Thousands of people around Russia have joined unauthorised rallies to protest against the detention of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. They are calling for Navalny, who has been on hunger strike for weeks, to receive proper medical care. Mo...
India has reported 314,835 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours – the highest one day tally recorded anywhere in the world. Deaths rose by 2,104 in the same time period, India's worst daily toll. It brings the country's total confirmed cases...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West not to cross a "red line" with Russia and condemned what he called a coup plot against Belarus. The warning came in his annual state of the nation address, amid heightened tension with the West ov...
The Queen has thanked the public for their tributes to her husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh, as she marked her 95th birthday. On the Royal Family Twitter account, she said: "My family and I would like to thank you for all the support and kindness...
US President Joe Biden has said the conviction of a former police officer in the killing of George Floyd "can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America". But he warned: "We can't stop here". White officer Derek Chauvin was film...
In Ukraine, as of Wednesday morning, 12,162 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded, 14,720 people recovered, 429 patients died, the Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov said. "12,162 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 ...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet "anywhere in Donbass where there is a war." He said this in a video message dedicated to Russian aggression. “Separately, I would like to appeal to our northern ...
The number of detected infections with coronavirus in the world since the beginning of the pandemic on Wednesday morning was 142 million 650 thousand 677, according to data from the American University of Johns Hopkins. Globally, the number of deaths...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is ready to fight for peace through diplomacy and at the same time prepares to defend itself. "Does Ukraine want war? No. Is it ready for it? Yes. Will Ukraine stop fighting for peace through ...
Former US President Donald Trump believes that the United States should "get along" with Russia, China and the DPRK. "Getting along with Russia is good, getting along with China is also good, but the problem with China was the coronavirus situation,"...
