This Month
Havana Syndrome: Inside the mysterious attacks on CIA officers
New evidence points to unexplained health problems possibly caused by energy weapons wielded by Unit 29155 of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service.
- Roman Dobrokhotov, Christo Grozev and Michael Weiss
Boris Johnson: ‘You can’t make America great again if Ukraine falls to Putin’
The former UK PM urged Republicans in Congress to unite against Russia to maintain America’s status as the world’s pre-eminent superpower.
- Benedict Smith
DFAT mulls move against sanction-busting ASX-listed Russian miner
Foreign affairs officials have not ruled out prosecuting Tigers Realm Coal, which entered a trading halt on Wednesday.
- Elouise Fowler
Russia and China look to deepen security ties
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Beijing and Moscow have agreed to ‘start a dialogue with the involvement of our other like-minded people’.
- Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Israel must listen to its friends, not defy them
Israel has to show that it is better than the terrorists of Hamas. That means being accountable for its own behaviour.
- The AFR View
NATO mulls $165b ‘Trump-proof’ military fund for Ukraine
The proposals would give the Western alliance a more direct role in co-ordinating the supply of arms, ammunition and equipment.
- Updated
- Andrew Gray and John Irish
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
‘Cartel of aggression’ trades on timidity and self-interest
The West has enormous economic leverage over China and Russia. But fear of their own consumers prevents governments from using it.
- Simon Johnson and Oleg Ustenko
ASX hits record; Aussie reportedly killed in Gaza; Austal’s ‘credible buyer’
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Opinion
Putin waiting for Washington to collapse if Trump wins
The Russian leader sees an opportunity to re-establish a sphere of influence in Europe if Donald Trump is re-elected US president.
- Updated
- Gideon Rachman
March
‘Every day is hard’: One year since Russia jailed Evan Gershkovich
Since his arrest, the 32-year-old journalist for the Wall Street Journal has been held in the notorious high-security Lefortovo prison in Moscow.
- Katie Robertson
Putin admits Islamists behind attack, tries to implicate Ukraine
Vladimir Putin repeated his assertion that the assailants had been trying to flee to Ukraine, saying there were “many questions” to be examined.
- Lidia Kelly, Philippa Fletcher and Steve Holland
- Analysis
- Russia
Moscow attack exposes Putin’s weakness
After the concert attack, Vladimir Putin ignored a claim of responsibility by the Islamic State, tried to implicate Ukraine and mischaracterised a US warning.
- Catherine Belton and Robyn Dixon
‘Tortured’ suspects appear in Moscow court as Russia mourns
Three of the four men were officially identified as citizens of Tajikistan, according to Russian media. They appeared in court badly bruised and disorientated.
- Frances Kerry
- Analysis
- Russia
‘I pretended to die’: Moscow attack survivors describe miraculous escapes
Russia’s worst terror attack in over a decade has brought a shudder across Europe, where memories of other music venues turned to slaughterhouses have resurfaced
- Rozina Sabur and James Kilner
Moscow seeks to blame Kyiv for Islamic State attack on concert hall
Russian officials and state media have made little reference to IS’ claim, and Vladimir Putin did not mention it or Islamist terrorism in his first remarks.
- Polina Ivanova, Christopher Miller, Benjamin Parkin and Humza Jilani
- Updated
- Russia
Russia arrests suspected attackers as death toll tops 130
Eleven people, including four suspected gunmen, have been arrested in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 133 people in a concert hall near Moscow.
- Updated
- Guy Faulconbridge and Alexander Marrow
Trump reiterates calls for NATO members to pay their share
Mr Trump has frequently taken aim at the failure of many of NATO’s 32 members to meet a defence spending target of at least 2 per cent of GDP.
- Updated
- Kanishka Singh
- Opinion
- India
Narendra Modi figures out what Trump never has
Alone among strongmen, the Indian PM now concentrates on broadening support rather than just stoking the resentments of his base.
- Mihir Sharma
Putin cements hold on power in election with no serious opposition
Vladimir Putin, who came to power in 1999, easily won a new six-year term that would make him Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 200 years.
- Anton Troianovski and Nanna Heitmann
Putin set for poll victory as Ukraine launches drone attacks
Vladimir Putin is set to win another six years in power in an election marked by Ukraine’s efforts to sabotage the poll with drone attacks on Russian soil.
- Updated
- Mark Trevelyan and Felix Light
