MOSCOW, Aug 13: President Vladimir Putin visited Thursday Russia's far-eastern Kuril islands for the first time, prompting a "strong" protest by Japan which also claims the territory.
Kathmandu. Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the disputed Kuril Islands, which Japan claims as its territory, for the first time. This visit by Putin signals a potential further chill in...
By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Aug. 9: Writer Ram Bindu Shrestha has published a book on Nepal-Russia relations. The book titled ‘Nepal-Russia: Sambandhaka Pataharu' (Facets of Nepal-Russia Relati...
Intensified strikes follow days of warnings from Kyiv and Moscow as fighting escalates across major cities and energy infrastructure. Russian drones and missiles pounded Ukrainian cities such as K...
MOSCOW, Aug 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to seize ships belonging to European countries in retaliation for plans to sell off cargo seized from Russian "shadow fleet"...
Kyiv. Ukraine has launched a massive drone and missile attack on Russia's main port on the Black Sea, Novorossiysk. It is reported that two major Russian grain export terminals were damaged in the ...
Xi and Putin, who have met more than 40 times, both stressed the closeness of the Russia-China ties that they sealed in 2022 with the signing of a strategic partnership treaty. China and Russia co...
MOSCOW, Aug 12: Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia's south killed two people, including an eight-year-old child, the regional governor said on Wednesday after the latest exchange of air attacks betw...
Kathmandu. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will take retaliatory action if Western countries seize Russian commercial ships. Speaking on Wednesday during the final phase of...
KYIV, Aug 10: A Russian artillery strike on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region killed five people, regional prosecutor's office said on Monday.
Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine has sent new proposals to the United States with the aim of ending the ongoing war with Russia. Addressing via video on Tuesday ni...
MOSCOW, Aug 10: A Ukrainian drone strike on the central Russian region of Tatarstan killed at least 12 people in one of Kyiv's most deadly single attacks of the more than four year war.
Kathmandu. American citizen Robert Gilman was released from Russian custody on Tuesday. A non-profit organization advocating for two American officials and their families confirmed Gilman's release...
KYIV, Aug 10: Russian strikes killed two people and wounded dozens across Ukraine overnight Saturday and Sunday, while a Ukrainian drone attack killed three people in Russia's Belgorod region.
Following Russia's attack last week, Ukraine launched a fierce attack on Monday, once again intensifying the war between Russia and Ukraine. According to officials from the Tatarstan region, 13 pe...
BELGRADE, Aug 8: President Volodymyr Zelensky was making his first official visit to Serbia -- a rare European country still closely aligned with Moscow -- on Saturday as Ukraine seeks to bolster i...
Syria. Syrian government sources confirmed on Sunday that Syria has agreed on the future of two Russian bases in Russia, which Moscow used to provide military assistance to ousted leader Bashar al-...
KYIV, Aug 8: Russian strikes killed three people including a child in a district northeast of Ukraine's capital, a regional military official said on Saturday, as Kyiv warned of incoming ballistic ...
Kathmandu. Russian authorities said 5 people were killed in a drone attack by Ukraine in the Russian city of Belgorod overnight. In Sunday's attack, initially 3 people were reported dead and 25 inj...
MOSCOW, Aug 7: Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and...
Kathmandu. At least 3 people have died and dozens have been injured in the latest Russian army attack in various areas of Ukraine. In northeastern Kharkiv, 2 people died and at least 21 were injure...
KYIV, Aug 5: Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more in Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight, authorities said Wednesday, the latest in a wave of de...
Kyiv. Three people, including a child, were killed due to Russian attacks in the northeastern district of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, regional military officials informed on Saturday, while Kyiv has wa...
MOSCOW, Aug 4: A drone strike on an industrial zone outside the Russian capital killed five people and wounded six others, the region's governor said as Moscow and Kyiv traded attacks.
Kyiv. Russia's extensive attacks with ballistic missiles and drones on Kyiv and surrounding areas after midnight on Wednesday have resulted in at least 17 deaths. More than 45 people have been inju...
