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Tim Ayres urges insurers to expedite their payouts to NSW flood victims; Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war, hours ...

The European Union is preparing a new package of sanctions targeting Russia to increase pressure on Moscow to end its war ...

He also reiterated the assertion that Russia was able to build its own hypersonic missiles after getting certain data from the US during President Barak Obama administration ...

The draft measures may also include new restrictions on Russian banks and a ban on constructing future Nord Stream gas ...

Kyiv, Ukraine – Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds more prisoners on Saturday as part of a major swap that amounted to a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire.

The EU is also weighing additional transaction bans on about two dozen banks and some $2.84 billion worth of fresh trade restrictions as it seeks to further curtail Russia’s revenues and ability to ge ...

The European Union is considering cutting more than 20 banks from SWIFT, the international payments system, as well as ...

After 19 months of pounding Gaza, Israel is now under growing pressure from unlikely quarters – some of its closest Western ...