The criminalisation of journalism is increasing worldwide — notably in Russia, Afghanistan and Iran — and violent conflicts ...

It is emerging that some of the young women duped into working in the war factories have begun to escape, finding their way back to their countries in Africa, The Standard has learnt.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration’s ...

The Russian military has launched a recruitment drive seeking troops for drone units, reflecting the key role that unmanned systems have come to play both in the Ukraine war and in Russia’s plans for ...

The 2026 Australian Open tournament is being played on hard courts at Melbourne Park between January 18 and February 1 ...

“In Moscow, we would go to the banya every Thursday night to steam up, then sit down and have a meal afterwards,” Kizenko ...

An SDF delegation is in Damascus, reportedly to negotiate the entry of government security forces to Hasakeh and Qamishli, as Sharaa heads to Russia ...

The presence of troops has brought fear instead of security in parts of western Russia.

Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of ...

Russian forces in Ukraine killed 12 people and struck energy infrastructure and a passenger train overnight on Tuesday, ...

A total of 13 Russian athletes are now set to compete as neutral individuals at the Milan Cortina Olympics after IOC ...