To say it was a year unlike any other is an understatement. Hereunder, prepare to be reminded, whether you want it or not ...

Putin’s ‘inhumane’ Christmas Day attack leaves half a million without heating - At least one person killed and six wounded as ...

Footage shows survivors emerging from the wreckage of a plane crash in Kazakhstan which has killed 38 people, amid rumours it may have been shot down by Russians ...

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack, launching more than 70 missiles and more than 100 ...

Russian military bloggers have suggested the plane could have been mistaken for a Ukrainian drone ...

The wrecked tail section of the plane can be seen at the crash site, as emergency services worked to extinguish a fire.

Lavrov accused multiple member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of making threatening statements about their nuclear stockpiles or the potential use of nuclear weapons.

With politicians facing wars, or their own political battles at home, The Independent looks around the world at what leaders ...

EXCLUSIVE: A British aid worker on the front line in Ukraine has celebrated Christmas Day under attack from Kremlin forces.

Officials and political pundits in Moscow have voiced their support for President-elect Donald Trump's recent pitch to buy ...

A harrowing video taken by a passenger inside the cabin of an aircraft that crashed in Kazakhstan today has been shared ...

Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector “on a massive scale” overnight into Wednesday, local authorities ...