This video explores the complex historical layers of foreign influence in the Middle East, specifically tracing how decades of strategic narratives and geopolitical maneuvers have shaped modern ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin looked out across a familiar scene on Friday — and a changing world. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

A tugboat guides the Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin as it arrives at the oil terminal in the port of Matanzas, northwestern Cuba, on March 31, 2026. — Yamil LAGE / AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON ...

The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides. By Paul Sonne Reporting from Berlin About 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in ...

Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing a spring of discontent. Rolling digital blackouts in Russian cities have touched a nerve with ordinary citizens and public ...

Even as the U.S. and Iran continue their on-again off-again war, Russia and Ukraine are fighting a proxy war of their own in the Middle East. For its part, Ukraine is furnishing assistance to the Arab ...

April 24 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, called for the resumption of talks to secure a rapid, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Russian middle and high school students are using a new textbook titled “My Family.” Published in March 2025, the textbook’s co-author Nina Ostanina, chair of the State Duma ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dina Khapaeva, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Russian middle and ...

Indonesia and Russia are in talks on boosting cooperation, including through the long-term supply of Russian crude to the Asian nation, media have reported, following a meeting between the presidents ...