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No chemical weapons were developed in Ukraine, says Volodymyr Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that "no chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction were developed" in his country.

Oil crawls higher on supply doubts, but set for sharp weekly decline

Brent crude futures inched up 11 cents to $109.44 a barrel at 0149 GMT after dropping 1.6% in the previous session.

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of attack on humanitarian corridor in Mariupol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor in the city of Mariupol.

We have not criticised India's position on Ukraine: German Ambassador

German Ambassador to India, Walter J. Lindner told IANS that the German government has not put any pressure on India or any other country to take sides on the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Facebook, Instagram to allow posts calling for violence against Russians

Meta is planning to allow the publication of calls for violence against Russians in response to the invasion of Ukraine, media reports said on Friday.

UN Security Council to meet on Russian claim of US labs in Ukraine

The UN Security Council will meet on Friday at Russia's request to discuss what Moscow claims are "the military biological activities of the US on the territory of Ukraine."

US authorities reverse course, allows Ukrainian family to seek asylum

US authorities allowed a Ukrainian woman and her three children to seek asylum Thursday, a reversal from a day earlier when she was denied entry under the Biden administration's sweeping restrictions for seeking humanitarian protection. The 34-year-old woman and her children ages 14, 12 and 6 entered San Diego for processing after authorities blocked her path hours earlier, triggering sharp criticism from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats. Blaine Bookey, legal director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, was returning to San Diego Wednesday from Tijuana, where she was helping Haitian migrants. She saw the Ukrainian woman crying with her children, looking "very uncomfortable" with a reporter "in her face". Bookey's tweets and media coverage sparked renewed criticism of a Trump-era order to deny people a chance to seek asylum under an order to prevent spread of COVID-19 known as Title 42 authority. Schumer raised the Ukrainian woman's case as he ...

Besieged Ukrainians endure Russian air raids, with no breakthrough in talks

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukrainian authorities had managed to evacuate almost 40,000 people from cities.

Oil extends losses as Russia pledges to fulfil supply contracts

Oil prices settled about 2% lower on Thursday after a volatile session, a day after its biggest daily dive in two years, as Russia pledged to fulfill contractual obligations

Oil shock is coming, but US may have already paid for it: Report

The gusher of money the US government poured into family bank accounts during the coronavirus pandemic may now help limit the economic damage from Russia's invasion of Ukraine

AI flight carrying students evacuated from Ukraine's Sumy lands in Delhi

An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said.

Canada will take as many Ukraine refugees as it can: Justin Trudeau

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday during a visit to Poland that his country will take as many refugees fleeing war in Ukraine "as we can". Trudeau said "our hearts break" to see millions of Ukrainians fleeing for their lives and leaving all they have behind. "Canada will help, Canada is there to help," Trudeau said in Poland, a fellow NATO member which neighbors Ukraine and has opened its border to the refugees. Almost 1.5 million people have fled to Poland since February 24, when Russia's army invaded Ukraine. In talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Trudeau expressed support for Poland's openness to the refugees and discussed ways of supporting Ukraine and continuing tough sanctions on Russia. In Warsaw, Trudeau also held talks with visiting US Vice-President Kamala Harris. Trudeau said his government is speeding up immigration procedures to allow the refugees to come very quickly to Canada, where many people of ...

Ukraine has lost connection with Chernobyl nuclear plant, says IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday that Ukraine had lost all communication with the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA establishes high-level Kyiv-Moscow dialogue on nuclear safety: Chief

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it has succeeded in establishing a direct dialogue on nuclear security between Russia and Ukraine at a high level

US misjudged Ukraine's will to fight Russia, intel officials admit

Top U.S. intelligence officials admitted Thursday that they underestimated Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia's invasion

Russia may refuse to return leased planes, pay in rubles: Report

The sanctions have also frozen much of Russia's foreign reserves and forced authorities to look for ways to limit foreign currency outflows

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Iran says US has 'complicated' nuclear talks

The Islamic republic is locked in negotiations with world powers to revive the 2015 deal that offered it sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear programme

China not supplying aircraft parts after sanctions, says Russia

Russia would eye opportunities to source parts from countries, including Turkey and India, after failing to get them from China

Russia accepts economy in 'shock' as tanks roll into Kyiv's outskirts

Kremlin to ask military for info on hospital strike

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Three evacuation flights to arrive on Friday morning

Three evacuation flights carrying the last batches of Indian nationals from Ukraine including around 600 students are set to arrive in India on Friday morning