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More than 60 vessels carrying agricultural goods have left Ukrainian portsISTANBUL, TURKIYE - AUGUST 09: An aerial view of "Glory" named empty grain ship as Representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkiye and the United Nations (UN) of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) conduct inspection on vessel in Istanbul, Turkiye on August 09, 2022. The UN,…

Comment on this storyCommentMoscow and its separatist allies in Ukraine are using a vast and punitive “filtration” system to detain, interrogate and surveil Ukrainians, according to U.S. officials and human rights investigators, and have forcibly transferred hundreds of thousands to Russia since the start of the war.The system operates in…

Leaders and politicians around the world have expressed their condolences as news spread that the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms helped end the Cold War and free Eastern Europe from communism, but also led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, died overnight at the age of 91. Some in Russia and elsewhere took to social…

Taiwan’s Kinmen island, with China’s Xiamen in the background. Soldiers on the island targeted a Chinese drone, which flew away towards Xiamen © Getty ImagesTaiwan has begun targeting Chinese drones flying over its outlying islands for the first time, highlighting the risk that Beijing’s military pressure on Taipei could lead to actual…

View of damage after the shelling of a private residential complex, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, August 29, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. SES Ukraine/via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterMOSCOW, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Russian defence ministry said on Monday that Ukraine's troops have attempted…

The EU’s foreign ministers are expected to approve suspending the bloc’s visa facilitation agreement with Moscow next week, as Russian rocket and artillery strikes hit areas across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.The EU move, aimed at reducing the number of visas issued to Russian nationals after pressure from eastern…

The Dell logo is seen on an item for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterThis content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in UkraineMOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Many of the…

Topline Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump were still in office, the former president’s son-in-law and former senior advisor Jared Kushner claimed Friday while promoting his new book, marking Kushner’s first public comments on the ongoing war. Jared Kushner appears on "Fox and Friends" on Tuesday. Getty Images…

Prison cells installed at the Philharmonic Hall in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this image released via social media on August 6. (Mariupol City Council/Reuters) There are growing concerns over the trials of prisoners of war scheduled to take…

Russian police have detained one of the most prominent opposition politicians still free in the country for his public criticism of the Ukraine war, capping a six-month crackdown on dissent propelled by the Kremlin’s invasion of its neighbour.Yevgeny Roizman, the former mayor of Ekaterinburg, the fourth largest city in Russia, said he was to be…