Russia Ukraine War
Demands immediate lifting of Lithuania’s “openly hostile” restrictions on rail transit of EU-sanctioned goods to Moscow’s exclave.
Updated 21 Jun, 2022 09:00am
China’s overall imports from Russia spiked 80pc in May from a year ago to $10.3bn, customs data show.
Updated 21 Jun, 2022 08:19am
Policymakers should convert challenges into an opportunity to achieve high-tech enabled middle-class economy and food security.
Updated 20 Jun, 2022 09:07am
"We must prepare for the fact that it could take years. We must not let up in supporting Ukraine," says Nato secretary general.
Published 19 Jun, 2022 01:29pm
Visit comes day after Russian strike killed two people, injured 20 in southern city of Mykolaiv.
Updated 19 Jun, 2022 09:41am
"Russia's conscious political choice is to 'weaponise'" grain exports as a tool for blackmail, says EU foreign policy chief.
Published 18 Jun, 2022 07:16pm
UK PM offers to launch a major training operation for Ukrainian forces.
Updated 18 Jun, 2022 12:17pm
On purchase of Russian oil, Ned Price says every country will have a different relationship with Moscow, India's is decades-long.
Updated 17 Jun, 2022 05:11pm
Zelensky promises Ukraine ready to put in the work to become a fully-fledged EU member.
Updated 17 Jun, 2022 08:13am
None of Pakistan’s international law obligations preclude the country from purchasing essentials from Russia.
Updated 17 Jun, 2022 08:38am
The agriculture sector has so far suffered losses of $4.292 billion because of the invasion.
Updated 16 Jun, 2022 08:45am
Says Russian troops have been cruel and ferocious in Ukraine, invasion violates a country's right to self-determination.
Updated 15 Jun, 2022 08:28am
“The Kremlin has used our dependency on Russian fossil fuels to blackmail us,” says European Commission chief.
Updated 15 Jun, 2022 09:05am
Says it will establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from chemical plant in Severodonetsk.
Updated 15 Jun, 2022 09:45am
The capture of Severodonetsk would open the road for Moscow to Slovyansk and another major city, Kramatorsk.
Updated 14 Jun, 2022 09:44am
FM Bilawal to leave for an official visit to Iran today.
Updated 14 Jun, 2022 09:45am
The fortunes of the chain could provide a test of how successfully Russia's economy can become more self-sufficient.
Published 12 Jun, 2022 06:16pm
“The world will face an acute and severe food crisis and famine, in many countries of Asia and Africa,” he says.
Published 11 Jun, 2022 05:00pm
Ukraine says Russia is imposing unreasonable conditions, Kremlin says free shipment depends on end to sanctions.
Updated 09 Jun, 2022 09:10am
Russia’s Rosneft is holding back on signing new crude oil deals with two Indian state refiners, say sources.
Updated 09 Jun, 2022 09:26am
Says the toxic combination of weak growth and rising prices could trigger widespread suffering in poor countries.
Updated 08 Jun, 2022 07:25am
Zelensky admits his forces ‘outnumbered’ in Severodonetsk by ‘stronger’ Russian side.
Updated 07 Jun, 2022 08:39am
Moscow says tanks sent by Eastern European countries destroyed; one person hospitalised but no immediate reports of deaths.
Updated 06 Jun, 2022 08:22am
The Russian leader has not specified exactly which targets could be hit nor the range of the missiles to which Moscow would react.
Published 05 Jun, 2022 04:52pm
Both sides have claimed to have inflicted huge casualties in the fighting for the small industrial city.
Updated 05 Jun, 2022 08:06am
Sanctions include cutting Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank from the global SWIFT messaging system.
Updated 04 Jun, 2022 10:54am
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has been ejected from the financial systems which oil the wheels of global trade.
Updated 04 Jun, 2022 10:44am
“Today, about 20 percent of our territory is under the control of the occupiers,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Updated 03 Jun, 2022 08:04am
Biden confirms more US weaponry is on the way to allow Ukraine to “more precisely strike key targets”.
Updated 02 Jun, 2022 09:14am
Regional governor says situation "extremely complicated"; Officials in Brussel tighten economic screws on Moscow.
Updated 01 Jun, 2022 07:56am