MOSCOW, Aug 3: Ukrainian strikes on a Russian resort village and Moscow-annexed Crimea -- two summer destinations popular among Russian tourists -- killed six people, local officials said Monday.
Kyiv. Ukraine's military intelligence agency claims that North Korea's missile unit has begun deploying in western Russia. Ukrainian officials stated that the unit could be used in the war against ...
MOSCOW, Aug 3: A new Ukrainian overnight strike targeted a warehouse belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries in the Vladimir region, about 180 kilometres (112 miles) east of Moscow, t...
Kyiv. Russia attacked Ukraine's capital Kyiv and surrounding areas with ballistic missiles and drones on Wednesday morning. Local authorities have stated that at least 14 people have died and 22 ha...
MOSCOW, Aug. 2: At least three people were killed and 21 others injured after a homemade explosive device detonated outside an Italian restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, Russian stat...
Moscow. The war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified. In the last 24 hours, both countries have attacked each other with drones and missiles, resulting in at least 27 deaths and dozens injure...
MOSCOW, July 29: Russia announced on Wednesday that it was seeking the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov over accusations of "complicity in terrorism", alleging he had let the platform be used...
Kathmandu. Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin, who was recently arrested outside Moscow, announced on Monday that he has left the country. He made this announcement in a video posted from...
MOSCOW, July 23: Ukrainian strikes killed three people, including a child, and wounded eight in Russia and in Moscow-annexed Crimea on Thursday, local authorities said.
Kathmandu. At least 7 people, including 3 children, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on a busy beach in southwestern Russia, Russian officials said. It is not yet clear whether the drone wa...
BRUSSELS, July 23: European Union countries on Thursday agreed a new watered-down round of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war after weeks of haggling, freezing the level of an oil price cap.
Kathmandu. Russia's leading online retail company Wildberries has stated that a fire broke out in one of its warehouses in the Vladimir region following a drone attack by Ukraine. According to the...
MOSCOW, July 22: Ukrainian drones hit warehouses for Russia's biggest online retailer on Wednesday, authorities said, wounding eight people in the latest strikes since deadly weekend attacks on the...
Kathmandu. Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other major members of OPEC Plus agreed in an online meeting on Sunday to increase petroleum (fuel) production to 188,000 barrels per day from September ami...
GENEVA, July 22: Civilian casualties in the war raging between Russia and Ukraine rose 37 percent in the first half of this year, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Kyiv. Ukraine has claimed drone attacks on three Russian oil refineries and one sanctioned cargo ship. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian drones successfully attacked three...
MOSCOW, July 19: Japan has contributed to the killing of Russian civilians through its cooperation with Ukrainian drone developers, further worsening bilateral relations, Russian Deputy Foreign Min...
Moscow. The Russian cargo ship Mikhail Britnev, which is under US sanctions, has delivered a large quantity of military vehicles to Mali. On July 25, Mali's state television broadcast footage of a ...
MOSCOW, July 18: A Ukrainian drone attack on a logistics centre in western Russia killed seven people and wounded 24, the regional governor said Saturday, as the Moscow region was again targeted by...
Moscow. At least three people were killed and 21 others injured in a suicide bombing at an Italian restaurant in the central part of Moscow, the capital of Russia. Russian security officials said ...
WASHINGTON DC, July 17: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) alleged that Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and non-state actors possess the capability to compromise America's election...
Kyiv. Russia's intense attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday morning has killed at least three people and injured dozens. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Kl...
KYIV, July 16: Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed five people on both sides of the war border, officials said Thursday.
Kyiv. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Russia used ballistic missiles obtained from North Korea in its latest air attack. According to him, the missile struck a house in the...
KYIV, July 16: Russian strikes on Kyiv killed two people and wounded at least five others, including a child, Ukrainian emergency services said on Thursday, after explosions rocked the capital shor...
Kyiv. Hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing for a 'major attack', Russia has launched missile strikes on various cities in Ukraine, including the capit...
