President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday as the United States weighs supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles.

Russian policemen detained historian Valery Solovei after he and dozens of other protesters marched through the centre of Moscow on Saturday to show solidarity with protests in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that it was closely watching events in Madagascar and hoped that bloodshed would be avoided after the military took power following weeks of youth-led protests.

Hundreds of people gathered in the centre of St Petersburg in a rare moment of protest against Russian president Vladimir Putin to sing anti-war songs. A crowd of young people gathered to sing anti-war songs in Kazanskaya Square,

The European Union's top official has urged Serbia to take concrete steps toward joining the EU, including imposing sanctions on Russia