KYIV, Ukraine - A Russian missile on Friday morning struck a medical facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing one and injuring 23 including two children, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of smoke billowing from roofless buildings with blown-out...
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin shake hands after signing an agreement on the deployment of Russia's nuclear-capable weapons in Belarus, in Minsk on May 25, 2023. (Vadim Savitsky / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Belarusian...
Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) MOSCOW, Russia -- When Turks head to the polls on Sunday to decide a historic presidential election, the Kremlin will be hoping they give long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan a convincing victory, observers say. The winner will...
BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Beijing's support on Moscow's "core interests" at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Wednesday. China and Russia have in recent years ramped up economic and diplomatic cooperation, growing even closer since Moscow's...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang shake hands before their talks in Beijing on May 24, 2023. (Alexander Astafyev / SPUTNIK / AFP) BEIJING, China -- Russia's prime minister hailed "unprecedented" relations with China despite "sensational pressure" from the West on...
MOSCOW, Russia- More than 100,000 people have enlisted in the Russian army this year, former president Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday, as Moscow seeks to recruit volunteers for its offensive in Ukraine. Moscow has conducted an aggressive military recruitment campaign in recent months as...
US President Joe Biden (L) is greeted by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before their bilateral meeting in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit. (Kiyoshi Ota / POOL / AFP) HIROSHIMA, Japan -- The United States and its G7 allies rolled out new sanctions against Russia's...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine claimed Friday to have retaken swathes of ground near the frontline city of Bakhmut, as Russia reported having repelled an attack along a broad stretch of the front line. The rival reports from the battlefront indicated an increase in fighting after months of relative...
British Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils has called on the media not to allow misinformation "to pollute our minds" amid lies supposedly spread by Russia in its aggression against Ukraine. Beaufils on Wednesday night said "the media have a responsibility not to publish untruths" as a...
MOSCOW, Russia- Russia on Saturday opened a terrorism probe after a car blast that wounded pro-Kremlin writer Zakhar Prilepin and killed another person. "The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into a terrorist act in connection with the explosion of Zakhar Prilepin's car,"...
WASHINGTON, D.C. —President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. believes Southeast Asian countries must maintain their united front in calling for an end to the war between Ukraine and Russia. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) Marcos, during his...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Moscow on Thursday accused the US of masterminding a drone attack on the Kremlin, a charge denied by Washington, and said Ukrainian sabotage on Russian territory had reached "unprecedented momentum". Moscow said President Vladimir Putin was working from the Kremlin the day after...