PARIS, July 13: Allies of Ukraine will gather in Paris on Monday with the war-torn country's leader Volodymyr Zelensky to reaffirm support for Kyiv and step up pressure on Russia, according to the ...
Moscow. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has filed a case against Telegram founder Pavel Durov on charges of aiding 'terrorist activities'. The FSB informed on Wednesday that Durov has been...
MOSCOW, July 13: Drone attacks killed three people and wounded five in the Moscow region, the governor said on Monday, as Ukraine intensifies its strikes in response to Russia's barrages.
Georgia. It has been confirmed that five mountaineers from Bosnia and Herzegovina died in a severe avalanche on Russia's Mount Elbrus. Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Sunday that the bo...
KYIV, July 11: Ukraine said Russian missile strikes on Kyiv wounded six people on Saturday, as Moscow escalates attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
Kyiv. July has become the deadliest month for Ukraine since April 2022 during the Russia-Ukraine war. According to Ukrainian government data, at least 377 civilians were killed and 2,129 injured in...
MOSCOW, July 10: Russia said on Friday it destroyed 376 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight and that fires broke out at several oil facilities.
Kyiv. More than four years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine from Belarusian territory, Ukraine continues to strengthen its northern border with Russia's close ally. The once busy borde...
KYIV, July 8: Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed at least seven people as Kyiv's army said it had hit several Russian tankers, in fresh attacks just hours ahead of a meeting between US Pre...
Kyiv. At least 15 people have died and around 100 have been injured in a ballistic missile attack by Russia targeting a drone technology exhibition held near the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. Accordin...
MOSCOW, July 7: Ukraine launched more than 400 drones toward Russia's capital Moscow, the city's mayor said on Tuesday, ahead of a crucial NATO summit in Turkey in which the war will likely dominat...
Washington D.C. The United States and its allies have issued a new warning about Russian cyber espionage activities. They stated in the warning that Russian hackers have targeted the email systems ...
BEIJING, July 5: Chinese and Russian navies will hold the "Joint Sea-2026" naval exercise this month in waters and airspace near the Chinese port city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, ...
Moscow. Ukraine has launched drone attacks on two more warehouses of Russia's largest online retail company, Wildberries, injuring at least 15 people, according to the company's founder and local a...
KYIV, July 3: Ukraine said on Friday that the death toll from a massive barrage on its capital had risen to at least 30 people, as both Kyiv and Moscow vowed fresh assaults.
Kyiv. Vasil Krupich knows well what it means to fight for Ukraine. He survived the Russian forces' attack by firing a machine gun in the horrific battlefield of the eastern Donbas region, sometimes...
KYIV, July 2: Russian missile and drone strikes rocked Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a "...
New Delhi. Akhil Joyan, 26, from Kerala, is among the four sailors killed in a Russian missile strike near Ukraine's Odesa port on Sunday. He was engaged three months ago and was preparing to get m...
MOSCOW, June 30: Russia shot down 419 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight, the defence ministry said Tuesday.
Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with North Korean Foreign Minister Cho Son Hui. According to Russian state media, Putin thanked Pyongyang for its support in the war against Ukraine...
MOSCOW, June 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that the country was suffering from "a certain shortage" of fuel in an interview published by the Kremlin Sunday, after repeated Ukrai...
Kyiv. At least eight people have died and dozens have been injured in a series of ballistic missile and drone attacks by Russia in Ukraine. Four people died in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, an...
SEOUL, June 27: South Korea said it had sent up fighter jets as a precaution after more than 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered its air defence zone on Saturday.
Kathmandu. Accusing Japan of aiding in the killing of Russian citizens through cooperation with Ukrainian drone developers, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko on Saturday condemned Japa...
MOSCOW, June 25: Nuclear weapons are the "only" bulwark preventing the world from slipping into a global war, the Kremlin said Wednesday amid fears of a fresh multi-country arms race. The last nu...
Kyiv. One person has died and eight have been injured in a Russian missile attack with ballistic missiles in Kyiv overnight. According to local authorities, the attack, which began around 1:30 AM ...
