Russian President Putin secures another six year term with minimal opposition and no public criticism in a controlled election environment. Rival Navalny’s absence leaves critics in jail or exile. Despite minor challenges, Putin faces ongoing issues like a Ukrainian drone attack. Economy resilient,...

   Russia has accused Ukraine of engaging in ’terrorist activities’ to disrupt its presidential election, overshadowed by the ongoing Ukraine war. Former President Dmitry Medvedev has condemned protesters as ’traitors’ for sabotaging voting booths. Tensions rise as incidents escalate, with warnings of...

   Thousands of Russians gathered in Moscow to mourn the death of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Navalny’s funeral took place in a Moscow church, with his mother and father in attendance. Despite tight security, mourners expressed their support for Navalny’s family and praised his fearlessness...

   Relatives and supporters bid farewell to Alexei Navalny at a funeral in Moscow’s Maryino district at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows. Burial follows in the nearby Borisovskoye Cemetery. Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, struggled to release the body for burial in...

   Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accuses President Vladimir Putin of mocking Christianity by coercing his mother into agreeing to a secret funeral. Navalny’s mother is being subjected to psychological torment, with authorities suggesting burying Navalny in the...

   The bullet riddled body found in Spain is believed to be a Russian defector who escaped to Ukraine. The body was found in Alicante. The man was shot, run over, and identified as a year old Ukrainian, possibly Maksim Kuzminov. A burning car was found. Kyiv considered his defection as a major coup...

   Ksenia Karelina, a dual citizen of Russia and US, was arrested for state treason. She raised funds for a Ukrainian organization that bought weapons. Accused of sending to Razom for Ukraine. Arrested in Yekaterinburg by FSB wearing a white hat and handcuffed by masked officers.

   King Charles’s former butler, Grant Harrold, revealed that the monarch has a cheeky sense of humour and gives ’bizarre’ presents to his staffers on Christmas Eve. These unusual gifts include a tin of salmon and a salt and pepper grinder wrapped in a ribbon. The royals also exchange gag gifts during...

   A year old student was arrested after a shooting rampage in Rotterdam, Netherlands, that left three people dead. The shooting began in a private home, where a woman was killed and her daughter was seriously injured, later succumbing to her injuries. The suspect then went to a classroom at a...

   Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the war in Ukraine and the needs of the Ukrainian troops. Zelenskyy requested additional air defense systems to protect power plants and energy infrastructure, which were damaged in previous attacks...

   Steelworkers at Metinvest in Ukraine have been using fake weapons made from scrap wood, metal, and used tires to deceive Russian troops in the ongoing war between the two countries. The decoy weapons, which mimic advanced defense systems, have successfully tricked Russian forces into wasting...

   A Togo flagged cargo ship was evacuated after an explosion near the Romanian port of Sulina. The cause of the explosion is still unclear, but it is suspected to be either a mine or an explosion in the engine room. The crew of was safely evacuated by the Romanian Agency for Saving Life at Sea....

   French President Macron announces Classes Internationales program for Indian students to learn French in France before pursuing degrees. Joint statement endorses the initiative, allowing Indian students to be taught French in highly reputed French universities. Program offers access to French...

   According to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin will host China’s foreign minister Wang Yi for discussions in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday. The senior Chinese ambassador is in Russia for a four day visit, the latest in a series of high level meetings between Moscow and Beijing.

   The German government has banned the neo Nazi group Hammerskins Germany and conducted raids on the homes of its members. The group, which is an offshoot of an American right wing extremist group, is active across Europe. The ban includes the group’s regional chapters and sub organization Crew ....

   A senior prosecutor on Wednesday ordered an investigation into allegations that officials in disaster hit central Greece failed to complete flood defence projects on time. Extensive flooding across central Greece from a powerful storm last week killed people and has caused widespread damage to...

   According to directors Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv, the first project co directed by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers had to be shot in secret to avoid possible intervention from Tehran.

   Disposable vapes will be prohibited in France soon, according to French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, as part of a nationwide anti smoking agenda. Borne did not specify when the ban would go into effect when speaking on RTL radio. She stated that the government would soon present its new plan to...

   The governor of the German state of Bavaria indicated on Sunday that he will let his deputy stay in office despite charges that he was responsible for an antisemitic pamphlet years ago when he was a high school student. Governor Markus Soeder, a key member in Germany’s center right opposition,...

   Kleanthis Raptis, a goat breeder in northern Greece, lost most of his cattle on Saturday after a catastrophic wildfire that had been burning for more than two weeks smashed through his stable near the hamlet of Provatonas.