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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

KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex occupied areas of Ukraine and said he would use...

30 Sept 2022 7:09 PM IST

A view of the Kremlins Spasskaya tower in central Moscow on September 28, 2022. - The pro-Moscow leaders of Ukraines Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions called on President Vladimir Putin to formally annex the territories into Russia, claiming residents had backed the move in a referendum. (Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

Russia prepares to annex occupied Ukraine despite outcry

Western countries dismissed the ballots as a meaningless pretense staged by Moscow in an attempt to legitimise its...

28 Sept 2022 3:35 PM IST

General Assembly President Csaba Korosi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

UN meeting produces sense that a -'new epoch-' is arriving

There were near-unanimous calls for an end to the 7-month Ukraine war, with rich and poor countries decrying the fallout...

27 Sept 2022 10:47 AM IST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2022. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)

Russia backs India, Brazil for permanent membership in UN Security...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the UN and Security Council have to be aligned to contemporary...

25 Sept 2022 11:11 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from video addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

World opinion shifts against Russia as Ukraine worries grow

That shift against Russia accelerated after Putin on Wednesday announced the mobilization of some additional 300,000...

24 Sept 2022 9:42 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag raising ceremony on the ferry Marshal Rokossovsky via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 4, 2022. (Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation for Ukraine, threatens...

Putin accused the West in engaging in -'nuclear blackmail-'

21 Sept 2022 1:11 PM IST

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Indian mission condemns violence, temple attack in UK

LONDON: India on Monday strongly condemned violence against the Indian community and vandalisation of Hindu premises in...

19 Sept 2022 6:23 PM IST

A Bearer Party of The Queens Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards carries the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard, into Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, 2022, ahead of the State Funeral Service. - Leaders from around the world will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The countrys longest-serving monarch, who died aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, will be honoured with a state funeral on Monday morning at Westminster Abbey. (Photo: AFP)

Britain and the world say farewell to Queen Elizabeth II

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, after a state funeral attended by leaders from around the...

19 Sept 2022 4:25 PM IST

his photo issued by Buckingham Palace on Sunday Sept. 18, 2022, shows Britains Queen Elizabeth II photographed at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, in May 2022. (Ranald Mackechnie/Buckingham Palace via AP)

Queen Elizabeth-'s funeral service to take place at Westminster Abbey...

According to a statement by the UK royal family, the state funeral of the Queen will take place on Monday at 1100 hrs...

19 Sept 2022 10:04 AM 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

Britains King Charles II meets members of the public in the queue along the South Bank, near to Lambeth Bridge, London, Saturday Sept. 17, 2022 as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral on Monday. (Photo: AP)

King Charles, Prince William meet mammoth queue for queen-'s coffin

LONDON: King Charles III and his oldest son Prince William were on Saturday greeted by cheers as they shook hands with...

17 Sept 2022 6:34 PM IST

Members of the public walk past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, inside Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, in London on early September 17, 2022, where it Lies in State on a Catafalque (James Manning / POOL / AFP)

Global leaders head to UK for queen-'s funeral as public pays tribute

Leaders from countries at loggerheads with the UK such as Russia, Belarus and Afghanistan have not been invited for the...

17 Sept 2022 11:08 AM IST