Violent volcano ashes in Russia covered villages, close air traffic
An eruption of a violent volcano in Russia on Tuesday in the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka covered the nearby villages as the ash and dust made their way out…
‘Counting’ on Xi to ‘bring Russia to its senses’: Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a joint meeting of the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April…
Putin accuses Western spies of role in ‘terror attacks’ in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with workers as he visits the Tulazheldormash plant, Russian leading machine-building enterprise, in Tula on April 4, 2023.—AFP MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused…
Finland joins Nato, Russia warns of strengthening defences in region
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (R) hands over Finland’s accesssion to Nato documents to Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto. — AFP/File Finland’s foreign minister Pekka Haavisto Tuesday officially joined the North…
Russia to boost military in northwest as Finland joins NATO: diplomat
A soldier looks out of the hatch of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) in the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region on April 3, 2023.—AFP/file MOSCOW: Russia said Monday it…
How Russia will benefit from fresh oil production cuts
How Russia will benefit from fresh oil production cuts.—AFP/file LONDON: The shock announcement by several OPEC+ members to voluntarily cut their oil production by more than a million barrels per…
Russia says it will beef up military in northwest as Finland joins NATO
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko gives a news conference after a meeting at NATO headquarters between Russian ministers and alliance diplomats, at the Russian embassy, in Brussels, Belgium January…
Blinken urges Russia for ‘immediate release’ of detained US journalist
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm, Sweden. — Reuters/File WASHINGTON: US Secretary of…
Ukraine says Russia UN presidency a ‘slap in the face’
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press service on March 31, 2023, shows Ukraine´s President Volodymyr Zelensky.—AFP/file KYIV: Ukraine on Saturday branded Russia’s presidency of the UN…
US condemns Russia arrest of WSJ journalist
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday condemned Russia’s detention of an American journalist writing for The Wall Street Journal and said it was seeking consular access. US officials said they…
