Europe
Putin declares victory in Russia’s presidential election
By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn Reuters President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip ...Putin is poised to rule Russia for 6 more years after an election with no ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to extend nearly a quarter century of rule for six more years on Sunday after wrapping up an election that ...Putin on brink of six more years in power as Russians vote
Russia began three days of voting on Friday in an presidential election that is set to extend the rule of Vladimir Putin by six ...Putin asks voters, including in annexed Ukrainian areas, to determine Russia’s future
President Vladimir Putin appealed on Thursday to voters, including in annexed parts of Ukraine, to be united in determining Russia’s future by ...Putin warns the West: Russia is ready for nuclear war
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly Reuters President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday Russia was technically ready for nuclear war ...Portugal’s conservatives win election as far-right surges
By Sergio Goncalves, Catarina Demony and David Latona Reuters Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) won Sunday’s general election, its leader Luis Montenegro ...US, UK, French military shoot down Houthi drones after attack on bulk carrier, destroyers
U.S., French and British forces downed dozens of drones in the Red Sea area overnight and on Saturday after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis targeted bulk ...Russia and Ukraine launch overnight drone attacks
By Daria ANDRIIEVSKA AFP Ukrainian drones attacked a metal plant in Russia’s border region of Kursk, causing a fire at a fuel ...Breakaway Moldovan region asks Russia for ‘protection’
Pro-Russian rebel officials in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria on Wednesday appealed to Russia for “protection”, amid fears the territory could become ...Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday in Moscow
By The Associated Press The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal ...