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32 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 31, 2026.
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning paper says security services forced it out of its Moscow newsroom and cut off reader donations, its only remaining funding.
It was the first call between a European leader and the Russian president since Macron's in July 2025. Neither side said it moved the war toward an end, and Putin repeated his "root causes" demand.
Serbia's strongman said the Students' List would take 135 to 140 of 250 seats, ending a grip on power that began with a train-station disaster and two years of street protests.
WatchPresident Trump says Putin agreed to release the 74-year-old Michigan retiree at his request and that the U.S. gave nothing in return, but Witkoff's praise of Putin as a 'humanitarian' is drawing fire.
WatchThe Treasury Department temporarily lifted sanctions on Russia's energy sector after a Trump-Putin call, as U.S. diesel sits near a record $6.28 a gallon and Zelenskyy calls the move a sign of weakness.
Marco Rubio announced the invitation after meeting Sergey Lavrov at the U.N. The December summit is set for Trump's Doral resort, and Putin still faces an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.
The Central Election Commission put turnout at 56.66% and reported more than 3,000 waves of DDoS attacks on election infrastructure. Voting was also held in occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which Kyiv called a 'farce.' Final results are not due before Sept. 25.
ProPublica found that Umar Kremlev, the 43-year-old head of the International Boxing Association who received the Order of Friendship from Putin in May, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the May 24 festivities. Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson called it 'an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend.'
Speaking at the BRICS summit in India, the Russian president drew a red line around a European peacekeeping force while insisting Moscow poses 'no such threat' to Europe. Overnight attacks hit Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Kramatorsk.
WatchUkraine's military stood down at midnight under a truce arranged as Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow. The shooting did not stop.
WatchThe Kremlin said the pause begins at midnight Saturday and is tied to the American delegation's plan to visit the Ukrainian capital on Sunday. Russian missiles hit two airports outside Kyiv hours before the announcement.
WatchA new assessment reported by The Wall Street Journal concludes the Kremlin's goal would be to fracture the alliance, not seize territory. A full ground invasion is judged the least likely option because it would plainly trigger Article 5.
Boris Nadezhdin, barred as a 'foreign agent' from September's parliamentary elections, announced Monday that he has left Russia for France.
WatchRussia said it intercepted hundreds of drones as Kyiv's long-range strikes reached deep inside the country, casting a shadow over Putin's showcase economic forum in his hometown.
The assault marks the second such attack in days and came just hours after President Putin spoke at an economic forum in the city.
President Zelensky says Ukraine targeted navy base and oil terminal in region including Russia's second-largest city as annual marquee event begins.
Kyiv said its drones flew more than 600 miles to ignite a petroleum hub five miles from the city center, while overnight strikes also hit the Kronstadt naval base and a weapons plant in the Tambov region.
President Zelensky said Ukraine targeted a navy base and oil terminal in Russia's second-largest city on the first day of a marquee Putin event.
Before anointing someone to negotiate with Russia, European leaders are grappling with fundamental questions about what they would actually discuss.
During a state visit, the Chinese and Russian leaders cast themselves as a stabilizing force in a world thrown into tumult by Washington.
Chinese leader calls for Middle East ceasefire while ignoring Ukraine war and taking veiled swipe at United States during Moscow meeting.
The Russian leader's Victory Day overture is his most explicit yet, but Moscow still demands Ukrainian forces leave four annexed oblasts while Kyiv insists on a front-line freeze — and Washington's focus has pivoted to the Iran war.
The Russian leader's most explicit signal yet that Moscow may seek a settlement followed a Trump-brokered three-day ceasefire and a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange, though Ukrainian drone strikes pounded Moscow over the weekend.
Russian leader will meet with Xi Jinping on Tuesday as Moscow seeks to capitalize on strained U.S.-China relations following Trump's unsuccessful Beijing visit.
Moscow's Defense Ministry says it tallied tens of thousands of breaches by Kyiv, while Ukraine's General Staff reported 180 battlefield clashes in the final 24 hours of a truce both sides now blame the other for ending.
The Russian military continues to struggle with fundamental tactical problems as drone warfare dominates eastern Ukraine battlefields.
Russian military struggles to solve fundamental tactical problem of advancing when surveillance drones dominate the battlefield across eastern Ukraine.
Russia's traditional military display appears diminished as Moscow and other cities can no longer be insulated from ongoing Ukraine conflict.
For the first time in nearly two decades, no heavy hardware crossed Red Square — and a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap began at dawn at the Kolotilovka–Pokrovka crossing.
Russian leader has not yet committed to December gathering at president's Doral golf resort, officials say.
Russia halted all combat operations starting Saturday afternoon through Easter Sunday, but Ukraine is watching closely after a near-identical ceasefire last year collapsed within hours.
Russian President Vladimir Putin implements unprecedented communication controls with new outages and blockages targeting citizens' internet access.