Russia
‘In broad daylight’: Russia’s surprise new tactic in Ukraine war
More than 550 drones were launched in a rare and deadly daytime onslaught that left the historic centre of Lviv aflame and damaged a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Yuliia Dysa, Max Hunder and Andriy Perun
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Former FBI director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies
Former FBI chief Robert Mueller was maligned by the US president throughout his two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election.
- Eric Tucker
- Explainer
- Trump diplomacy
Unfinished business: Why Trump is squeezing Cuba
Without oil from Venezuela, the island nation is in crisis. Now Trump says he will ‘take’ it. How did Cuba get here, and what’s next?
- Angus Holland
US lifts sanctions on Russian oil as Trump derides Iran’s leaders as ‘deranged scumbags’
Iran’s new leader vowed to keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supplies ordinarily moves.
- Michael Koziol
The world must treat Putin like the Nazis, says visiting foreign minister
Australia is being urged to consider joining plan to impose a sweeping travel ban on former Russian soldiers who participated in the war against Ukraine.
- Matthew Knott
Trump says Iran ‘excursion’ will be over soon, dials back claims on school strike
The price of oil plunged and sharemarkets rallied after the US president offered new – although sometimes contradictory – remarks about when the war would end.
- Michael Koziol
Whales go to Antarctica to get fat. Humans are taking their food
First it was Whale Wars, now it’s krill wars. The groups that took on Japanese whaling in Antarctica now have a new industry in their sights.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Exclusive
- Russia-Ukraine war
Police dig into the case of the Australian miner and the Kremlin ‘slush fund’
A little-known Melbourne company bankrolled by rich-listers is at the centre of Australia’s first criminal investigation into Russian sanction breaches.
- Sherryn Groch
A teacher in rural Russia took a stand against Putin. He could now win an Oscar
The documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin started out as “really weird footage” of one man eating cabbage soup.
- Paul Kalina
Melania Trump just did something no first lady has ever done
Trump was the first spouse of a world leader to preside over a UN Security Council meeting, where she discussed children in conflict – just days after the US joined Israel in attacking Iran.
- Edith M. Lederer and Farnoush Amiri