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An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine. That is scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve ...
The possibility of another war in the Middle East has sucked attention, energy and resources away from Ukraine.
About 72% of Russians are Orthodox, 7% are Muslim, 5% are atheist, and 13% do not have a religious affiliation. About 3% of ...
Companies owned by people with alleged ties to the Russian criminal underworld were registered at Asmat Shanava’s restaurant.
Vladimir Putin has used imperial-era language to once again signal that Russia's ambitions in Ukraine extend far beyond Crimea and the four regions it has illegally annexed. Speaking at a meeting in ...
Timur Ivanov, a longtime deputy defense minister, was sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.
Russia has taken full control of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, more than three years after President Vladimir Putin ordered thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian-backed ...
A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow’s forces have overrun all of it — one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022, ...
Nevertheless, with Iran defanged, and the benefits of ties with Israel and the U.S. looking increasingly attractive to moderate Arab countries, peace and prosperity in the Middle East appears ...
After Iran’s Parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing’s foreign-affairs spokesperson stressed—in what looked ...
"We are ready to resume direct flights to the Dominican Republic. If the necessary agreements are reached, the first flights may begin as early as the winter season," the ministry said in a statement ...