Champagne has long been the drink of life’s biggest milestones, from weddings and graduations to birthdays and anniversaries.

Russian and Iran share a complicated past, peppered with conflict, and even now tread a fine line between cooperation and mistrust. And yet, the war in Ukraine has pulled Moscow and Tehran closer.

RUSSIA must get ready for World War Three and must not be "shy" to fight the West, Vladimir Putin's chief crony has warned. Warmonger Aleksey Zhuravlyov, a top Russian MP, said the male population ...

And he warned the West - especially Europe - to ramp up its military strength and be ready to fight a war with Russia. Zhuravlyov said: "It is necessary to prepare the male population and ...

Russia spent almost a quarter of the national wealth fund’s available reserves last year to keep the economy on a war footing and finance its invasion of Ukraine. The National Wellbeing Fund ...

and if President Trump requests as part of his strategy to end the Ukraine war, that I will be 100% on board with taking sanctions up --especially on the Russian oil majors -- to levels that would ...

Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s staying in power. In pressing for greater military spending to counter Russia, NATO Secretary-General Marc Rutte ...

Both Ukraine and Russia will have to make concessions to end the war, Marco Rubio, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, said on Jan. 15 at his confirmation hearing ...

Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 25 prisoners of war under the latest swap brokered by the United Arab Emirates, officials said. Arhirova and Konovalov write for the Associated Press.

This is both realistic and necessary to implement." Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 25 prisoners of war after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, Russia's Defence Ministry ...

One of the heaviest Ukrainian missile and drone attacks of the war on Russia saw an ATACMS missile strike on the Bryansk Chemical Plant, in Seltso, Bryansk region.Credit: East2West Ukrainian ...