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North Korea fires ballistic missile off east coast, says South Korea
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoNorth Korea has fired several ballistic missiles in the waters off the eastern coast, South Korea’s...
Moscow theater shooting fans flames of a disinformation war
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoFlames were still leaping from the Moscow concert hall besieged by gunmen when Russian officials...
On Russian TV ahead of the election, there's only one program: Putin's
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoThousands of Russians braved the cold for hours earlier this month to honor the opposition...
How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoWhen charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a bridge near the Kremlin in...
An unlikely challenger to Putin brings a rare show of defiance, creating a dilemma for the Kremlin
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoBoris Nadezhdin has become a dilemma for the Kremlin as he seeks to run in the March 17 presidential...
UPDATE 13-Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 months agoA powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, killing at least one person, destroying buildings, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting residents in some coastal ...
Key events in Vladimir Putin's more than two decades in power in Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoIn a surprise address to the nation, President Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation and makes...
Under Putin, the uber-wealthy Russians known as 'oligarchs' are still rich but far less powerful
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 7 months agoWhen Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the outside world viewed those Russians known as...
UPDATE 3-Germany freezes new spending commitments as budget woes deepen
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 7 months agoThe German government has imposed a freeze on most new spending commitments in what officials on Tuesday said was a necessary step as Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition struggled to find a way ...
Ukraine-Russia war - live: Kremlin addresses Putin heart attack rumours as Sevastopol targeted
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoThe Kremlin has dismissed the claim Vladimir Putin is unwell as an “absurd hoax” and said...