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
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Taliban sign import agreement with Russia: Report
Russia-Ukraine war
Iranian drones give Russia new edge as it seeks to reverse Ukraine losses
Russia-Ukraine war
Israel to treat 20 wounded Ukrainian soldiers
Russia-Ukraine war
Zelensky 'shocked' by Israel's failure to give Ukraine weapons
Russia-Ukraine war
Iran regrets Ukraine's downgrading of ties over drones
Economy
Turkey is looking at alternatives to Russian Mir card system
Russia-Ukraine war
Major Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap following Turkey and Saudi mediation
Politics
A new world order will arise from the ashes of US supremacy
Marco Carnelos
Russia-Ukraine war
Russians snap up Moscow-Istanbul flights as people flee conscription
Wagner Group
Russian prisoners recruited by Wagner 'already captured by Ukrainian forces'
Energy
Russian state firm signs $9.1bn loan deal to fund nuclear plant in Turkey
Diplomacy
Turkish and Syrian spymasters held multiple meetings in Damascus: Report