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Reaction continues after 137 people died in a deadly terror attack in Russia over the weekend. For more on the attack and what it could mean for international relations, Russian historian and analyst Ian Garner joins Antony Robart.

Former U.S. vice president Mike Pence has taken aim at some firebrand Republicans, warning of the implications if the U.S. does not support Ukraine and it falls to Russia. Nathaniel Dove has more.

A mysterious illness that has affected Canadian and American diplomats in Cuba may be linked to a top secret unit within the Russian military, according to an investigation by CBS News, The Insider, and Der Spiegel. Joel Senick reports on the evidence, and the reaction from the Kremlin and the U.S. State Department.

A Russian missile attack killed at least 13 residents on Wednesday, and caused significant damage to buildings and infrastructure in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, according to local officials.

Residents of Orsk, Russia, started returning to their homes on Saturday, after water from recent floods began receding. Residents reported extensive damage to their homes and belongings.

Officials in Russia are scrambling to help people displaced by floods as water levels continue to rise in the Ural River, near the border with Kazakhstan. The flooding in Orenburg is being described as the worst the region has seen in nearly a century.

Russian drones hit high-rise apartment blocks and private homes early on Thursday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, killing at least four people, including rescue workers, with a repeat strike at the site of one attack, officials said.

Four people were wounded in a series of Russian attacks Sunday on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, according to local authorities. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, “It is quite obvious that our existing air defence capabilities in Ukraine are not enough, and it is obvious for all our partners. And the world must finally hear the pain...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday all signs indicated that ISIS carried out an attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which 137 people were killed, and he said it would be “cynical and counterproductive” for Russia to pin the blame on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a fixed re-election with 87.28 per cent of the vote, the highest ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation. However, the European Union’s foreign policy chief has criticized the election for taking place in a restricted environment and not being...

A United Nations resolution for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza has failed yet again. This one was penned by the United States – a first from a country that has blocked three previous resolutions. Reggie Cecchini reports on the latest failed push for peace as threats of another imminent Israeli offensive loom in Gaza.

More than 1 million Ukrainians were left without power on Friday after Russia bombarded multiple energy facilities across Kharkiv, Odesa and Dnipro overnight with “59 retaliatory strikes.” Ukrainian officials say the strikes resulted not only in widespread power outages, but water supply and transportation issues across multiple cities.

In Russia, all four gunmen behind Friday’s attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow have been arrested. At least 133 people are now known to have been killed in the terror attack. The Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility. As Mike Drolet reports, the U.S. and Canada had recently warned...

President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said will strengthen the “Fatherland.” The outcome means Putin, 71, is set to embark on a new six-year term that will see him become Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 200...

During an interview shown on Ukrainian television on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia would be asked to observe a ceasefire with Ukraine during the Paris Olympics this summer. The Paris Olympics will run from July 26 to Aug. 11.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that the country will treat the U.S. as “interventionists” if they sent troops to Ukraine. “From the technical point of view, of course we are ready,” Putin told a journalist, when asked whether Russia was really ready for a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to respond to attacks on Belgorod, which are being blamed on Ukraine’s armed forces. Putin claims the attacks are an attempt to derail Russia’s presidential elections. Voting began on Friday and will continue through the weekend, though the result is almost certain to extend Putin rule in Moscow. But as...

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that setting up a nuclear-powered unit in space is a top priority for the country, adding that “This sphere needs to get special attention from us. For it firstly to develop and secondly, to be used in the future in order to fill the tasks that require this...

Ukraine’s allies met in Germany on Tuesday, with 50 defence leaders discussing concerns that Russian soldiers are gaining ground and additional military support for Ukraine. The meeting took place as the European Union (EU) signals it could use most of the profits from frozen Russian assets to finance weapons shipments to Ukraine. Kyle Benning has...

The polls are now closed in Russia’s first presidential election since the country’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. The results confirmed expectations, with Vladimir Putin winning a fifth term as president. The election commission in Moscow says Putin secured around 87 per cent of votes counted so far. Putin’s most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, died...