Agencies

Vienna: Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its forces have taken control of the territory around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said Wednesday.Grossi said in a statement...

Paris: Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron will win the second round of the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for April, despite tough rivalry from Marine Le Pen, head of the right-wing National Rally party, according to an opinion poll by...

California: Google has blocked mobile apps connected to Russia's RT broadcaster and Sputnik news agency from its Play Store across Europe, Reuters reported.The move comes after the US company blocked on Tuesday the YouTube channels linked to the...

Moscow: The Russian armed forces have disabled a total of 1,502 military targets of Ukraine during the entire period of the special operation, Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday."In total, 1,502 military infrastructure facilities of...

Moscow: Russia's armed forces have struck at the information warfare and psychological operations center of the Ukrainian forces and facilities of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) in Kyiv to stop information attacks against Russia, defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov...

Ottawa: Canada has referred Russia's military operation in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced."Canada has decided to refer the situation in Ukraine...

Moscow: The Russian state-owned corporation Roscosmos said that the Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket loaded with 36 UK's OneWeb satellites will be installed on the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 2."A meeting of the State Commission was held...

Washington: The United States' ban on Russian airlines and aircraft in US airspace will go into effect by the end of Wednesday, the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration said in a joint statement."The US Transportation Department...

Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank announced that they are working together to support Ukraine on the financing and policy fronts and are urgently increasing that support.IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank...

Moscow: Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gennady Gatilov has said that the time has come to withdraw nuclear weapons from Western and Eastern Europe."The time is right to remove nuclear weapons from Western and Eastern Europe...