South Africa to host US-Africa trade summit despite Russia spat
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will host a U.S.-Africa trade summit in November despite an earlier call by U.S. lawmakers for the event to be moved over what they said…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will host a U.S.-Africa trade summit in November despite an earlier call by U.S. lawmakers for the event to be moved over what they said…
(Reuters) – Russia struck the Kremenchuk oil refinery in the central Poltava region of Ukraine in an overnight drone attack, causing a fire, Governor Dmytro Lunin said on Wednesday. Refinery…
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Ukraine told the U.N.’s highest court in The Hague on Tuesday that Russia justified waging war against Ukraine by invoking “a terrible…
(Reuters) – Moscow’s and Beijing’s top diplomats noted “closeness” in their positions on Washington’s “anti-Russian and anti-Chinese” stance and agreed any bid to resolve the Ukraine crisis must include Moscow,…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday defended the presence of a Russian military unit in a weekend parade marking Mexico’s independence day, following sharp…
(Reuters) – Russia fired cruise missiles at mock targets in the seas separating it from Alaska on Monday in what it said was an exercise to protect its northern shipping…
(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said its forces downed three Ukrainian drones over southwestern Crimea on Sunday evening. The ministry said air defence systems destroyed one drone at about 9:30…
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was heading home by train on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported, after a week-long visit to Russia that included…
(Reuters) – Armenia discussed with Russia its plans to come under the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction, Russian media said on Sunday, a move strongly opposed by Moscow after the court…
(Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine on Saturday disputed control of the devastated village of Andriivka near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, as Ukraine ramped up its efforts to inch closer to…
By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukrainian orphans Ivan and Maksym, 17 and 16, escaped shelling and hunger in besieged Mariupol only to be captured and taken to the…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy visited Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a Moscow prison on Friday, the embassy said, as he prepares for a new appeal…
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – A Russian man has been convicted of treason and jailed for 12 1/2 years for sending missile components to the United States, Russia’s Federal Security…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Wednesday visited Paul Whelan, a former marine jailed on espionage charges, and reiterated that Washington was committed to bringing him home, the…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The family of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich said on Wednesday that they had appealed to the United Nations for help in their bid…
(Reuters) – Russia has protested to Azerbaijan over comments it made about weekend regional elections in areas of Ukraine claimed by Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday toured Russia’s most modern space launch centre, where President Vladimir Putin promised to help Pyongyang build satellites. The unprecedented…
By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, just an hour before leader Kim…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – The coming meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could help reshape how the reclusive and distrustful North…
GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations rights chief on Monday blamed Russia’s exit from the Black Sea grain deal as well as its attacks on agricultural facilities for higher food prices…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a photo session with participants celebrating the 75th anniversary of the country’s founding but stayed away from other events amid…
(Reuters) -Russia said on Saturday it was sticking to its conditions for a return to the Black Sea grain deal which it quit in July. In particular, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…
(Reuters) – Russia summoned the Armenian ambassador on Friday to present a protest about what it deemed “unfriendly steps” as tension in the South Caucasus surged over the disputed region…
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that his country’s allies had eased sanctions on Russia and called for a renewed drive to impose further punitive measures on…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it had repelled numerous Ukrainian attacks along the front line and inflicted hundreds of losses on enemy forces, challenging Kyiv’s assertion that Ukraine…