Zelensky insists Ukrainian forces still control Kyiv, refuses US offer to flee
Zelenskyy has refused an offer from the United States to flee Ukraine and appealed to compatriots abroad to join the fight
‘This might be the last time you speak to me’ - Ukraine president to EU Council
Robert Abela said a number local investors in Russia could be impacted by asset freezes, but Maltese government will be sure to protect them 
Freed Pussy Riot activists still want to ‘get rid’ of Putin

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina name pardoned oil tycoon and...

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina name pardoned...

Suspected US missile strike kills three foreign militants

Pakistani officials say US drone strike killed three Arab militants

Pakistani officials say US drone strike killed three Arab...

Indian woman gang raped by two gangs

Police say 21-year-old woman abducted and raped before being gang raped by second group

Police say 21-year-old woman abducted and raped before...

Ukraine activist Chornovol’s beating causes outrage

Opposition politicians in Ukraine have expressed indignation at the beating of...

Opposition politicians in Ukraine have expressed...

Pope Francis urges aid access to Syria in Christmas speech

Pope Francis has used his first Christmas Day address to urge access for...

Pope Francis has used his first Christmas Day address to...

Defiant Turkish PM Erdogan in major reshuffle

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major cabinet reshuffle after...

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major...

Cairo bomb explosion injures five civilians

Bomb blast comes a day after military-backed government declared the Muslim...

Bomb blast comes a day after military-backed government...

Third scientific report says Yasser Arafat died of natural causes

Russian forensic scientists rejects radiation poisoning theory and says...

Russian forensic scientists rejects radiation poisoning...

Armed Santa gang rob jewellery shop

Brandishing semi-automatic rifles, Father Christmas gang make off with sacks of jewellery in Albania

Brandishing semi-automatic rifles, Father Christmas gang...

Thai anti-government clashes turn deadly

Police officer shot dead and scores injured in violent clashes

Police officer shot dead and scores injured in violent...

Britain braced for more floods and heavy storms

Thousands stranded and left without power as gale-force winds and heavy rain...

Thousands stranded and left without power as gale-force...

Christmas crowds gather in Jerusalem, St Peter’s Square

Pope Francis delivered his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff

Pope Francis delivered his first Christmas Eve Mass as...

Former Egypt Prime Minister Hisham Qandil arrested

In 2012, Qandil became the youngest Egyptian Prime Minister in nearly 60 years.

In 2012, Qandil became the youngest Egyptian Prime Minister...

Turkey ministers Caglayan and Guler resign amid scandal

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to “break the hands” of...

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to...

UN approves more South Sudan peacekeepers

Thousands have been killed in the week-long conflicts, says the UN.

Thousands have been killed in the week-long conflicts, says...

Two rockets land in US embassy Kabul compound

No one was injured in attack claimed by the Taliban, a statement from the...

No one was injured in attack claimed by the Taliban, a...

Britain and France hit by deadly storms

Hurricane-force winds and torrential rain cause transport chaos amid Christmas rush.

Hurricane-force winds and torrential rain cause transport...

Christians targeted by Baghdad bomb

Churches have been targeted across the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Churches have been targeted across the country since the...