EU foreign ministers will meet in Brussels on July 15 with Georgia high on the agenda amid deepening political tensions.

US President Donald Trump threatened Russia with "severe" tariffs if there is no cease-fire agreement between Kyiv and Moscow ...

Hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead from a gunshot ...

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The Iranian film Bidad has won the Special Jury Award at the Karlovy Vary Festival. Director Soheil Beiraghi, who faces prison in Iran, thanked Iranian women for inspiring him. The movie focuses on ...

Ukraine, Russia, and much of the rest of the world are awaiting a planned “major statement” on the conflict by US President ...

With global scrutiny escalating over a Kyrgyzstan-registered cryptocurrency exchange allegedly moving billions of dollars in ...

EU foreign ministers are set to rubber stamp an agreement to impose sanctions on people and entities the bloc deems guilty of ...

Ukraine experienced a rare respite from Russia's relentless drone attacks overnight from July 12-13, marking the first such ...

As warfare on Ukraine’s front lines evolves, Ukrainian artillery crews continue to hold the defenses in the war-torn Donetsk region amid relentless Russian drone attacks.

A popular Afghan singer has been missing for more than a month in Kabul, where she shot to fame with her performance on a ...

Zulala Hashimi became a popular Afghan celebrity as a teenager when she sang in a musical competition on Tolo TV in 2016. But when the Taliban returned to power, the government banned all musical ...