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A further 17 people were wounded in the blast. All of the victims were employees of private Ukrainian postal and courier service.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in North Korea's capital for a two-day trip expected to focus on how to boost the two countries' defense ties following a September summit between Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine on Tuesday claimed to have carried out one of the most destructive attacks on Russian air assets since the beginning of the war

The two countries have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other democratic nations that is now complicated by the Israel-Hamas war.

The slackening suggests the Russian effort to capture Avdiivka has "deflated".

Marina Ovsyannikova who denounced the Kremlin's war with Ukraine on live TV has been taken ill in Paris.

A Russian rocket struck a village cafe and store in eastern Ukraine on Thursday and killed at least 50 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in months, according to President Zelenskyy and other top officials in Kyiv.

At least one of Putin's advisors has urged a "limited" nuclear attack on NATO.

Instead of a scheduled six months in space, Frank Rubio spent 371 days in orbit.

Ukrainian air strikes inflicted damage on a Russian naval headquarters in the Black Sea.

The militarisation of Russia's public schools has intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, driven not by a spontaneous surge of patriotic feeling, but by the government in Moscow.

He dismissed a peace deal with Ukraine as "not feasible", and labeled the West an "empire of lies".

Ukraine launched another missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said.

Videos and photos showed large plumes of smoke over the port of Sevastopol, the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a bulletproof vest and drones as parting gifts as he wrapped up a trip to Russia.

The North Korean leader has visited Russia for the first time since 2019.

Putin is believed to be seeking one of the few things impoverished North Korea has in abundance — stockpiles of aging ammunition and rockets for Soviet-era weapons.

A giant train similar to the one previously used by Kim on international trips has been spotted on the border.

Vladimir Putin wasn't in India, which left Anthony Albanese to meet with European leaders still hopeful of a free trade agreement promising more jobs and cheaper products.

The Group of 20 top world economies welcomed the African Union as a member at their annual summit on Saturday.

The deadly attack came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv.

The men were believed to be attempting to circumnavigate the world when they ran into trouble in the Coral Sea.

Satellite imagery from Maxar of Engels Airbase, deep inside Russia, shows two Tu-95 strategic bombers with car tyres on top of the airframes.

India's Prime Minister has sparked questions about whether the nation could be headed for an official name change after 'India' was replaced with a Sanskrit word on G20 Summit invitations.

Both countries are 'actively advancing' weapons negotiations, the US government said.

A memorial service has taken place for mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, his spokespeople confirmed shortly after the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin was not planning to attend the funeral.

The plane went down two months after Prigozhin mounted a day-long mutiny Putin decried as "treason".

It's the latest departure by a major overseas company as the Ukraine war continues to rage.

Yevgeny Prigozhin isn't the only one of Vladimir Putin's adversaries who died in sudden or suspicious circumstances.

The Kremlin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov flatly rejected the allegations it was behind a plane crash that is presumed to have killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Yevgeny Prigozhin and multiple others were declared dead by Russian authorities yesterday.

A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who had been arrested on espionage charges.

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among 10 people killed when a plane crashed in Russia, authorities confirmed.

Russian authorities have charged the organisers of the unauthorised tour beneath the city.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda has warned the move will change the balance of power in Europe.

Domino's wants out, but the Kremlin has made it very difficult and costly for Western companies to sell their Russian businesses.

Russian officials insist the aircraft was damaged during the attack.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Sunday a stern retaliation to the Russian missile strike in the centre of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv that killed seven people and wounded over a hundred others the day before.

The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon.

Three Bulgarian nationals have been accused of producing fake passports from nine different countries.

Ukrainian authorities said the 23-day-old infant was killed with her mother, father, and 12-year-old brother.

The structure is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's pet projects and has frequently been targeted as a hated symbol of occupation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has slammed the attack as a war crime.

Ukrainian sea drones attacked a major naval base in Russia on Friday, leaving a damaged Russian warship listing in the Black Sea in a brazen strike carried out hundreds of kilometres from Ukrainian-held territory.

A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19 years in prison.

In what sounds like a sci-fi movie, a previously unknown species of Siberian worm, frozen for 46,000 years, has been thawed and brought back to life.

Russian forces pounded a key village that Ukraine claimed to have recaptured in its grinding counteroffensive in the country's southeast, while Moscow accused Kyiv of firing two missiles at southern Russia.

Igor Girkin was convicted of mass murder for his role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine.

A video has emerged that appears to show Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin greeting his fighters in Belarus.

Two people were killed and their daughter was injured in the blast before dawn on Monday.