Ukraine

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

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

Putin wants a sit-down with Trump as equals in which they divide the world into spheres of influence.

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

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.  

Georgian PM promises ‘no Maidan’

At least one million people are without power in Ukraine after Russia staged a “massive” attack on the country’s energy infrastructure in the early hours of Thursday. The missile strikes come as temperatures have dropped to freezing, and a UN official has warned that as Russia continues to target Ukraine’s power grid, this winter could become the “harshest since the start of the war”.

No weapons deliveries to Kiev by Washington and its allies will change the situation of the front line, the president has said

Moscow is pushing hard on eastern frontline amid uncertainty as to how Trump taking office will affect war

Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it had shot down 76 Russian drones in 17 regions, while another 95 were either lost from their radars or downed by electronic jamming defensive systems in overnight attacks. The air force said infrastructure facilities were hit and apartment buildings damaged in several regions.