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Huge fire engulfs a warehouse outside St Petersburg

No casualties were reported in the blaze in the Russian city.

Ukraine

Sunak gives Ukraine aid and reassurances of West's support in conflict

The British prime minister met with Zelenskyy at a time when financial support from Europe and the US is becoming more difficult to obtain.

Travel News

North Korea to welcome first tourists since the pandemic

The four-day trip will take place in February and features a stop in Pyongyang before skiing at North Korea's most modern resort.

World News

Finland to keep Russia borders closed for another month

The Finnish government says that people are waiting just over the border in Russia for the frontier to be reopened, so they can try to cross.

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Russia

Russia extends pre-trial detention of theatre director and playwright

In the Kremlin's latest move to crackdown on dissent, the Russian women are accused of justifying terrorism and will be held in detention until March, 2024.

Europe News

Western allies denounce North Korea for providing missiles to Russia

The European Union and the United States have denounced North Korea "in the strongest possible terms" for providing Russia with ballistic missiles and propping up the war of aggression against Ukraine.

Russia

Kremlin critic Navalny held in 'tiny Arctic punishment cell'

Alexei Navalny was recently moved to a high security prison in the Russian Arctic to serve his 19-year sentence.

China

Euroviews. Cynical mimicry: China and Russia talk anti-corruption at the UN

Redefining terms like anti-corruption, human rights, democracy, and integrity — even when self-evidently disingenuous — provides China the cover to mimic the mechanisms of good governance while blunting efforts to hold authoritarian regimes accountable, Elaine Dezenski writes.

Ukraine

Ukraine attacks Russia's border region, but is running out of fuel

All the latest developments on the war in Ukraine.

Egypt

Euroviews. In Egypt, al-Sisi’s reelection is a replay of his first bid for power

The embrace of Russian state interests in spreading anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian narratives by Egyptian punditry is just one of the peculiarities surrounding al-Sisi’s new term, Nathaniel Greenberg writes.

Ukraine

As frontlines freeze, Russia and Ukraine exchange long range attacks

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

Russia

Putin signs decree offering citizenship to foreign fighters

Russia is increasingly reliant on foreign supplies of both manpower and material to continue its war in Ukraine after two years of heavy losses.

Europe News

Risk of violent spillover unless Gaza war solved, says EU top diplomat

The Middle East could see a violent spillover of conflict unless a peaceful solution to the war in Gaza is found, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Wednesday.

Ukraine

Russian missiles strike Ukraine's largest cities, killing at least 5

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said Tuesday evening that the attack killed five civilians and injured 127. The Kremlin's forces targeted Kyiv, the capital, and the northeastern Kharkiv region.

Culture news

Russian poet jailed for reciting verses against war in Ukraine

Between late February 2022 and early December 2023, an estimated 19,847 people have been detained in Russia for speaking out or protesting against the war, according to a rights group.

Belarus

More Ukrainian children from Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus

Russia's displacement of Ukrainian children from areas it has captured includes moving them across borders without their parents.

Ukraine

US sends last military aid to Ukraine for now

The White House previously warned it would “run out of resources” for Kyiv “by the end of the year”.

Russia

Russian presidential hopeful banned from running in election

Yekaterina Duntsova has lost her Supreme Court appeal against authorities' refusal to register her for the race.

Business

Russia claims majority of oil exports redirected to Asia

The announcement comes amid unprecedented Western sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.

World News

Alexei Navalny says he is 'doing fine' in special regime Arctic prison

On Monday, the United States said it was "deeply concerned" about Navalny's "conditions of detention" and demanded his release. The Russian opposition leader was located nearly 3 weeks after losing contact with him.

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