At least 12 residential buildings, and several “social infrastructure objects” were destroyed in Ukraine on Tuesday as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack targeting multiple regions, including the capital Kyiv. Ukraine, meanwhile, claimed it had for the first time shot down a Russian helicopter with a naval drone.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria's new leader and head of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group, hosted a Ukrainian delegation led by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Monday. The meeting is an effort to rebuild relations between the two countries after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, who was a close ally of Russia. 

The prisoner exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates is the first in about two months

Talks with Damascus’ new leadership could address future operation of and terms covering Russian military bases, the foreign minister has said

Pyongyang has ramped up the supply of arms to Moscow for the war in Ukraine, receiving much-needed cash and oil from the Kremlin in return.

A turbulent year has shed fresh light on some important truths

The Russian President made a startling admission about Donald Trump at his annual press conference but it was the map behind him that was most revealing.

General Kirillov and his aide were killed in a bomb explosion in Moscow

West Jerusalem has accused Ireland of “crossing every red line” in its stance towards the war in Gaza

The two ships had 29 crew members on board when calls for help were issued, the Russian Emergency Ministry has said

Moscow on Wednesday accused Kyiv of firing US-supplied ATACAMS missiles on a military airfield in its southern Rostov region and threatened to retaliate. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine's "destructive" approach made peace impossible.