Without constitutional reform, Putin will not be able to run for a fifth time -- Russian law forbids serving more than two consecutive

Vladimir Putin swears in for another six years as Russian president, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends.

Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated today for his fourth Kremlin term under the shadow of hugely strained ties with the West and a

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party fared better than expected in local elections in England, results yesterday

Russia will stand by the Iran nuclear deal and develop closer ties with Iran if US President Donald Trump withdraws from the agreement on May 12, a senior Russian official said yesterday.

Voters in England went to the polls yesterday to choose local councillors in the first electoral test for Prime Minister Theresa May since she lost her parliamentary majority last year.

France's interior minister yesterday promised to boost security at protests after hooded youths ran amok at a May Day rally in Paris,

Russia's military spending fell sharply in 2017 for the first time since 1998 as a slew of Western economic sanctions hit government

Unicef has estimated that more than 100,000 people including approximately 55,000 children, mostly Rohingyas, are at risk due to floods and landslides in Cox's Bazar district which is one of the most flood prone areas of Bangladesh.

Australia yesterday pledged half a billion dollars to restore and protect the Great Barrier Reef in what it said would be a game-changer

Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd resisted calls to quit on Friday, apologising for not being aware of the use of deportation

The EU yesterday warned US tech giants to crack down on the spread of "fake news" by the end of the year or face regulation in the wake of a scandal involving the illegal harvesting of Facebook users' data.

Lawmakers debated yesterday whether Britain should stay in a customs union with the EU after Brexit, as supporters reported growing parliamentary opposition to the government's plans for future ties with the bloc.

Britain's Prince Harry has finally asked Prince William to be his best man at his wedding next month, Kensington Palace confirmed yesterday, reinforcing the brotherly bond between them.

French authorities have identified 416 people who gave money to the Islamic State (IS) group, France's top anti-terror prosecutor said yesterday, as

The UN yesterday hailed a significant increase in women listed as inventors in global patent filings over the past decade, but warned a pronounced gender gap remained.

The EU and UN yesterday began a two-day push to drum up fresh aid pledges for war-torn Syria and reinvigorate the faltering Geneva

Convicted criminal Radovan Karadzic yesterday accused Bosnian Muslims of "declaring war" on Serbs, insisting at his appeal before a

Vehicle attacks have been carried out to deadly effect by extremists in a number of capitals and major cities, including London, Paris, New York and Nice. In seven of such major attacks, at least 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the Europe and US.

A deaf and partially blind dog that kept a lost three-year-old girl safe in Australian bushland overnight was awarded police honours