North Korean state media has confirmed that leader Kim Jong-un will travel to Russia “soon” for his first ever meeting with Vladimir Putin. While no date has been announced, the Kremlin has also said the two will meet “in the second half of April”. Speculation is growing that they’ll meet in Russia’s eastern port of Vladivostok, just hours from their …

A judge in London has found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Judge Michael Snow quickly issued his verdict on Thursday after Assange appeared in court, with his supporters packing the public gallery. The basis of Assange’s defence was that he couldn’t expect a fair trial in British courts as the United Kingdom’s …

The Russian presidency said that US President Donald Trump’s statements on the occupied Syrian Golan may destabilize situation in the Middle East. Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Piskov said in a press statement quoted by Tass  on Friday “Such calls may considerably destabilize the already strained situation in the Middle East,” he said. “In any case the idea as such by no …

Vladimir Putin said he will match any move by the United States to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia by stationing its own missiles closer to the US, or by deploying faster missiles, or both. The Russian President said he was not seeking confrontation and would not take the first step to deploy missiles in response to the US …

Theresa May has told MPs attempting to delay Brexit that it would not “solve the situation”. “The decision remains the same – the deal, no-deal or no Brexit,” she said at Prime Minister’s Questions. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused her of having a “closed mind” to other Brexit options, such as Labour’s plan for a customs union with the EU. …

Spanish border guards have discovered two migrants hidden inside mattresses strapped to the roof of a car at a checkpoint on the frontier with Morocco, video footage shows. The footage, published on social media by a senator in the Spanish parliament, is reported to have been filmed in Melilla, an enclave of Spain on the north African coast. Morocco has …

Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal family have met with cheering crowds while attending a Christmas church service in Sandringham. The 92-year-old Queen arrived by car while the younger Royals walked from her country house to St Mary Magdalene Church. Prince Philip, who is 97 and largely retired from public life, did not attend the church service but a royal …

Sir David Attenborough says the “collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon” unless urgent action is taken against global warming. The 92-year-old famed British naturalist and BBC presenter blamed humans for the, “man-made disaster of global scale, our greatest threat in thousands of years”. “The world’s people have spoken, their …

The French Government is preparing to suspend fuel tax increases following weeks of protests that turned violent, according to a government source. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to announce the suspension on Tuesday, the source added, in what would mark President Emmanuel Macron’s first significant U-turn on a major policy since taking power in 2017. The so-called “yellow vests” …

Russia has seized three Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea after opening fire on them and wounding several sailors — a move that risks igniting a dangerous new crisis between the two countries. Russia’s FSB security service said early on Monday its border patrol boats had seized the Ukrainian naval vessels in the Black Sea and used …