Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was allegedly struggling to operate his spacecraft before dying on re-entry to Earth in 1967. Although the names of original Moon-landers Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...

Around 30 leaders were involved in the call, including European partners such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Listen to Story Starmer challenges Putin to ...

The Prime Minister has accused Vladimir Putin of 'playing games' by delaying a ceasefire deal. Sir Keir Starmer said the Russian President was 'not serious about peace', evidenced by his apparent ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have clung on for more than seven months in one of the ...

April 12, 1961 was a monumental day in the history of humanity. It’s one American textbooks only mention briefly in favor of a famous landing that took place eight years later, but history nonetheless ...

Vladimir Putin has laid out the three things that would see him pull back his troops from Ukraine. Senior US and Ukrainian officials are getting ready to sit down in Saudi Arabia for talks centred ...

The Institute for the Study of War also raised doubts over whether the Russian president really wants an end to his three-year war in Ukraine. “Russia continues to publicly claim that it wants ...

British troops will be forced to fight alongside their NATO comrades against the tyrant’s advancing army as the cities are reduced to rubble – resembling destroyed Ukrainian cities like ...

Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin has officially taken over as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA astronaut Sunita Williams. This leadership transition highlights ...

NASA's Sunita Williams formally transferred command of the ISS to the Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, days before her departure for Earth. NASA's Sunita Williams formally transferred command of ...