Russia

Russia-Ukraine war

Russia ties Black Sea grain deal with Ukraine to halt in oil refinery strikes

Turkey seeks a Black Sea shipping deal, but Ukrainian officials say Russia 'always asks for more'
Syria after Assad
No peace with Israel 'if rights of Syrians are usurped', Sharaa says
Islamophobia
Europe's most powerful party is stoking a Muslim scare
Farid Hafez
Sahel
Exclusive: Mali’s Tuareg separatists seek Turkey talks, reveal Russian contact
Israel's genocide in Gaza
EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Miliband has decisively broken with decades of UK inaction on Palestine
Chris Doyle
War on Iran
The UAE, like the US and Israel, is normalising a permanent state of war in the Middle East
David Hearst
Energy
Turkey replaces Russian oil and diesel imports from US as wars reverberate
War on Iran
How China eased pressure on oil markets by halting purchases and relying on reserves
Politics
Mecca agreement: Why Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan teamed up
War on Iran
How Iran and Ukraine are strategically sinking their rivals at sea
Omar Ashour
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia uses money and menace to recruit Caucasus Muslims for Ukraine war
Inside UAE
UAE president holds talks with 'friendly' Putin in Russia as two leaders forge closer ties
Russia-Ukraine war
Sergei Surovikin: Russia's new general in Ukraine with a bloody Syrian past
Inside Iran
Ukraine expels Iranian students following Iran drone sales to Russia
Wagner Group
Wagner Group lures foreign mercenaries with bumped-up salaries as Russia suffers losses
US-Israel relations
Obama characterised Netanyahu as a 'Putinism' subscriber, transcript says
Russia-Ukraine war
Crimean Tatars caught between Russia and Ukraine
Joseph Massad
Inside UAE
UAE prince accused of helping Russian oligarchs evade sanctions
Russia-Ukraine war
Turkey rejects Russian annexation of Ukraine provinces
Diplomacy
What's behind the US-Russia tussle over a Red Sea naval base in Sudan?
Syria War
Russian air strikes in Syria reported to have decreased since Ukraine war
Diplomacy
US envoy warns Sudan over allowing Russia to build Red Sea naval base