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Iran requested new Russian Geran drones for attacks on Israeli, American targets amid war - report

Russia based the original Geran, which carries a 20-kilogram warhead and has a top speed of 185 kph, on Iranian-designed Shahed drones.

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People look at an Iranian-designed HESA Shahed 136 (Geran-2) drone at an open-air exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment on Mykhailivska Square in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, in Kyiv, on April 7, 2026.
The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower, in central Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2023.

Russia says it detained a man who spied on British diplomats in Moscow for Ukraine

Russia's FSB internal security agency said on Thursday that it had detained a former guard at the British Embassy in Moscow who collected personal data on British diplomats.

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Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025.

TASS says Trump envoys to visit Russia and Ukraine at weekend, Kremlin declines comment

The Kremlin said on Friday that the possibility of a Ukraine peace settlement remained, but Russian officials are trying to change the US envoy's plans to visit Kyiv.

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An Air Tanzania aircraft pictured in 2024; illustrative.

Air Tanzania becomes first airline to halt flights to Russia after Zelensky warning

The airline did not explicitly mention safety in Russia or the Ukraine-Russia War, but the announcement makes it the first airline to suspend flights after Zelensky warned Russian airspace is unsafe.

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Russia deploys nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles in Belarus amid rising tensions

The state news agency TASS said it was the first time that the Defence Ministry had shown off the Oreshnik mobile missile systems.

DECEMBER 30, 2025ByREUTERS
Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025.

Iran launches new satellites in show of defiance ahead of Netanyahu-Trump meeting

Prior to the June war, Tehran had managed numerous satellite launches in recent years, some on its own, and some in conjunction with Moscow.

DECEMBER 28, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The Safir satellite-carrier rocket, which was designed for Iran's Omid satellite, is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran in 2009

Syria, Russia discuss military cooperation and reconstruction after Assad

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Syrian foreign and defense ministers, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and Maj.-Gen. Murhaf Abu Qasra.

DECEMBER 24, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Syrian interim president at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025.

Oil’s geopolitical premium vanished in 2025 and may not return - opinion

Oil futures in 2025 have oscillated within a relatively narrow range, with the high coming in January before the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries began production increases.

DECEMBER 22, 2025ByRON BOUSSO/REUTERS
An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of the western France port of Saint-Nazaire, France, October 2, 2025

Russia probes car bomb that killed top general, Moscow suspects Ukrainian involvement

The investigators published a video showing the wrecked car, with blood visible on the driver's seat.

DECEMBER 22, 2025ByREUTERS
An investigator works at the scene where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff's army operational training directorate, was reportedly killed in a car bomb in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2025.

Ukraine hits Russian 'Shadow Fleet' tanker in Mediterranean with drones

The Ukrainian official did not say how the drones reached the ship, but said the operation involved "multi-stage" measures.

DECEMBER 21, 2025ByREUTERS
A Ukrainian sea drone approaches to strike the Dashan, a tanker part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet", in the Black Sea, December 10, 2025, in this picture obtained from a video. S

Exiled to Moscow, Assad is making a quiet return to ophthalmology for the elite - report

“Putin has little patience for leaders who lose their grip on power, and Assad is no longer seen as a figure of influence,” a source said.

DECEMBER 19, 2025ByESTHER DAVIS
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria

Russia warns US moves on Venezuela could have ‘fatal’ consequences

Trump on Tuesday ordered a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela as Washington tries to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government.

DECEMBER 18, 2025ByREUTERS
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference after addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2025.

From Kyiv to the Golan: The Ukraine-Russia war’s unseen impact on Israel - opinion

The Ukraine war is reshaping Israel’s security, diplomacy, and society, empowering Iran, changing alliances, and redefining the challenges ahead.

DECEMBER 13, 2025ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Moscow this week. Russia is so consumed by the war with Ukraine that it struggles to maintain its military presence in Syria and turns a blind eye to Iranian activity, says the writer.

Kremlin aide Ushakov on US-Ukraine talks: 'We may not like it'

When asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's suggestion that a referendum be held on any territorial concessions, Uri Ushakov responded; ‘the entire Donbas region belongs to Russia.'

DECEMBER 12, 2025ByREUTERS
Russian foreign policy presidential aide Yuri Ushakov waits for a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 10, 2025.