Putin has long viewed nostalgia as a powerful means of reassuring — and subduing — the public. Putin revived the Soviet anthem and restored the Red Army flag as the official banner of the military.

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...

A Russian strike on a residential building in central Ukraine killed at least 14 people, including two children, emergency services said, one of many attacks across the country this weekend.

Missile attack damages historic buildings in Odesa, injures seven Zelenskiy emphasizes need to strengthen Ukraine's air defences Odesa governor reports repeated Russian military attacks on same ...

Taylor Swift has arrived at the 2025 Grammys. The 14-time Grammy Award-winning singer walked the red carpet in a one-shoulder ...

An agent of the Russian government allegedly attempted to assassinate the head of one of Germany’s largest defense companies last year. According to NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for ...

Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across East Asia as the romantic lead in the 2001 television drama "Meteor Garden", has died of influenza aged 48, her sister said on Monday. United ...

BBC Sound of 2025 winner Chappell Roan cantered into the Grammys with a theatrical performance of Pink Pony Club - her love ...

New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being put in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Trump administration mulls the future of the agency. Rubio told reporters ...

Four died in Sudzha, a Russian town held by Ukraine, in a strike each country blamed on the other. By Constant Méheut Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has ...