WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine "will begin immediately," said U.S. President Donald Trump after his two-hour call with his Russian counterpart, ...

With the US having secured its economic interests through the signing of a mineral deal with Ukraine, its stance on the ...

New figures show that Russia's foreign trade surplus decreased by 15.9% in the first four months of 2025 compared to the same ...

The Kremlin has withstood pressure for an immediate cease-fire as a precondition for peace talks, but the Russian president’s ...

The Russian leader’s summary of the phone call didn’t sound nearly as optimistic as Trump’s when it comes to next steps in ...

Trump has given the Kremlin a financial out, allowing them to back Ukraine farther into a corner with no commitment to any ...

A telephone call between the two leaders was the latest chapter in a flurry of diplomatic maneuvering over ending the ...

Europe’s Path to Growth and Resilience. Speech by Alfred Kammer Director of the European Department at the International ...

The war in Ukraine is central to Putin’s legitimacy, leaving him no rational incentive to end it voluntarily. At least since ...

A new report suggests that Russia’s economic strength is “misleading” as the country, under heavy Western financial sanctions ...

And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and others criticizing him ...