A powerful earthquake hit north-east Japan on March 16 night, temporarily cutting power to two million homes.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said some formulations for agreements with Ukraine were close to being agreed.

Camp Nou is being rebranded as Spotify Camp Nou as part of a sponsorship agreement with Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona.

Russia “committed grave violations of the Council of Europe Statute incompatible with the status of a member State."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, March 16 peace talks were beginning to "sound more realistic".

Russia on Monday, March 14 temporarily banned grain exports to ex-Soviet countries and most sugar exports.

Russian and Ukrainian officials gave their most upbeat assessments yet of progress in their talks on the war in Ukraine․

Around 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian President has said.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were holding new talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Azerbaijan and Iran are planning to establish communication links that would connect Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan through Iran.

The police said they came to the scene of the explosion on the outskirts of Zagreb after calls from local citizens.

Shoigu proposed handing over American made anti-tank systems to fighters from the rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.

Russia says it will suspend exports of wheat, meslin, rye, barley and corn to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Russia has hit back at sanctions for invading Ukraine by imposing export bans on a string of products until the end of 2022.

An estimated 2.3 million people have fled Ukraine as of Thursday, including 1 million children, according to UNICEF.

The United States has denied Russian claims that Washington is operating biowarfare laboratories in Ukraine.

The commission approved measures that pave the way for the nationalization of property of Western companies that are exiting the country.

The Ukrainian President said he is open to "compromise" on the status of two breakaway pro-Russian territories.

The United Nations human rights office said on March 8 that it had verified 1,335 civilian casualties in Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba have agreed to meet in Turkey.