Islamic State yesterday released new videos of the attack on the Crocus City concert hall outside Moscow that left 137 people dead, doubling down on its claim that it masterminded the attack even as Russia has sought to place the blame on Ukraine.

The Ukrainian military said it hit two large Russian landing ships in attacks on the annexed Crimean peninsula early yesterday, as well as a communications centre and other infrastructure used by the Russian navy in the Black Sea.

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt yesterday said that the UK had “very little confidence” in Russia’s statements on the Moscow concert hall attack, accusing it of trying to “defend” it’s assault on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday vowed to punish those behind a “barbaric terrorist attack” on a Moscow concert hall that killed 133, saying Russia had arrested four gunmen who were trying to flee to Ukraine.

Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, a virtuoso of Chopin and Beethoven who enjoyed a decades-long collaboration with La Scala, died yesterday age 82, the Milan opera house announced.

At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, in one of the worst such attacks on Russia in years

Global warming and heatwaves are expected to further increase food prices and overall inflation across the world in future, according to new research from scientists and the European Central Bank.

Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, said yesterday she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy after tests taken following her major abdominal surgery in January revealed the presence of cancer.

At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, in one of the worst such attacks on Russia in years.

Support for Britain’s ruling Conservatives has plunged to a level last seen during former leader Liz Truss’s brief premiership, according to a YouGov poll released yesterday.

Russia staged its largest missile attack in weeks on Kyiv and the surrounding region yesterday, injuring at least 17 people and damaging schools, residential buildings and industrial facilities, officials said.

Myanmar’s junta is already facing an “existential threat” but the world could help end its “nightmare” rule with coordinated sanctions, the UN special rapporteur on the country said yesterday.

In the Middle East, you can't escape Ramadan, so it's not unusual for non-Muslims to take part in the Muslim holy month there. It's a different story in Christian-majority countries, but that may now be changing

Russia said yesterday that its troops had made gains in eastern Ukraine, building on recent advances against Ukrainian forces in critical need of Western aid.

Vladimir Putin has won six more years in the Kremlin with a landslide victory in an election where he faced no serious competition. Looking ahead, he faces important challenges.

Western governments yesterday lined up to condemn Vladimir Putin’s landslide election victory as unfair and undemocratic, but China, India, Iran and North Korea congratulated the veteran Russian leader on extending his rule by a further six years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West yesterday that a direct conflict between Russia and the US-led Nato military alliance would mean the planet was one step away from World War Three but said hardly anyone wanted such a scenario.

With more than 80 percent of voting stations having submitted results, Putin had secured 87.2 percent of all votes cast, official election data showed

Ukraine said yesterday that Russian forces had pounded the Black Sea port city of Odesa with missiles, killing more than a dozen people including a paramedic and a rescue worker.

Russia arrested at least 13 people yesterday for vandalising polling stations on the first day of its presidential elections, officials said.