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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China on Monday. Photo: Belarusian Press Service / EPA / Handout
Ukraine war

Belarus’ Lukashenko courts Moscow and Beijing as Ukraine tensions simmer

China and Belarus must maintain strategic dialogue and continue to develop bilateral relations at a high level, President Xi said on Monday.

Ukraine war

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 11 as heatwave also attacks

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Ukraine war

Ukraine drones ignite Russian refinery as Putin acknowledges fuel shortages

Ukraine war

Hundreds of drones: Russia reports one of biggest Ukrainian attacks

The latest strike by Kyiv, with well over 600 drones, led to Russian bosses in the illegally-annexed Crimea declaring an ‘emergency situation’.

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A woman and her dog walk in a park as smoke billows in the background following a reported Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow on June 18. Photo: EPA
A woman and her dog walk in a park as smoke billows in the background following a reported Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow on June 18. Photo: EPA
Ukraine war

Ukraine drones knock out power in Russia-held Crimea’s biggest city

Trolleybuses were not operating in Sevastopol and children should remain at home, the governor said, amid more strikes on energy facilities.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine war: Russia says US hasn’t delivered on Trump-Putin ‘understandings’

With Kyiv claiming to be turning the tide of the conflict, Moscow’s comments signal a growing frustration with Washington.

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Russia considers fuel imports amid Ukrainian strikes: newspaper

Some areas of the world’s third-largest crude oil producer report issues including restrictions on fuel sales and queues at petrol stations.

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Plumes of smoke and flames rise from an oil refinery following an apparent Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow, Russia, on Thursday. Photo: Social media via Reuters
Plumes of smoke and flames rise from an oil refinery following an apparent Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow, Russia, on Thursday. Photo: Social media via Reuters
Ukraine war

Russia-held Crimea suspends summer camps amid squeeze on fuel supplies

The peninsula has suspended children’s summer camps and tourism activities until September 1, the governor says.

Ukraine war

Zelensky says Ukraine drones hit Russia’s Tyumen, now have 3,000km range

Kyiv’s forces have been focusing on striking oil industry targets inside Russia to hinder Moscow’s capability in funding its war.

Russia

‘This is the new reality’: Ukraine drone strike brings war to streets of Moscow

Kyiv has sent drones into Russia as far as the Urals in retaliation for Moscow bombing its cities daily.

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Muscovites go about their daily life as black smoke rises from an oil refinery following a Ukranian drone attack on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Ukraine hits Moscow oil refinery in major drone attack on Russian capital

Hundreds of drones target Russia in an attack Ukraine’s Zelensky called a ‘fully justified response’ in the war.

Thick plumes of smoke and flames rise from an oil refinery in Moscow on Thursday. Photo: Social media via Reuters
Thick plumes of smoke and flames rise from an oil refinery in Moscow on Thursday. Photo: Social media via Reuters
Central Asia

Afghan government workers face sack, jail after smartphone ban begins

Employees will be available only ‘via telephone calls and email’, an official says, citing an order from the supreme leader.

Russia

Murder of Russian artist critical of Putin likely ‘political’: Poland’s Tusk

The case risks rekindling tensions between Poland and Russia, exacerbated by drone crashes on Polish territory last autumn.

Russia

Over 1,100 foreigners granted ‘anti-woke’ Russian visas last year

Germans, French and Americans top the list of recipients, according to Russia’s Foreign Ministry.

People take in the sights outside the Kremlin in downtown Moscow on June 5. Photo: EPA
Ukraine war

Trump urges Russia to make deal with Ukraine after meeting Zelensky at G7

US president says ‘gonna do whatever I can’ as Europe presses Trump for more support.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters
Britain

Russian warship fires warning shots near yacht in English Channel

The frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired on a path near the UK-registered vessel just outside British waters.

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Belarusian leader tells Russia, Ukraine to make ‘compromises’ and end war

Lukashenko said it was clear that victory on the battlefield was unrealistic for both sides in the conflict, despite Russian advances.

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Britain

UK charges Indian captain of suspected Russian shadow tanker seized in Channel

Ajay Pant is alleged to have contravened sanctions by supplying or delivering ‘prohibited oil / oil products from Russia to a third country’.

The CMR Smyrtos sailing under a false Cameroonian flag in the English Channel off the coast of the UK. Photo: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) / AFP
The CMR Smyrtos sailing under a false Cameroonian flag in the English Channel off the coast of the UK. Photo: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) / AFP
Ukraine war

Zelensky proposes meeting Putin in US after Russian leader ‘ignores’ G7 invite

Ukrainian leader said he made the proposal in a call with Trump, suggesting Putin would find the offer of a US meeting ‘harder to refuse’.

China-EU relations

EU says China trained Russian troops as bloc weighs tougher stance on Beijing

Kallas cites verified reports of Chinese training for Russian forces as Brussels weighs sanctions and new trade measures.

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Ukraine war

Putin and Zelensky hold calls with Trump as US president marks 80th birthday

Trump said ending the Ukraine war could open the door to a ‘new quality of US-Russian relations’, according to a Russian presidential aide.

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From left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP
Russia

Disgruntled parents and children force Russia to remove Roblox ban

Moscow banned access to the gaming platform last year, accusing it of promoting ‘LGBT propaganda’.

Around 100 million people use Roblox daily, according to the company. Photo: Reuters
Around 100 million people use Roblox daily, according to the company. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance

Open Questions | AIIB chief Zou Jiayi on financing Asia’s green transition

President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on how it bridges differences to build a more sustainable, climate-resilient world.

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Asean

As Putin courts Southeast Asia, does ‘Russia need Asean more’?

Southeast Asia needs energy. Russia needs friends. Next week’s summit in Kazan could offer opportunities for both sides.

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Afghanistan

‘Frightened’: Afghan women detained by Taliban in clothing crackdown

‘I saw two employees – one was carrying a whip – putting two women who were not wearing burkas into a vehicle’.

Afghan burka-clad women at a market in Kandahar on June 2, 2026. Photo: AFP
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