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Blame game. Russia’s Gazprom ceased deliveries of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on Jan. 1, citing Kyiv’s refusal to ...

Domino theory. Some fighters from a Uyghur militant group who helped overthrow the Syrian regime reportedly relocated to ...

The EU economy is recovering modestly but still faces significant structural adjustments and external pressures. In the third quarter ...

There’s been another shakeup in China’s People’s Liberation Army. Beijing recently revoked the membership of two high-ranking military officials, You ...

The Russian economy will be bad in 2025, at least according to Russian citizens. A newly published poll conducted by Levada suggests that nearly two-thirds of Russians think 2025 will be “tense” for ...

The Russian economy will be bad in 2025, at least according to Russian citizens. A newly published poll conducted by Levada suggests that nearly ...

Syria was for centuries a meeting place for disparate civilizations and cultures, turning it into one of the most ethnically ...

(click to enlarge) The EU economy is recovering modestly but still faces significant structural adjustments and external pressures. In the third quarter of 2024, gross... (click to enlarge) Panama and ...

Breakthrough. A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party was permitted to meet with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...