Farmers are among the Russians being drafted into the military, President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with officials on Tuesday, signaling potential further risks for the 2023 crop.
Russia is…
Long lines of cars on roads snaking to Russia’s border crossings with Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, and similar queues at airports.
Angry demonstrations — not just in Moscow and St…
Russian forces have clearly failed to conquer Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, but they continue to be far more powerful, although their intentions continue to be uncertain, according to major American…
In a leading editorial on Tuesday the Washington Post wrote about a new attitude in the US about the war in Ukraine as it entered its second month: frustration, if not fatigue. “Frustration is…
It’s been a week since Russia invaded Ukraine. After months of massing troops and military equipment on Ukraine’s border on the Russian and Belarussian sides, Vladimir Putin announced he would be…
Syria's government needs to centralise decision-making and bring armed groups to heel, but Kurds in the north-east want to establish a 'coalition of the unwilling' with Druze and Alawites. What now?
Donald Trump's ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria has been having some critical conversations in regional capitals since April, from disarming Hezbollah to preventing another war with Israel
The gulf between the political and military establishments is widening. Politicians speak of a delayed victory, but military leaders warn of an inescapable quagmire.
The first in a two-part series explains how the country capitalised on its black gold decades ago to expand its economy horizontally, a stunning success that paved the way for Vision 2030
The Zangezur Corridor, a route through Armenia linking Azerbaijan and Türkiye, will be built and managed by Americans and will pass along the Iranian border, creating winners and losers