MOSCOW, Jun 20: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed Russia's ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as he hosted a summit intended to strengthen economic and political ties wi...
Moscow. North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Son Hui visited Moscow on Saturday. The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that Choi is scheduled to hold talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavro...
MOSCOW, June 18: Ukraine on Thursday launched its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires in and around the capital and forcing evacuations at the country's largest airport, officia...
Moscow. Regional Governor Yevgeny Perivyshov said on Saturday that 7 people were killed and 24 injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in western Russia.
KATHMANDU, June 17: Russia has expressed readiness to assist in reviving Nepal’s long-shuttered state-owned industries, saying it is prepared to extend support once the Government of Nepal submits ...
Kathmandu. Ukraine has claimed to have shot down five ballistic missiles fired during Russian airstrikes overnight. According to the Ukrainian Air Force on Tuesday, some missiles and drones did hit...
MOSCOW, June 17: Over 1,100 foreign citizens received Russian visas in 2025 for their declared commitment to "traditional values", state media reported Wednesday, a track opened as Moscow hardens i...
Kathmandu. Following revelations by international media that Russia is using Japan as a center for espionage activities and the purchase of war-related technology, Japan has stated the need to take...
EVIAN, June 16: The UK is imposing a raft of new sanctions against Russia, including on tankers that transport LNG, in a bid to pressure Moscow into halting the war against Ukraine, Prime Minister ...
Kyiv. At least eight people have died and dozens have been injured in Russia's missile and drone attacks on Ukraine. Amidst the continuously increasing Russian attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymy...
KYIV, Jun 16: A large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine killed five rescuers in Kharkiv and wounded at least 20 people in the capital Kyiv on Monday as strikes set apartment buildings ablaze and spa...
Kyiv. Ukraine has further intensified its efforts to weaken Russia's fuel supply system by intensifying attacks on sea routes near Crimea, occupied by Russia. According to Ukraine's drone force com...
LONDON, June 14: British forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet in the English Channel, the defence ministry said.
Kyiv. Russia has launched a major missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv for the third time in a week. Two districts of the city caught fire after the attack on Wednesday morning. Ukrainian offi...
MOSCOW, June 13: A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and wounded at least three others in southern Russia, a regional official said Saturday, with nearly 100 people fighting to extinguish a ...
Moscow. Russia, which sells oil to many countries around the world, is currently struggling with an energy crisis itself. According to news agency AP, long queues are continuously increasing at Ru...
KYIV, Jun 11: A series of long-range Ukrainian attacks hit targets deep inside Russia on Wednesday, part of Kyiv's efforts to raise the costs of the war for the Kremlin by striking energy facilitie...
Kyiv. At least 30 people have died due to the Russian attack in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while inspecting an apartment partially destroyed by the Russia...
MOSCOW, June 6: Russian forces intercepted 25 drones near Saint Petersburg, where Moscow is hosting its flagship economic forum, the regional governor said on Saturday.
Kyiv. Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early Thursday morning on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured in this attack, considered the d...
RUSSIA, June 5: Russian strikes killed three people in several regions of Ukraine, regional authorities said on Friday.
Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that Russia will not back down from its military goal of fully occupying four Ukrainian regions. He rejected Ukraine's new proposal, prese...
KYIV, June 5: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the more than four-year-long conflict.
Moscow. Russian hardliners are outraged by Ukraine's continuous drone attacks inside Russia and the US's failure to end the war on favorable terms. They are pressuring President Vladimir Putin to a...
SAINT PETERSBURG, June 4: Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday as officials gathered for a flagship economic forum in the city, Russian and Ukrainian auth...
Kathmandu. Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav participated in a reception hosted here on Wednesday evening on the occasion of Russia's National Day. On that occasion, Russian Ambassador to Nepal...
KYIV, June 3: Russia pummelled Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early Tuesday, killing at least 21 people, days after threatening a large-scale attack and warning foreign citi...
