Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged pressure on Russia to end the three-year war as his top aides visited Paris for talks with U.S. and European officials on the conflict.

At least 12 people were reported killed and dozens wounded Thursday as Russia pounded Ukraine with drone strikes and shells.

"Russia uses every day and every

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Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday for talks focused on bilateral trade, the war in Gaza and Syria's relations with Moscow following the ouster of its longtime ruler. Qatar is among our top priority partners, especially in the Middle East, Putin said throughout the meeting at the

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Russia prepares to use an American-owned company whose possessions it took to provide food to its army, Reuters reported Thursday, mentioning a document it obtained.President Vladimir Putin purchased the seizure of Glavprodukt, the country's largest canned food manufacturer, and its placement under short-lived state control in October 2024. While Moscow has n

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A politician in Far East Russia's Zabaikalsky region said he has actually been working from another location from Ukraine for the previous 4 years, raising eyebrows over an evident loophole that allowed him to keep his post during wartime.Mikhail Nosik, 65, who works as a local councilman in the Kalarsky district of the Zabaikalsky region, revealed in a current ethics

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Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday officially removed the Taliban from the nation's list of banned terrorist organizations, a symbolic move underscoring Moscow's warming ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers. The formerly developed restriction on the Taliban's activities ... has been suspended, Supreme Court Judge Oleg Nefedov was priced quote as stating by

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A Moscow military court on Thursday sentenced previous deputy chief of Russia's General Staff Vadim Shamarin to 7 years in a maximum-security prison on corruption charges.Lieutenant-General Shamarin, who likewise headed the General Staff's communications directorate, was jailed in May 2024 on charges of accepting 36 million rubles ($437,600) in

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