Europe
Macron, Biden want to engage China to end war in Ukraine, Elysee says
French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed in a telephone call ahead of a visit to Beijing by Macron ...Finland joins NATO, Russia warns of counter-measures
Finland formally joined the NATO military alliance on Tuesday in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drawing ...Ukraine says its forces fight on in Bakhmut despite Russian claim to have taken it
The head of the Wagner mercenary force said his troops had raised the Russian flag over the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut’s administrative ...Bomb kills Russian war blogger in St Petersburg cafe
Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in what appeared ...IMF approves $15.6 bln Ukraine loan, part of $115 billion in global support
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday its executive board approved a four-year $15.6 billion loan program for Ukraine, part of a ...Finland and Sweden’s path to NATO membership explained
Finland looks set to join NATO soon, with Turkey’s parliament voting to ratify Helsinki’s membership bid even as it keeps Sweden’s application ...Russia’s isolation over Ukraine grows with US reporter arrest, NATO expansion
Russia has charged an American journalist with spying while Finland moved closer to becoming a NATO member, deepening tensions between Moscow and ...Ukraine says Russian forces make progress in frontline city of Bakhmut
Russian forces have had some success in the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian military officials said, adding that their fighters were ...Russia says it has rerouted all oil exports hit by Western embargo
Russia has successfully redirected all its crude oil exports affected by Western sanctions over Ukraine to “friendly” countries, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov ...Ukraine slams Putin plan to station Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus
A top security adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russian plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus ...













