Azerbaijan president criticises Russia for seeking to ‘hush up’ reasons for air crash
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Azerbaijan Airlines crash: Putin calls Kazakhstan’s president to express condolences, Kremlin says
Putin apologises to Azerbaijan’s Aliyev after Russian air defences apparently mistakenly shot down plane, killing 38
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As communism turned to right-wing authoritarianism, Moscow became an immense version of Dodge City or Tombstone
Slovakia could host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, says Putin
Slovak PM Robert Fico has been outspoken opponent of EU military support for Kyiv during conflict
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemns ‘inhumane’ Christmas Day attack by Russia
Ukrainian president accuses Putin of deliberately choosing Christmas for strike on energy system
‘It’s all braggadocio’: Donald Trump’s former security chief scathing over lack of coherent strategy
John Bolton describes Trump’s decision-making as driven by personal relationships and ‘neuron flashes’, rather than a deep understanding of national interests
Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells Ukraine’s diplomats to fight for Nato membership
Putin vows to bring more ‘destruction’ to Ukraine after devastating drone attack on central Russian city of Kazan
Ukraine: Key events that shaped 2024 and will influence the conflict in 2025
Ukraine is still standing after more than 1,000 days of full-scale fighting with Russia, in the biggest war in Europe since 1945
Western indifference to Israel’s thirst for war defines a grotesque year of hypocrisy
As China and Russia weigh up their options in anticipation of Donald Trump’s second presidency, horrified countries in the Global South see Gaza as an emblem of US and European double standards
Fatalities in Kursk and Kyiv as Ukraine and Russia trade missile strikes
At least one dead in Kyiv and six killed in Russia’s Kursk region
During this hard men era, Ireland would do well to remember Seán MacBride’s words
MacBride asked ‘if those vested with authority and power practice injustice, resort to torture and killing, is it not inevitable that those who are victims will react with similar methods?’
Vladimir Putin claims war in Ukraine has made Russia ‘much stronger’
Moscow ‘ready for negotiations and compromises’ to end the fighting, Russian president says during carefully controlled press conference
EU needs to be less ‘polite’ in resisting Russian attempts to sway elections
Worldview: Attacks include sabotage, assassinations, parcel bombs, cyber attacks, electoral interference, social media disinformation campaigns and the testing of military preparedness
Russia talks pointless without security guarantees and defence boost, Ukraine says
Kyiv open to possible deployment of western troops ahead of Nato membership
Putin bruised by Assad’s fall as pressure mounts for talks on Ukraine
Loss of Syrian vassal could cost Russia crucial military bases and influence in Middle East and beyond
Antony Blinken says Ukraine needs to get younger people into military to succeed in war against Russia
Western officials believe Kyiv urgently needs more manpower to reverse Russian battlefield gain
Nato focuses on military aid push as Ukraine seeks full membership of the alliance
Twenty more air defence systems needed to protect nation’s power grid, says Kyiv
Germany sends more military aid to Ukraine and criticises China’s support for Russia
Scholz’s trip comes weeks after he faced criticism from Volodymyr Zelenskiy for speaking to Vladimir Putin by phone
Romania’s top court orders recount of presidential votes
Constitutional court to decide on Friday whether to annul first round results following complaints poll subject to foreign interference
Moscow vows to respond again to Ukraine’s use of US missiles in strikes on Russia
Russia expels British diplomat and bars government officials amid rising tension with London
Old habits die hard as Angela Merkel keeps tight hold on information in memoir
Reluctance to elaborate on the personal and political was key to the chancellor’s political longevity. It is a trait she struggles to escape in her book Freedom
Pro-Putin candidate surges in Romanian presidential election vote
Nationalist Calin Georgescu’s unexpectedly strong showing was fuelled by a TikTok campaign aimed at young voters
Ukraine urges West to strengthen air defences and supply systems to combat new Russian missiles
Vladimir Putin signs law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine
Russia will keep testing new hypersonic missiles in combat, Putin says
Kyiv working with its western partners on systems to counter ‘new risks’ - Zelenskiy
If Russia is indeed planning an attack against a Nato state, distance and neutrality will provide no defence
The farther west in Europe you go, the easier it is to take the view that an aggressive Russia is somebody else’s problem. Those days could be coming to an end
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP
How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release
Kremlin warns West as Ukraine seeks global response to Russia’s use of powerful new missile
Moscow’s use of an experimental missile is ‘a clear and severe escalation’ in the war, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Putin threatens US and UK with new ballistic missile as Ukraine war escalates
Russian president suggests missile similar to that used against Ukrainian city of Dnipro could be used to hit Kyiv allies that gave permission to use weapons they supplied against targets in Russia
Angela Merkel saw Donald Trump as spellbound by autocratic leaders
In her new memoir the German former chancellor writes that Trump seemed to find Vladimir Putin ‘very fascinating’
US plans to reopen embassy in Kyiv after threat of Russian attack
Ukraine reportedly launches first strike on Russia with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles
Ukrainian embassy criticises Sinn Féin manifesto call for end to arms supply
Party said ‘all sides must cease the current unlimited supply of weapons’ into Ukraine, which was invaded in 2022 by Russia
EU spending ‘too long’ hesitating on support for Ukraine, says foreign affairs chief
Foreign ministers reject proposal for EU to suspend ‘political dialogue’ with Israel over war in Gaza
Ukraine: Russian missile and drone barrage kills seven and causes ‘severe damage’ to power grid
Kyiv fears US president-elect Donald Trump will press for quick and unfavourable peace deal with Moscow
Russian missiles target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Kyiv says air attack is a rebuke to western leaders who believe Kremlin is open to peace talks
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