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          Russia

          The latest news and business stories from the world's largest country and its ongoing war in Ukraine

          HMS Lancaster departing the Gulf in December 2025. Photo: UK Royal Navy

          British warships exit Gulf as Iran conflict looms for US

          MENAFebruary 26, 2026
          Russia has been accused of recruiting people from the Middle East and Africa to join the war against Ukraine. AFP

          Young Iraqis tricked into joining Russia's war in Ukraine

          MENAFebruary 26, 2026
          A US military convoy escorts buses transporting ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq. Reuters

          Russia and Turkey ready to take back ISIS prisoners from Iraq

          MENAFebruary 26, 2026
          Anna Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, attends an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on Ukraine. Photo: UN Photo

          UN General Assembly backs resolution for lasting peace in Ukraine but US abstains

          USFebruary 24, 2026
          A Ukrainian serviceman with a robotic combat vehicle armed with an Mk 19 grenade launcher. Robots now dominate the front line, Ukraine's former military chief has said. AFP

          Ukraine reduced to 'robotic kill zone', says general sacked by Zelenskyy

          EuropeFebruary 23, 2026
          A boy swims to cool off amid high temperatures near Nahr Bin Umar oil field, in Basra. Iraq's main producing fields are in the south of the country. Reuters

          US oil companies return to Iraq as Trump administration increases its footprint in the country

          EnergyFebruary 23, 2026
          Servicemen from the strike drone platoon patrol the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. EPA

          Three ways the Ukraine-Russia war could end ... but who will blink first?

          EuropeFebruary 20, 2026
          Russia Iran drills Gif

          Iran and Russia hold joint naval drills amid fears US is 'ready' to strike

          NewsFebruary 19, 2026
          Ukraine's lead negotiator Rustem Umerov (left) and Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky. AFP

          Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to 'drag out' peace talks

          EuropeFebruary 18, 2026
          Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill in the Arabian Gulf. EPA

          Iran announces naval drills with Russia, raising fears of accidental escalation

          GulfFebruary 18, 2026
          US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arriving for the Munich Security Conference in Germany. EPA

          Marco Rubio's Munich speech has presented Europeans with a dilemma

          CommentFebruary 17, 2026
          Protesters wave Ukrainian flags near the UN office in Geneva as peace talks between Russia and Ukraine take place. Reuters

          Russia and Ukraine meet for peace talks in Geneva with territorial concessions in play

          EuropeFebruary 17, 2026
          Russian fishermen fish on the ice-covered Gulf of Finland in front of the oil terminal in the port of Saint Petersburg. AFP

          Russian oil export revenue climbs to $11.1bn in January despite sanctions pressures

          EnergyFebruary 12, 2026
          WhatsApp says it is doing 'everything we can to keep users connected' in Russia. Reuters

          Russia blocks WhatsApp and pushes state-backed alternative

          TechnologyFebruary 12, 2026
          The final unit of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant was added to the grid in 2024. Photo: FANR

          UAE's nuclear regulator 'ready' for capacity expansion

          EnergyFebruary 11, 2026
          President Sheikh Mohamed and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mohamed Al Hammadi / Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi / AFP

          Putin thanks UAE as suspect in shooting of Russian general arrested

          EuropeFebruary 09, 2026
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