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President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday during a national address that Russian authorities had apprehended the four individuals suspected of participating in the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall, which resulted in the deaths of at least 133 people, and believe they were intending to go to Ukraine.

According to authorities, gunmen attacked a Moscow concert hall on Friday, killing at least 60 people, injuring over 100, and causing a fire, with the Islamic State group alleged to be involved.

Russian officials report that at least 40 people were killed and over 100 injured by attackers who stormed into a large concert hall and shot at the crowd. Friday’s attack occurred just days after President Vladimir Putin solidified his control in a highly organized electoral victory. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media, which could not be independently verified. The fate of the attackers after the assault was not immediately clear, and state authorities were investigating it as terrorism. The attack was the deadliest in Russia in years and occurred as the country’s conflict in Ukraine entered its third year.

Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said there is “no question” that former President Trump would accept money from foreign sources to secure the funds needed in his civil fraud case. “Donald Trump does not have a moral compass when it comes to America’s standing in the world, how we interact with our…

A think tank has warned Russia could be on the path to a larger-scale war sooner than we thought.

Authorities confiscated the outfits of drag performers, leaving them stripped.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Russia’s presidential elections on Wednesday following President Vladimir Putin's re-election in a big win with no real opposition. Blinken called the election “undemocratic,” pointing to the Putin government’s choice to exclude two candidates from the ballot who were against the country’s invasion of Ukraine. “Russia’s recent presidential election happened…

A pregnant woman in Pha-ngan Island, who is eight months along, has reported to the police that a Russian tourist kicked and injured her. The woman alleges…

Observers said that voters were searched and detained at polling stations, a level of pressure unseen before.

Niger is pulling its military cooperation deal with the United States and ordering some 1,000 American military personnel to leave the country, a startling development that comes after U.S. officials last week traveled to the capital of Niamey to “raise a number of concerns” about Niger growing closer to Russia and Iran, the Pentagon said Monday. The ruling military junta on…