By Leonid Ragozin in Riga There has been a visible spike in Russian doomsday stories met with exaggerated excitement by the ...

Global efforts to prevent disease outbreaks through immunizations play a role in domestic health security, but shifts in U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the government are ‌working to restore growth, the Kremlin said, after preliminary ...

Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its “Young ...

Sberbank cut ​its gross domestic product growth forecast for ‌Russia to 0.5% to 1% from between 1% and 1.5% on Wednesday after a poor first-quarter economic performance.

Tehran's hardline rhetoric belies a brutal reality facing the regime and Iranian citizens: its economy, vulnerable even before the war, is now in tatters.

Travelers look at their phones in the Moscow metro on February 12, 2026. Restrictions on internet access are among the main causes of public discontent in Russia. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP As the Kremlin ...

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau provides a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction look at Maryland’s slowing population growth, fueled by a sharp decline in international migration. Population estimates ...

EU leader said it would be "strategic blunder" to return to using Russian oil and gas amid the Iran war and the energy crisis it has created. The EU sought to ban and limit imports of Russian oil and ...

About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development. By Paul Sonne Reporting from Berlin For four years, President ...

Since 2024, Russian forces have been “on the offensive” in its tortuous war with Ukraine, whose current phase began in 2022 but indeed stretches all the way back to 2014 in terms of open hostilities.

The Census Bureau’s first snapshot of population data for 2025 confirms some big trends, like a major shift in immigration as the U.S. cracks down on border crossings and steps up deportations. The ...