Russia

Moscow is supportive of the Palestinian cause, but a key Kremlin figure's removal in July 2025 put the relationship back. A year later, when contact resumed, it was too late to effect change

Weaving together oral testimony, family memoir, and fiction, the writer seeks to preserve truth in the face of propaganda and political upheaval

Innovation and private enterprise have yet to challenge the energy sector's centrality

A giant $30bn four-reactor nuclear plant on Egypt's Mediterranean coast could ease some of the country's energy costs, but it would be paid for largely by a Russian loan

A generation after the Soviets limped out of Central Asia, and only five years after the Americans followed suit, Russia is back in Kabul with a deal to train and equip the Taliban's fighters

China understands that North Korea is no longer the besieged ally with no gateway other than Beijing, and that leaving the field entirely open to Russia carries a mounting strategic cost

When it comes to killing politically prominent people, countries are often best placed to do so, as a long history of state assassinations attests. But is there any evidence that it is effective?

African fighters in the Russian army reveal a global system of human disposability, where economic inequality, migration, and war make certain lives visible only in moments of selective outrage

Satellite technology from China and data analysis from Russia have helped Tehran be far more precise with its missiles and drones in its war against the US and Israel.

A coordinated attack by an Al-Qaida-linked group and Tuareg rebels was the most serious on Mali's Russian-backed military junta in years. After years of dominance, this puts Moscow on the back foot.