Russia launched a large-scale air attack on Ukraine early Wednesday, causing power outages across most of the country, setting homes ablaze and killing at least six people, including a six-month-old baby,

A n explosion at a Russian factory in the Urals producing ammunition and weapons for the military has left at least 10 people dead, reports say. Witnesses described seeing explosions and a fireball at the Plastmass military plant in Kopeisk, near the city of Chelyabinsk.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed new recruits into its training program before they have completed the agency's vetting process, a current and two former Department of Homeland Security officials told NBC News. The oversights come as ICE rushes to hire federal immigration officers to carry out Trump's mass deportation policy.

Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean.

India and China’s largest refineries are looking at curbing purchases of Russian oil, as US sanctions on Russia’s largest oil companies reverberated through global energy markets yesterday.

Get the latest news and live updates as the government shutdown continues, Trump sanctions Russia in a push for a ceasefire in Ukraine and Rubio heads to Israel amid Gaza truce.

Former Russian general Victor Kiryanov returns to the leadership of motorsport's governing body, the FIA, despite being under UK and EU sanctions for his alleged involvement in the Ukraine war.