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The European Union failed for a second day to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday as Slovakia continued to seek concessions over gas supplies, four EU diplomats told Reuters ...

The expanded BRICS bloc, now representing a significant portion of global population and GDP, is intensifying efforts towards ...

Russia launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine, injuring 15 people, while Ukrainian President Zelensky called for more air defense systems and interceptors to counter the terror, and ...

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of ...

Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. US lawmakers hope a bill will ...

President Donald Trump's ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions on its energy exports has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer ...

US president’s threats against Russia caught the world by surprise, but a select few had been urging him to turn up the ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Poor infrastructure, regional conflict and sporadic Israeli airstrikes are holding back more airlines ...

The European Union's foreign affairs chief may be having something of an \"I told you so\" moment as US President Donald ...

Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden announced their willingness to participate in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine.