Catherine Colonna also uses presser ahead of UNGA to accuse Russia of 'rapes, torture and forced liquidation' in Ukraine, says Paris to convene meet on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Invitation to political leader of terror group comes amid deteriorating ties between Moscow and Jerusalem; two discuss smoothing over Palestinian rift with Fatah

IAEA says inspectors were delayed on Ukrainian side of frontier but Grossi convinced military authorities to allow team to visit Russia-held plant, where one reactor has been shut

Russian FM's comments on 'territorial integrity of Syria' are latest in spate of diplomatic incidents straining Moscow-Jerusalem relations, six months after invasion of Ukraine

Top US diplomat doesn't reveal how Lavrov responded to talks, says he also pressed him on prisoner swaps, grain shipments through Black Sea

Sergey Lavrov tells Arab League envoys that Moscow plans to 'liberate' Ukrainians from 'this absolutely unacceptable regime'

In op-ed, Lavrov says accusation that Russia is responsible for global food crisis after Ukraine invasion is attempt to 'shift blame'

In times of conflict, a Jewish leader's background can be used as part of a political strategy of defamation; a series of Jewish leaders were assassinated in Europe in the past

Sergey Lavrov rails at economic sanctions imposed on Moscow over Ukraine invasion, claims Western nations stoking 'Russophobia'

In scathing letter to Russia's diplomatic mission in Geneva, veteran consul Boris Bondarev says he's never 'been so ashamed of my country'