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President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of his Security Council on Friday that "ill-wishers" were increasingly trying to destabilise Russia and that this must be prevented. "We must do everything we can to make sure that under no…

Armenia says it is not a Russian ally in the war with Ukraine and is worried about the impact of that crisis on its relations with other countries. "We are not Russia's ally in the war with Ukraine. And our feeling from that war, from…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed frustration at the miscue that left three people dead including a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl, in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Thursday after the air raid shelter they rushed to…

The United States says it will stop providing Russia some notifications required under the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), including updates on its missile and launcher locations, as retaliation for Moscow's "ongoing…

South Korea has announced new sanctions against a North Korean hacking group, Kimsuky, it accused of being involved in the North's latest satellite launch attempt. "North Korean hacking groups including Kimsuky have been, directly or…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he has received a strong show of support from allies attending a European summit in Moldova on the question of supplying fighter jets to Kyiv to help repel Russian forces. Zelenskiy is…

A new Manhattan museum dedicated to China's 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square opens in New York ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. Zhou Fengsuo, 55, an exiled former Tiananmen student…

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and his South Korean counterpart Choo Kyung-ho will meet on June 29 in Tokyo for a next round of bilateral talks. The two countries' financial leaders held their first talk in seven years almost…

Russia says it has repelled an attempted incursion along its border with Ukraine by what it casts as pro-Ukrainian militants. Russia's defence ministry said it repelled three cross-border attacks near the town of Shebekino on Thursday.…

Drones have attacked two oil refineries just 40-50 miles (65-80 km) east of Russia's biggest oil export terminals sparking a fire at one and causing no damage to the other. Governor of Russia's Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, said…