Moscow to hold Russia-China security talks, RIA reports

The head of Russia's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev will hold talks Monday with Chen Wenqing, member of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo who oversees police, legal affairs and intelligen...

SKorea, EU agree to boost security ties amid Ukraine, NKorea tension

South Korea and the European Union agreed Monday to step up cooperation on security amid tension over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and North Korean nuclear threats. Tap for more details.

Last remnants of US-Russia arms control disappearing, Kremlin says

The Kremlin said on Friday that the "last remnants" of arms control agreements between Russia and the United States were disappearing, after a group of U.S. Republican lawmakers on Thursday introdu...

G7 powers step up Russia sanctions in bid to slow war effort

Leaders of the world richest democracies agreed on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia and pledged financial support for Ukraine as its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, prepared to join them ...

Mass looting engulfs Khartoum

Mass looting by armed men and civilians is making life an even greater misery for Khartoum residents trapped by fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), wit...

Syria's Assad to attend Arab summit, bringing regional isolation to an end

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Saudi Arabia on Friday to attend an Arab summit where he will rub shoulders with leaders who shunned him for years in a major policy shift opposed by the Unit...

Fate of children in Colombian plane crash unknown, president deletes tweet

The fate of four children who were missing after a plane crash in southern Colombia was unclear on Thursday after President Gustavo Petro deleted a Tweet saying they had been found alive, adding in...

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy lands in Jeddah to attend Arab League

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in Jeddah on Friday to attend an Arab League summit, where Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, heavily-backed by Russia in his country's civil war, will...

Iran executes three men over recent protests, judiciary says

Iran on Friday executed three men it said were implicated in the deaths of three members of its security forces during last year’s anti-government protests, the country's judiciary said. Tap the ar...

Russian forces dig in at Ukrainian nuclear plant, witnesses say

Russian military forces have been enhancing defensive positions in and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine in recent weeks, four witnesses said, ahead of an expected cou...

China's Xi unveils development plan for Central Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday unveiled a grand plan for Central Asia's development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, taking on a new leadership role in a region that has tra...

Russian forces in retreat near Bakhmut, Ukraine and Wagner say

The Ukrainian military and Russia's Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats on the outskirts of Bakhmut on Thursday, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for si...

US State Dept to allow two House members to view classified Afghanistan document

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said two members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee can view a redacted version of a classified cable about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan sought by...

Russia’s Wagner says army leaving Bakhmut flanks exposed amid reports of Ukrainian advance

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, on Thursday accused regular Russian army units of pulling back 570 meters north of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut — leaving h...

US agrees to renew pact with second Pacific island state

The United States and Micronesia agreed Monday to renew a strategic pact, U.S. presidential envoy Joseph Yun said — adding that he hopes for similar progress with Palau, as the U.S. shores up suppo...