Russians paying £25,000 for seats on private planes after war mobilization

How the death of a Kurdish woman galvanised women all over Iran

UN meeting produces sense that a ‘new epoch’ is arriving

Latest Iran protests likely not last for Tehran

Only glimpses of videos that make it online show the protests convulsing Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation’s morality police. But those flashes show that ...

British PoWs in Ukraine ‘beaten and tortured’ in Russian cells

A British man captured by the Russians in Ukraine was freed last week and says he was “treated worse than a dog” having been stabbed during five months in solitary confinement. Aiden Aslin was one ...

Russia insists nuclear weapons could be used to defend occupied Ukraine territories

‘I don’t want to go to war’: Russians continue exodus after Putin’s call-up orders to join Ukraine war

South Korea says North Korea test-fired missile toward sea

US steps up diplomatic efforts with China on Taiwan, Russia

US in ‘deep talks’ with India about reducing reliance on Russian arms and oil

At least 35 dead in hijab protests in Iran, state media reports

‘Russians go home’: no welcome for men fleeing conscription

Russians strike Ukraine as Kremlin-staged votes continue

Berlusconi, on eve of Italian election, says Putin was ‘pushed into war’ with Ukraine

After days focused on Ukraine, other concerns emerge at UN