From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world are welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to celebrate. Countries ...

New Yorkers have welcomed 2025 in style, braving torrential rain and lightning to watch the iconic ball drop in Times Square.

Although the precise details of the arrangement have not been made public, there has been considerable media coverage of North Korea’s dispatch of combat troops to Russia to support Vladimir Putin’s ...

The New Year's Eve fireworks display in Russia has been cancelled. Russia's President Vladimir Putin says it was cancelled ...

With soaring inflation and the ruble dropping to one of its lowest levels against the dollar since President Vladimir Putin ...

North Korean President Kim Jong Un on Monday declared a "new high" in relations between North Korea and Russia and hoped for ...

The year is ending with a pair of sharp messages between top advisers to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and President-elect ...

Illegal migrants make up an estimated seven percent of the population in Russia and form a key part of the nation's economy.

Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but ...

Speaking on the 25th anniversary of his rule, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered an upbeat and vague New Year’s Eve ...

When recently asked at a press conference whether he believes Russia’s war with Ukraine will end in 2025, Vladimir Putin gave ...