Russia has announced that it has officially recognized the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan, making it the first country in the world to do so since the group regained power in 2021.
“Official recognition of the government of the Islamic…

Russia has announced that it has officially recognized the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan, making it the first country in the world to do so since the group regained power in 2021.
“Official recognition of the government of the Islamic…


US President Donald Trump has said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin understands that more sanctions “may be coming,” as Moscow continues to reject Washington’s push for a cease-fire in Ukraine.
Speaking on Air Force One on July…


Speaking about his phone conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the US president…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “very unhappy” about his telephone call with Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine, saying the Russian leader just wanted to “keep killing people.”
“It’s a very tough situation. I told…


“We could. We’re…

As several months of US-led diplomacy have failed to broker a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin has used the time to massively ramp up aerial attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
Russia almost doubled its monthly totals of…

Russia and Azerbaijan are embroiled in an ongoing diplomatic row. In late June, Russian authorities carried out mass arrests targeting members of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg that left two people dead. Baku responded in an…

‘I can promise…

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has filed legal proceedings seeking to outlaw the “international Satanism movement” as an extremist group, the state news agency TASS reported on Friday.
The lawsuit, which is now slated for a court…