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Indias permanent representative to UN Ruchira Kamboj (ANI)

India abstains from UN vote that condemns Russia's annexation of...

The UN security council voted on the resolutions condemning referendums in Ukraine at UNSC on Friday which were tabled...

1 Oct 2022 10:39 AM IST

The Moscow-appointed heads of Kherson region Vladimir Saldo and Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin and Lugansk separatist leader Leonid Pasechnik react after signing treaties formally annexing four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy, at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 30, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Putin signs treaties annexing Ukrainian regions

The ceremony came 3 days after completion of Kremlin-orchestrated referendums on joining Russia that were dismissed by...

30 Sept 2022 7:14 PM IST

A policeman guards at the edge of Red Square in central Moscow on September 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of the new territories into Russia. (Photo: AFP)

Kremlin announces Ukraine annexation ceremony for Friday

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the annexation would be formalised at a ceremony in the Kremlin

29 Sept 2022 5:49 PM IST

Russia prepares to annex occupied Ukraine despite outcry

Pro-Moscow administrations of four occupied regions of southern and eastern Ukraine said that their residents voted to...

28 Sept 2022 3:39 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Putin announces partial mobilisation of reservists

President Vladimir Putin says the measure is necessary as his country is fighting the "entire Western military machine"

21 Sept 2022 4:45 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Military and diplomatic pressures mount on Russian President Putin

Putin vowed to press attack on Ukraine despite the military setbacks but also faced concerns by India and China over the...

18 Sept 2022 11:40 AM IST

Pope Francis arrives to address journalists aboard the plane flying from Nur-Sultan to Rome following his three-day visit to Kazakhstan on September 15, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis will not attend queen's funeral: Vatican

Pope Francis' de-facto foreign minister will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week

16 Sept 2022 4:54 PM IST

Story Type Required Source Required Byline Optional No Photo Title Required 85 Characters Remaining URL(Alias) Required 27 Characters Remaining wave-of-lebanon-bank-heists-to-seize-back-frozen-savings Same as Title? Strap Required Maximum 150 Characters Sali Hafiz streamed a live video of her raid, in which she could be heard yelling at employees to release a sum of money while entrances to the bank were sealed. (Photo: Twitter)

Wave of Lebanon bank 'heists' to seize back frozen savings

Since the value of Lebanon's currency began plummeting and banks started imposing draconian restrictions on withdrawals.

16 Sept 2022 4:47 PM IST

Ukraine said on Friday it had counted 450 graves at just one burial site near Izyum, which was seized back by Ukrainian forces. (Photo: Twitter

UN wants to send team to probe mass grave in Ukraine's Izyum

Hundreds of graves topped with white crosses and marked with numbers are located in forests outside the recaptured city

16 Sept 2022 4:21 PM IST

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is taken away in the Royal Hearse from the Royal Air Force Northolt airbase, London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. The queens coffin is flown back to RAF Northolt, an air force base in London, and driven to Buckingham Palace. (Ben Stansall, Pool Photo via AP)

Queen Elizabeth's final flight is the most tracked in history

A total of 4.79 million people watched the flight live online, with a further quarter of million people watching it on...

14 Sept 2022 10:38 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, the Queens Norfolk residence on February 5, 2022. (File photo: AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

Buckingham Palace announced her death in a short statement, triggering 10 days of national mourning

9 Sept 2022 12:29 AM IST

New Conservative Party leader and Britains Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London on September 5, 2022. - Truss is the UKs third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher. The 47-year-old has consistently enjoyed overwhelming support over 42-year-old Sunak in polling of the estimated 200,000 Tory members who were eligible to vote.

Liz Truss to be next UK PM after winning party vote

The foreign secretary beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399

5 Sept 2022 5:31 PM IST