Sanctions on Russia were introduced two years ago shortly after the start of the country's Ukrainian invasion. The purpose? To limit the Russian war machine and starve Russian oligarchs of access to luxury items.
Russia and Ukraine have conducted a much-anticipated prisoner swap just ahead of the new year....
Russia's unconventional attacks against NATO "look like war" and allies must set new red lines that will trigger a retaliation if crossed, a former foreign minister has warned....
Investigators have asked a South Korean court to issue an arrest warrant for suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol....
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed, killing 38 people, was damaged while flying over Russia "due to shooting from the ground", the country's president has said....
There is a "real prospect" an unconventional attack by Russia against NATO - such as an act of sabotage or arson - will cause "substantial" casualties, a top alliance official has told Sky News....
The UK has rejected Vladimir Putin's apology over the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash and called for an independent investigation....
Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources....
In Russia, size matters when it comes to family....
Father Christmas, driving a sleigh filled with NATO-branded rockets, is shot out of the sky above Moscow in an apparent new piece of Russian propaganda....
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia "if it comes to that"....
An oil tanker transporting oil to Russia, which is suspected of severing power and internet cables in the Baltic Sea, has been seized by Finnish authorities....
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources....
The sinking of a Russian cargo ship that was sent to Syria to collect weapons was an "act of terrorism", the vessel's owner says....
Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia's Christmas Day bombardment of Ukraine, saying the hail of missiles and drones was "bloody and brutal"....
Hong Kong has imposed arrest warrants and HK$1m bounties on six pro-democracy campaigners, including a 19-year-old living in the UK after fleeing the city....
A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow....
UN investigators say Syria's new authorities are "very receptive" to their request to probe possible war crimes that may have occurred during the Bashar al Assad regime....
Slovakia's prime minister has drawn criticism from across Europe and from his own people after his surprise visit to Moscow for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin on Sunday....
Moscow has denied claims Bashar al Assad's wife is seeking a divorce and a route out of Russia, where the couple are staying....
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Syrian and Russian forces unleashed all they could on eastern Aleppo. For four years they battled to bring Syria's second city under Bashar al Assad's full control....
Fifty countries voted in elections in 2024 - a year that also brought extreme global weather events, continued fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East, and rioting across the UK....
This annual TV marathon is Vladimir Putin's happy place. He is centre stage, holding court and putting the world to rights. ...
Vladimir Putin has said Russia should have invaded Ukraine earlier, in a national address spanning more than four hours....
UK troops could be deployed to Ukraine to train forces there as the defence secretary pushes for Britain "to help them motivate and mobilise more recruits"....
A dramatic change in tone by Ukraine's president - acknowledging the strength of Russia's hold over swathes of Ukrainian territory - has coincided with the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House....
Ukraine cannot remove Russian troops from the land they occupy in the east of the country and Crimea, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted....