a wedge through Russian-controlled territory
Ukraine-Russia war: ‘Anti-Putin Russian saboteurs killing civilians, crippling children in Belgorod’
Governor of Belgorod Viacheslav Gladkov said he hoped all members of the group from Ukraine would be killed. The ‘Freedom of Russian Legion’ and ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’, have struck deep inside Russian territory
'Wish I didn't wake up in prison but I'm in good mood': Alexei Navalny spends third birthday behind bars
Navalny believes that the day will come when speaking the truth and advocating for justice will become something commonplace and not at all dangerous in Russia
India's import of Russian crude oil hits record high in May, leaving behind supplies from Saudi, Iraq
Russia has now occupied a larger chunk of India's oil imports, taking the figure to 45 per cent in May. This is the highest share for an individual country in recent years
'Our policy would be similar': Rahul Gandhi pulls a surprise, throws weight behind PM Modi
Although he has kept up a constant string of criticism against the ruling dispensation, Rahul Gandhi seems to agree with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP on one critical issue – India’s foreign policy
Russia fines WhatsApp for not removing banned content
Russia banned WhatsApp from operating in the country and branded it as an "extremist" platform. The case that invited the fine involved a chat group that offered an anti-depressant whose sale is forbidden in Russia
Dollar Detox: ‘Time to ditch the dollar,’ says Cuban President
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has asked developing countries to dump the US dollar as it would set them free from Washington's 'sanctions, blackmail, aggression, and slander'
EAM Jaishankar meets Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during BRICS summit
Jaishankar, who is in South Africa to participate in a conclave of five-nation grouping BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa), held talks with Lavrov on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting