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…
Beijing would like the week to mark a historic turning point in which a unipolar world finally gave way to multipolarity. To others, it was just tub-thumping bravura. In reality, it was a bit of both.
The country now sits at an energy crossroads: will its recovery be anchored in oil and gas, or will it seize the chance to lean into renewables and build something more resilient?
After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?
Recent books from Yemen, Egypt, and Syria take a new look at the 10th-century philosopher's famed letter 'The Epistle of Forgiveness', which is said to have inspired Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
An earthquake in Afghanistan earlier this week levelled entire villages and left people trapped under rubble for days, but in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, saviours were thin on the ground