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Kyiv - Russian invasion forces seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine and the area around a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, but ran into stiff resistance...

Kyiv - Russian troops have entered Ukraine's second city Kharkiv and fighting was underway on Sunday, the head of the regional administration said on the fourth day of Moscow's invasion of the...

Here's what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis right now:Russian forces pounded Ukrainian cities with artillery and cruise missiles on Saturday for the third day running but a defiant President...

The Biden administration announced sweeping export restrictions against Russia on Thursday, hammering its access to global exports of everything from commercial electronics and computers to...

Brussels - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that the alliance had no intention to send forces into Ukraine after Russia invaded its neighbour."We don't have NATO troops in Ukraine, and we...

Paris: Sandwiched between Russia and the European Union, Ukraine has been torn between its former Soviet master and the West -- of which it wants to be a part -- since its independence in 1991.Here is...

Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian flights on Thursday, citing a high risk to safety, while Europe's aviation regulator also warned against the hazards to flying in bordering areas of Russia and...

Kyiv - Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard across the country and its foreign minister warning a "full-scale invasion" was...

Hong Kong - Equities mostly rose Wednesday and oil prices eased as investors tracked developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis after world powers imposed less harsh sanctions on Moscow than...

Washington - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced tough new sanctions against Russia for "beginning" an invasion of Ukraine but said there was still time to avoid war, even as Vladimir Putin...

The United States and its allies are coordinating new financial and economic sanctions on Russia after Moscow recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, officials...

Moscow - President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions of Ukraine Monday, prompting a furious response from the West with the United States denouncing the move...

Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine in an emotional address broadcast on state-run television, despite warnings...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive Covid test in England would end on Thursday as part of a ramping down of...

Last-ditch diplomatic efforts were underway on Sunday to prevent what Western powers warned could be the imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine and catastrophic European war.French President Emmanuel...

Melbourne - Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections...

Frankfurt - German airline Lufthansa said Saturday it would stop its flights to the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odesa from Monday, as fears of an imminent Russian invasion mounted."Due to the current...

Moscow - Russia's leader will oversee major military drills along Ukraine's borders on Saturday, further escalating tensions after Washington said Moscow would invade within days, and Ukraine's...

Mumbai - Indian singer-composer and "Disco King" Bappi Lahiri, who collaborated with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Samantha Fox, has died aged 69, his family said Wednesday, prompting tributes from the...

World number one Novak Djokovic has claimed he is not anti-vaccination but would rather skip Grand Slams than be forced to get a Covid jab.The Serb was deported in extraordinary circumstances on the...