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AFP/APP Moscow: Messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp experienced a significant outage in Russia on Wednesday, according to the country's media regulator, Roskomnadzor. The regulator attributed the disruption to a cyberattack.…

AFP/APP Moscow: Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday after a fire broke out at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, under the control of Russian forces. Ukraine, Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency…

AFP/APP Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un over devastating floods that caused untold casualties and damaged thousands of homes, the Kremlin said on Saturday. The…

AFP/APP Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Sunday to resume the production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons if the United States confirms plans to deploy missiles to Germany or other European locations. "If…

AFP/APP Paris: As preparations for the Paris Olympics reach a critical stage, security teams have intensified their checks along the Seine River, where the opening ceremony will be held. Up to 7,000 athletes will sail on barges and…

AFP/APP Dublin: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday downplayed US President Joe Biden's gaffe, in which he mistakenly introduced Zelensky as Russian foe Vladimir Putin.  "It's a mistake," Zelensky said at Shannon…

AFP/APP Detroit: A fired-up Joe Biden, determined to stay in the US presidential race, attempted to shift focus onto rival Donald Trump as he resumed his crisis-hit reelection bid in Michigan on Friday. Addressing an energetic rally…

AFP/APP Sydney:Australian police have charged a married Russian-born couple of spying for Moscow, top officials said Friday, accusing them of accessing national security-related material from the military. The 40-year-old woman Kira…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Joe Biden was "in charge" and on top of matters at a NATO summit with fellow leaders in Washington, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. "I was able to talk with President Biden at length…

AFP/APP Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia launched dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine on Monday in an attack that killed at least 20 people and smashed into a children's hospital in Kyiv, officials said. The rare day-time Russian barrage…