Category: World

The leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced on Monday that he has appointed his 20-year-old son, Akhmat Kadyrov, as the acting deputy prime minister of the republic. Akhmat Kadyrov will continue in his role as the minister of physical culture and sports, a position he took on in 2024 when he was just 18 years […]

In May 2025, President Vladimir Putin expressed a “warm” welcome to Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, at the Kremlin, wishing him “all the very best” as they formalized a strategic partnership agreement. However, following the U.S. government’s seizure of Maduro and its declaration of oversight over Venezuela—Russia’s ally in South America—Putin has remained notably silent. […]

A Russian naval vessel arrived at South Africa’s main naval base on Friday to participate in military exercises alongside Chinese and Iranian ships, potentially straining Pretoria’s relations with Washington further. These joint exercises involve several countries at odds with the U.S. government and come amid rising tensions following a recent U.S. operation in Venezuela. Earlier […]

On Friday, Russia reported that the United States had opted to free two Russian crew members from a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was confiscated earlier in the week. American officials asserted that the tanker was involved in a covert fleet transporting oil for countries like Venezuela, Russia, and Iran, breaching U.S. sanctions. It was seized […]

The missile strike in Ukraine utilizing Russia’s Oreshnik, near the EU border, is aimed at intimidating Kyiv’s Western allies and reflects Vladimir Putin’s dissatisfaction with recent foreign policy defeats, including those in Venezuela, analysts stated on Friday. Shortly after European and U.S. negotiators presented a peacekeeping proposal for post-war Ukraine, Russia targeted an infrastructure facility […]

On Friday, Ukraine reported that Russia had struck two cargo ships off its southern coast in the Black Sea, resulting in the death of a Syrian crew member aboard one of the ships. According to Restoration Minister Oleksiy Kuleba, one of the vessels was headed to the southern port of Chornomorsk to load grain, while […]

Russian assaults rendered heating unavailable to nearly half of Ukraine’s capital on Friday, leading the mayor to make an urgent appeal for residents to temporarily evacuate due to the dropping temperatures, which reached minus 8 degrees Celsius and were expected to further decline. In a significant barrage comprising missiles and drones, four individuals lost their […]

Russian law enforcement disrupted a punk music festival at a nightclub in Moscow on Tuesday evening, halting attendees and inspecting their phones for subscriptions to anti-war and opposition-oriented Telegram channels, according to reports from exiled media outlets. Officers from the National Guard and OMON riot police arrived at the MO[TRI] club in northeast Moscow just […]

On Saturday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry demanded the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse from U.S. custody, following President Donald Trump’s announcement that they had been apprehended during military operations in Caracas. “We strongly urge U.S. leadership to rethink its stance and free the duly elected president of a sovereign nation along with […]

U.S. officials announced on Wednesday that they had captured a large tanker flying the Russian flag, which was associated with Venezuelan oil that is under sanctions, in the North Atlantic. This action could potentially escalate tensions between the two nations. The vessel, previously referred to as Bella 1 and now known as Marinera, had eluded […]