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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will remain in his post until October 2024, the alliance announced Tuesday, extending his post by another year amid a failure to agree on a replacement given the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia was planning "provocations"…

Missile strike targeted a military funeral in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, local official says

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said Saturday that a contingent of his fighters who advanced towards Moscow in what he described as a rebellion against Russian military leaders would turn back to avoid bloodshed, de-escalating a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin's grip on power. In a deal brokered by…

The mercenaries’ chief said he had halted his troops to avoid ‘Russian bloodshed’, and he is not facing charges

Wagner leader vows to ‘stop evil’ of top brass for ‘destroying’ his forces

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday contradicted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s insistence that that there was a “lull” in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, saying in an audio message that “huge chunks” of Ukrainian territory have been regained by its army. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.…

EU members agree new sanctions against Russia; Russian president says warheads can soon be deployed for duty

Russia has reacted with fury to Australia's decision to ban it from a plum Canberra site where it had planned a new embassy.

Buyers of Starbucks operations say they paid £4.7m for assets, despite 2021 revenues ten times that figure