Russia's foreign minister on Sunday accused the United States of driving increased militarisation in Southeast Asia, saying that Washington was trying to contain Beijing and Moscow's influence in the region.

Sergei Lavrov was speaking to reporters at Phnom Penh's airport after attending the East Asia Summit in Cambodia – and before flying to Bali f

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United Nations chiefs held talks with Russian officials Friday on the Black Sea agreements on exporting grain and fertilisers, eight days before one of the deals is set to expire.

The discussions took place behind closed doors at the UN Palais des Nations headquarters in Geneva and wrapped up mid-afternoon. 

"The discussions updated on progress made

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Russian troops withdrew from the right bank of the Dnipro River on Friday in a major military defeat for the Kremlin that led to scenes of jubilation in the port city of Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional capital Russia succeeded in occupying in almost nine months of bitter fighting.  

Unlike recent Russian retreats in eastern Ukraine, the pull

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Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Moscow-installed administration in the occupied Kherson region of Ukraine, was buried in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on Friday, state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported.

Stremousov, 45, died in an apparent car accident near the town of Henichesk on Wednesday, according to local officials.  

The funeral

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The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Friday that his organization had started training civilians in Russian regions bordering Ukraine to form a militia and build fortifications.

“Wagner is helping and will keep helping the population in border areas to learn how to build engineering structures, to train and to o

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In Photos: Life in Kyiv Goes on in Darkness Amid Sweeping Blackouts
In Photos: Life in Kyiv Goes on in Darkness Amid Sweeping Blackouts
In Photos: Life in Kyiv Goes on in Darkness Amid Sweeping Blackouts
In Photos: Life in Kyiv Goes on in Darkness Amid Sweeping Blackouts
In Photos: Life in Kyiv Goes on in Darkness Amid Sweeping Blackouts
The Ukrainian capital Kyiv and its outskirts are facing sweeping heating and electricity cuts after weeks of Russian drone and missile strikes that targeted the city’s critical infrastructure.

With the city cut off from electricity for 12 hours a day, the once-bustling neighborhoods of the city center fades into darkness once the sun goes

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