Soviet planes modified for US missiles destroyed in Ukraine – Russia
Russian fighter jets have shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 warplanes modified to fire US-made anti-radar weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. | Read more|
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Pound slumps to all time low against dollar
The pound has fallen to a record low against the dollar as markets react to the UK's biggest tax cuts in 50 years. | Read more|
Putin not bluffing about nuclear weapons, EU says
The EU must take Vladimir Putin's threats he could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine seriously, the bloc's foreign policy chief has said. | Read more|
German nuclear plant suffers leak
A reactor leak has been detected at the Isar 2 nuclear power plant in the southern German state of Bavaria, the environment ministry said on Monday, citing the plant’s operator. | Read more|
US to release more crude from reserves
The US Department of Energy has announced plans to sell up to 10 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for delivery in November, according to a press statement released on Monday. | Read more|
US tanks ‘absolutely on the table’ for Ukraine – Pentagon
The United States may provide “NATO compatible” tanks to the Ukrainian military to replace aging Soviet-era gear, a senior Pentagon official said, as Kiev continues to urge for a steady stream of Western arms amid fierce fighting with Russian troops. | Read more|
Putin-Xi talks: Russian leader reveals China's 'concern' over Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has acknowledged China's "concern" over Ukraine, in his first face-to-face talks with President Xi Jinping since the Russian invasion. | Read more|
Sanctions On Russia To Stay, Says European Union Chief
EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said the successive waves of EU sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine were here to stay and that Europeans must keep their resolve against Moscow. | Read more|
Blackouts in Ukraine blammed on Russian attacks
Russia aims to "deprive people of light and heat" by causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine in revenge for a Ukrainian counter-offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. | Read more|
UN team issues report on shelled nuclear site
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for an end to all military activity around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and insisted that shelling in the area must stop. | Read more|
Putin says West's sanctions fever wrecks European lives
Vladimir Putin has condemned Western sanctions imposed because of Russia's war in Ukraine as a fever that poses a threat to the entire world. | Read more|
Germany announces €65bn package to curb soaring energy costs
Germany has announced a €65bn (£56.2bn) package of measures to ease the threat of rising energy costs, as Europe struggles with scarce supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | Read more|
We are not stopping despite risks - nuclear inspectors
Just before leaving for the Zaporizhzhia plant, the chief UN nuclear inspector told journalists he was aware of the "increased military activity" in the area but they were pressing ahead with the visit anyway. | Read more|
US government issues statement on biolabs abroad
Biological laboratories in Ukraine and other foreign countries were never used to develop weapons, the US government claimed on Monday, in a joint statement with other participants in the program. | Read more|
Ukraine war: UN team leaves for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
An inspection team from the UN nuclear watchdog is on its way to Ukraine's embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the organisation's head said. | Read more|