Putin trying to find 'oxygen' with ceasefire order: Biden

United States President Joe Biden on Thursday said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is "trying to find some oxygen" with the ceasefire order in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine.......

Putin announces temporary ceasefire in Ukraine, here's why

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu to introduce a 36-hour ceasefire along the entire line of contact between the warring sides in Ukraine from......

The Battle For Bakhmut

Scenes from the bitter fighting in trenches in Bakhmut in Ukraine's Donetsk region during a bitter and cold winter have been compared to scenes from trench warfare during World War more than a......

Prayers And Candles For Ukraine...

IMAGE: A woman talks to a child as worshippers pray and light candles at the St Volodymyr's Cathedral, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty Images......

Pussy Riot criticise Sochi Winter Games in new video

Members of the all-women protest group Pussy Riot released a new music video on Thursday criticising Russia's staging of the Winter Olympics and its human rights record, in a rare show of dissent......

Russia scrambles to get hotels ready for Sochi Olympics

Large crates of equipment stand unopened outside the entrance to the plush new Swissotel above Sochi as it scrambles to be ready for the start of the Winter Olympics.A bricklayer in a woollen hat......

No discrimination against gays at Sochi Games: Lawmaker

There will be no discrimination against gay people during the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month, a Russian lawmaker said on Monday. Former Olympic ice-skating champion Svetlana Zhurova, 42, who......

Gay rights row: U.N. tells Russia to stop discrimination

The U.N. General Assembly called on Wednesday for an international truce during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and urged Moscow "to promote social inclusion without discrimination" amid outrage......

Gay people welcome at Sochi Winter Olympics, says Russia's Putin

President Vladimir Putin, seeking to defuse criticism over his treatment of Russia's gay community, said all people will be welcome in the Black Sea resort of Sochi for the 2014 Winter......