Russia

Despite a barrage of Western sanctions and swathes of brands quitting Russia after the Kremlin launched its Ukraine offensive, Moscow's most well-off shoppers are still spoilt for choice when it comes to luxury Western goods.

The crew members of both the tanker and the cargo ship involved in the collision under still unclear circumstances in the sea area of the Kafireas Strait, south of Karystos, are reported to be in good health.

The best-preserved baby mammoth ever found has been unveiled by scientists in Russia.

It is a female that lived 50,000 years ago. Scientists named it Yana, after the river in which it was discovered in Siberia this summer.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reaffirmed Ankara's commitment to eliminating the threat posed by the YPG terrorist organization in Syrian territories, as the southern neighbor embarks on a new era following the fall of the Assad regime in early December.

Thousands of North Korean soldiers have been fighting alongside the Russian military in the Kursk region in recent weeks, according to Kiev and the West, in Moscow’s efforts to remove Ukrainians who have been settled in various places since August.

Qatar would stop shipping gas to the European Union if member states strictly enforce a new law on forced labor and environmental damage, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday.

Qatar is the world's third largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after the United States and Australia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in the Kremlin on Sunday, a rare visit by a European Union leader to Moscow as a contract allowing for Russian gas to transit through Ukraine nears expiry.

More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia's war with Ukraine, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Monday.

The new figure follows a report by Seoul's spy agency to MPs last week, which said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed since entering combat in December.

Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria’s former dictator Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce, expressing dissatisfaction with life in Moscow, where she has been residing since the regime’s fall earlier this month.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico greet each other during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin held surprise talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Kremlin on Sunday to discuss the future of Russian gas deliveries.