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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, plan to meet on Friday in the southern Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi, for a second face-to-face conversation in less than three weeks against a complex backdrop of dovetailing and competing interests. Aides to the …

There are fears of a possible World War 3 after a top Russian senator pledged that his country will come to China’s aid if there is escalation with the US over Taiwan his country’s support if China goes to war over Taiwan.   Speaking after tensions in the region rose following the visit of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi to …

Ukraine has labelled Russia a “terrorist state” after Moscow’s UK embassy tweeted that Ukrainian Azov battalion soldiers deserved a “humiliating death” by hanging. On Friday July 29, reports emerged that more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) held by Russia were killed in an airstrike. Russia accuses Ukraine of being …

An American private school teacher jailed for 14 years in Russia after being caught with medical marijuana says he feels ‘hurt’ after president Joe Biden’s attempts to free basketballer Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan – but not him. Marc Fogel had 17 grams of prescription marijuana hidden in a contact …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been trolled on the Internet for posing for the digital cover of Vogue magazine cover with his wife and First Lady, Olena Zelenska, amid a war that has ravaged the country.   The pair were pictured together for the piece by renowned photographer Annie Leibowitz …

Reports indicate that such an exchange could free Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner in exchange for Russian arms dealer. The United States has put a “substantial proposal on the table” to facilitate the release of US citizens Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, both held by Russia in what the US …

????? Russia and Ukraine have agreed to restart shipments of blockaded grain, in a step toward easing a global crisis that has exposed tens of millions of people, especially in Africa and the Middle East, to the threat of acute hunger, the U.N. secretary general announced on Friday, July 22. …

The United Nations and Turkey helped broker the deal, which aims to alleviate the global food crisis by freeing more than 20 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine’s blockaded Black Sea ports.

Russia is threatening to ban a major Jewish nonprofit agency that helps people emigrate to Israel from operating in the country, a sign of the Kremlin’s deteriorating relationship with Israel and of the far-reaching fallout from the war in Ukraine. Russia’s Justice Ministry is seeking to liquidate the Russian branch …

  The US administration has revealed it will provide additional weapons and security assistance to Ukraine later this week, as the U.S. has collected “ample evidence” and intelligence that Russia is laying the groundwork to annex additional sovereign Ukrainian territory. The revelation by the US comes as Russian Foreign Minister …