Kremlin elites are poised for Putin’s grip on power to falter

Pro-government rallies held in Iran amid mass protests

Men scramble to flee Russia rather than fight in Ukraine

Children in Pakistan were already set back by Covid – then deadly flooding hit

Fear and loathing in the Kremlin, where Putin writhes in his own trap

Ukraine’s recent dramatic successes are a challenge for Russia’s generals. Even more serious, though, is the challenge facing Vladimir Putin. A man who tends to balk at making tough decisions finds ...

Russians are retreating — but not everyone in Ukraine wants to be liberated

The Ukrainian special forces soldier stood alone on the ruined bridge, looking out through the drizzle over the Siverskyi Donets river. A week ago Russian soldiers had controlled the opposite bank, ...

‘We may never find them’: Desperate Ukrainians forced to trawl through dead looking for lost loved ones

China keeps West guessing about economic pressure on Russia

‘The hospital has nothing’: Pakistan’s floods put pregnant women in danger

‘They were in a sad state’: Ukraine forces find Russians in retreat

Life in Kharkiv still precarious despite Ukraine’s recent victories

Russians left guns and fled Ukrainian village, say shellshocked locals

The first rains of autumn have fallen in Ukraine and the tank tracks heading east towards the Russian border were fresh in the roadside mud. This is a traditional European war and the Ukrainian ...

Ukraine’s lightning push through Russian lines raises hope of a turning point

Putin and Xi welcome Iran to anti-West ‘dictators’ club’

Ukraine liberates swathes of land in lightning counter-offensive through Russian lines