A 300-year-old Stradivari violin valued at around $16 million will take centre stage on Friday at a concert in Brussels ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched powerful glide bombs and drones against Ukraine’s second-largest city in overnight attacks, hitting a hospital and wounding seven people, an official said ...

October 8, 2025, 3:48 PM · Canadian violinist Timothy Chooi has been awarded the use of the 1714 "Dolphin" Stradivari violin, loaned to him earlier this month by the Tokyo-based Nippon Music ...

Russian Deputy Foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov said the "powerful momentum" toward finding a peace settlement in Ukraine that gathered after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska has been ...

Russia is increasingly outsourcing its war in Ukraine. To offset record losses and dwindling recruitment, Moscow is importing manpower from abroad. According to press statements by Ukrainian officials ...

Russian regions are dramatically increasing the amount of money they pay to new military recruits as analysts say “ideological” recruitment campaigns are no longer enough to motivate people to fight ...

For decades, Europe exemplified post-Cold War peace. Today, it confronts enduring, escalating war. The coda to President Donald Trump’s peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in August has ...

Alleged leaks from Rostec, Russia’s state defense conglomerate, suggest that Iran may be preparing to acquire dozens of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets in a landmark deal with Moscow—potentially marking one ...

The Ukrainian military hit a major Russian ammunition plant, oil terminal and weapons depot on Monday using long-range drones, officials said. Kyiv scored another blow against Moscow’s war machine ...

Russia’s 2023–24 war-driven growth has stalled to about 1%, with inflation near 8% and interest rates at 17%. The Kremlin is raising taxes and cutting spending as defense costs overwhelm shrinking oil ...

During the Russian missile and drone strike on October 5th, at least three Chinese reconnaissance SAR satellites flew over western Ukraine, the main target of the attack. The data were obtained by ...

At least five people were killed as Russia launched air strikes in western Ukraine early Sunday, raining missiles and drones on the Lviv region near the Polish border — forcing the NATO country to ...