The year is ending with a pair of sharp messages between top advisers to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and President-elect ...

A third year of war in Ukraine drags on as the new year and the conflict's February anniversary approach. The war in 2024 saw ...

TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...

A few days before Christmas, Ukraine dispatched a series of attack drones hundreds of miles into Russian territory.

More than a billion people are set to tune in to watch the Times Square ball drop tonight. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

It was striking for me to learn recently that the melody of the much loved Christmas carol, 'Carol of the Bells', has a ...

When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as ...

Usyk has since returned home to Ukraine, where he is a national hero, with Zelenskyy sharing an image on New Year's Eve where he lauded the heavyweight boxer's achievements.

Russia advanced by almost 4,000 square kilometres in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023, an AFP analysis of data ...

From Sydney to Vladivostok, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ...

The New Year has been the most important family holiday in Russia since the Soviet era, when authorities promoted it as a ...