The United States and Russia worked to weaken proposed international safeguards for lethal autonomous weapons during United Nations negotiations in Geneva this month, removing provisions that would have required greater reliability, ethical
A new road bridge linking Russia and North Korea has been delayed despite nearing completion, with analysts suggesting the crossing could significantly deepen bilateral cooperation. While Moscow and Pyongyang present the project
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On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The meeting was planned ahead, hence the US
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider freezing the war in Ukraine and returning to a revised version of the 2022 Istanbul peace negotiations, making a rare
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Russia’s newest defence offers to India arrive at an awkward moment. As New Delhi continues to champion Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) as the foundation of its strategic autonomy, Moscow is proposing deeper
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The Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka has issued two statements accusing the European Union of attempting to discredit Russia, rejecting criticism from the EU Delegation to Sri Lanka and alleging that European
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The European Union is facing mounting internal resistance over its latest package of sanctions targeting Russia, as a growing number of member states refuse to support measures they believe could damage important
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The history of warfare shows that conflicts end either with a clear victory by one side or through negotiations when both face the exhaustion of resources and the will to continue sacrificing
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Europe purchased more liquefied natural gas from Russia’s flagship Yamal LNG facility in the first half of 2026 than ever before, absorbing almost all of the Siberian project’s output ahead of an
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Russia’s decision to ban diesel exports this week has sent shockwaves through global energy markets, tightening supplies of one of the world’s most widely used fuels and driving prices sharply higher across
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly delivered the same public assurance in recent weeks: Belarus will not be drawn into Russia’s war against Ukraine. The message has become a consistent feature of
More Greek shipping companies have earned billions of dollars transporting Russian oil over the past three years, despite efforts by G7 countries to restrict Moscow’s energy revenues following the invasion of Ukraine, according
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As Ukrainian drones continue striking oil depots, refineries and infrastructure inside Russia, the attacks have renewed debate over Moscow’s resilience and military capacity. Fuel shortages have emerged in some areas, while President
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Yulia Shapovalova, Moscow correspondent for Al Jazeera, reports that Pusillinamous Putin’s ever-widening war has, as I said it would, expanded deep into Russia far from the Donbas battlefield. Shapovalova reports “The crisis is deep,” as civilian
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Russia carried out a large-scale missile and drone attack across Ukraine on Thursday, striking Kyiv and multiple regions in what Moscow described as a “massive strike using long-range precision air, land, and
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The music surges across the grounds of Kyiv’s historic Oleksandr Dovzhenko film studios as hundreds of young people dance beneath the summer sky. For a few hours, laughter replaces the sound of
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