Europe
Russia presses along Ukraine front after reports of Bakhmut slowdown
Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Friday, even as Kyiv said Moscow’s ...Russian missiles batter Ukraine, but Bakhmut offensive seen stalling
Russian drones attacked Ukrainian cities and missiles blasted an apartment block, but a months-long ground assault on the eastern town of Bakhmut ...Nationwide protests in France after Macron doubles down on pension bill
Train services were disrupted and some schools shut while garbage piled up on the streets of France on Thursday as part of ...Three dead as Russia launches new attack on Ukraine
Three people were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike on civilian infrastructure in the Kyiv region, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday ...Ukraine says missiles blown up in annexed Crimea, Russia says civilians targeted
Ukraine’s defence ministry said on Monday that an explosion in Dzhankoi in the north of the Crimean peninsula destroyed Russian cruise missiles ...Switzerland’s secretive Credit Suisse rescue rocks global finance
Days before a hastily convened press conference late on Sunday that would make the world’s front pages, Switzerland’s political elite were secretly ...China’s Xi Jinping in Russia for talks with Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Monday where he was expected to press Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in ...Bank shares plummet as Credit Suisse rescue fails to quell contagion fears
Banking stocks and bonds plummeted on Monday as the hit to investors from UBS Group’s state-backed takeover of Credit Suisse fanned concerns ...Putin makes surprise trip to Russian-occupied Mariupol in wake of ICC warrant
A day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian ...ICC issues arrest warrant for Russian president
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for ...