Moscow. Ukraine on Thursday morning again launched a drone attack on a major oil refinery in Russia's capital, Moscow. This is the second attack on the center in the past week. According to Moscow...
KYIV, June 2: Russia pummelled Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, after having threatened a large-scale attack and warning foreign cit...
Dallas. Before the semi-final clash between Croatia and England in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, it was repeatedly raised that Zlatko Dalić's aging team had played extra time in their previous two ...
MOSCOW, May 26: Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, and his US counterpart, Marco Rubio, discussed a host of international issues during a phone call Monday, including the Russian-Ukrainian wa...
London. British security forces have seized a pseudo-named oil tanker suspected of violating sanctions, carrying Russian oil. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called this a significant blow to Russian P...
BEIJING, May 20: President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia's "unyielding" ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump's v...
Kyiv. At least 9 people have died in Russia's latest air strike on Ukraine. It is reported that many others were injured in the attack. Ukrainian officials said that a historic religious heritage s...
Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that recent intensified attacks by Ukraine are damaging the Russian economy and society. 'Ukraine is increasingly targeting Russia's oil re...
Kyiv. Three civilians have died in attacks in the Russian and Ukrainian border areas, officials said on Friday. Kyiv said two civilians died in the border area of Bryansk when Russia struck the set...
Delhi. Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has given a strong response to European countries criticizing India's Russia policy. Minister Jaishankar criticized Europe's double standards in questio...
Kyiv. Ukraine has carried out long-range attacks deep into Russia targeting its military and energy infrastructure on Wednesday. Ukrainian leadership has described these actions as a strategic effo...
Kathmandu. China has issued a stern warning to the European Union (EU), which is preparing new sanctions targeting Chinese companies for allegedly aiding Russia in the Ukraine war. Beijing has stat...
Kathmandu. There have been renewed deadly air strikes between Ukraine and Russia. This has further complicated diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire. Both sides attacked each other hours after Ukrain...
Washington DC. The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to provide billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine and impose strict economic sanctions on Russia. This bill was passed amids...
Kyiv. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has written an open letter to Russia's President Vladimir Putin proposing a direct meeting to end the war. In the letter addressed to Putin, Zelensky st...
Kathmandu. Russia has significantly increased the volume of air attacks on Ukraine in recent months while struggling to achieve notable success on the Ukrainian battlefield. Russia is now launchin...
Kyiv. Russia launched widespread missile and drone attacks across various Ukrainian cities overnight Tuesday, resulting in at least nine deaths and dozens of injuries. According to Ukrainian offic...
Kathmandu. Southeast Asian nations, which have been cautious about their relationship with Russia after the Ukraine war, are now preparing for direct high-level dialogue with President Vladimir Put...
Moscow. A 50-year-old man in Russia has a 12-centimeter long piece of branch fragment found in his eye socket. The name of the victim is Yuri. He is a resident of Rilsk city. In 2024, he was trimmi...
Moscow. Russia has announced plans to launch further attacks in Kyiv and has called on foreign nationals and diplomats to leave the city on Monday. Russia launched several drone and missile attack...
A week after Trump's second visit to Beijing, Putin also visited a Chinese city. Here's what this visit tells us about Russia-China relations and how it differs from Trump's visit. Within a week o...
Moscow. To stop the continuous drone attacks in Russia's Perm city, the local church has adopted a unique method. As Ukrainian drones are rapidly developing and posing a stiff challenge to Russia'...
Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Russia used a powerful hypersonic 'Oresnik' ballistic missile during a mass attack in the Kyiv region. This is said to be the third ti...
Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the relationship between China and Russia has reached an unprecedentedly high level. During the meeting in Beijing, Putin said that the relat...
Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently on a visit to China's capital, Beijing. In the expanded talks held in Beijing between Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the two co...
Moscow. The Kremlin announced on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day visit to China is scheduled for May 19-20. During the visit, Russian President Putin will meet with his Ch...
Moscow. The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes to directly discuss US President Donald Trump's recent visit to China with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Kremlin spokesm...
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