The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Despite the muted political protests, railway sabotage, gender furore and Russian fake news, Paris’s Olympics have played out peacefully

A swift Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region marks the largest such cross-border raid by Kyiv’s forces in the nearly 2½-year war, exposing Russia’s vulnerabilities and dealing a painful blow to the Kremlin

Russia’s army has in recent months made an unrelenting effort to punch through Ukrainian defenses at selected points along the front line in eastern Ukraine

Shipments of Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) to France more than doubled the first half of this year, fresh analyses of trade data shows. It comes as Europe seeks to pull back from energy purchases that help finance the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s strategic advantage lies in its autonomy rather than playing into Putin's ploy.

While this assault will not change the trajectory of the war, writes Chris Stevenson, its symbolic importance and boost to morale should not be underestimated

A military expert says the raid is a ploy to distract Russian forces, but some Ukrainian soldiers are sceptical.

From a row about an allegedly blasphemous biblical scene to a controversial boxing match, the Games have been hijacked by culture wars between Russia and the west, says Guardian columnist Nathalie Tocci

Hardship protests continue in Nigeria even though the size of rallies shrinks. Meanwhile, the Kremlin denies having anything to do with demonstrators being arrested in northern states for carrying Russian flags. Also, a mutated mpox strain that health officials warn is the most dangerous yet is behind the spread of…