Russia’s 2026 state budget plans strong oil sales to international customers at $59/barrel. Right now, it’s $40. The oil-rich ...

At the end of 2025, many Iranian merchants closed their shops to protest rampant inflation. At the start of 2026, the government faces further fallout from sanctions, economic crisis and environmental ...

Ukrainian and Russian officials left rare direct talks last weekend in a somewhat optimistic mood. But Russia may be simply stalling for time, analysts said.

["The Fourth Year in a Row," sometimes called "Four Years," by the great Russian poet-singer Bulat Okudzhava, who had himself fought in the war.] I'm reckoning World War II from Russia's perspective, ...

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Friday offered talks with Ukraine to crack down ...

The U.S.-led push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine gained momentum late last year and is moving ahead in 2026 ...

President Donald Trump spent much of 2025 attempting what had eluded his predecessors: personally engaging both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is now on board with a hard-hitting sanctions package meant to economically cripple Moscow as his administration continues to negotiate a deal to end the war ...

The United States accused Russia on Monday of a "dangerous and inexplicable escalation" of the war in Ukraine after Moscow launched new attacks on energy and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, despite ...

Russia's top diplomat said Monday, hours after President Trump touted progress toward a ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine, that Moscow's negotiating position would change following an alleged ...