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The seizure of the penal colony will be an important step in documenting war crimes committed by Russia against prisoners of war, Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on Aug. 23.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promoted Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, to the rank of general.
EU ambitions face new blow as analyst warns the government’s move “would be the end of Georgia’s democracy.”
France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin called the incident "an obviously criminal act".
The Ukrainian army attacked the Russian army for the first time on 24 August with a new weapon, the Palianytsia drone missile. [Palianytsia is a traditional Ukrainian bun; this word is difficult for Russians to pronounce correctly, so it is used as a shibboleth – ed.]
Despite success inside Russia, Ukraine has been struggling to fend off Moscow’s assault in the east.
When Magic saw Sphen's body, "he immediately started singing," and other penguins joined in, Renee Howell, the aquarium's penguin keeper, told Australia's ABC broadcaster.
But analysts have questioned the huge budget allocation given that the prototype submarine is still undergoing testing.
Iran is following Russia’s playbook as it attempts to disrupt the U.S. electoral process. But is anybody paying attention amid all the homegrown division?
The company says the hackers posed as tech support to target people affiliated with President Biden and Donald Trump, in the latest evidence of Iran’s attempts to influence the 2024 election.
Russia, whose defense and security agencies are heavily focused on its war in Ukraine, has seen a recent upsurge in Islamist militant attacks.
Vladimir Putin's efforts to downplay Ukraine's invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West's escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.
Residents living close to the oil and gas inferno in its sixth day reported yet more explosions overnight while Russian officials still insist the situation is under control.
Ukraine’s military says it used high-precision glide bombs provided by the United States to carry out strikes in Russia’s Kursk region.
Police say three people were killed and at least four were seriously wounded in an attack Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen.
Warsaw ordered 50,000 155-millimeter shells from the South African company Denel Munition, a subsidiary of the German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in which it holds a 51% stake.