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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Thailand's invitation to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok next month. Thailand's Foreign Ministry has asked security agencies to make security arrangement…

Elon Musk denied a report that said he spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine. Dr Ian Bremmer, head of political-risk consultancy Eurasia Group, wrote in a note to clients on Monday that Musk told him about…

The ruler of the United Arab Emirates will travel to Russia on Tuesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, amid an upsurge in the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv. Putin and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will discuss regional and…

External power has been restored to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Sunday night after repeated shelling caused an outage that lasted nearly two days, the chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree to create a new operating company for the Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project, according to Russian media. With the signing, Russia will ask foreign stakeholders if they wish to remain…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said cooperation between his country and Russia has been "strengthened as never before" in a message sent Friday to celebrate Russian President Vladimir Putin's 70th birthday. In the message, Kim said he has…

The Russian military flew a dozen self-destructing, Iranian-supplied drones at a town near Kyiv, Ukraine, overnight Wednesday, in what appeared to be the first time such weapons have been used against a target near the Ukrainian capital,…

US intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorized the car bomb attack near Moscow in August that killed Daria Dugina, daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, an element of a covert campaign that US officials…

A Russian journalist who shot to international attention when she staged an anti-war protest on the country's top TV news programme said she's escaped from house arrest. "I consider myself completely innocent," Marina Ovsyannikova said in…

President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to reassure Ukrainians living in territories the country has reclaimed that they will be treated fairly. "Our approach has always been and remains clear and fair: If a person did not serve the…