However, some central Asian countries have been able to reduce their dependence on Russia over the past decade or so. China has become the main importer of Uzbek gas, with a peak share of more than 80 ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two issues: the European game plan for the ...

Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region on August 6 saw Kyiv make swift gains which were hoped to be an ...

A Russian naval task group has conducted exercises and port calls during its deployment in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The United Nations General Assembly, on April 16, 2025, adopted a resolution condemning Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, ...

Russia wants a position in Southeast Asia for reasons independent of China. It has done well in keeping up its trade with the global south. It does a significant commodities trade with Indonesia ...

They are an extension of the Greater Caucasus mountain belt, which also stretches along Russia's border with Georgia and Azerbaijan. The folded rocks sit at the intersection of Asia and Europe ...

The “E3” grouping of Britain, France and Germany are now part of the negotiations for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia ... over ceasefire efforts. Europe was initially kept aside ...

David Lammy met counterparts in France on Thursday (Aaron Chown/PA) David Lammy has said Russia must agree to an “immediate, full and unconditional ceasefire” after meeting counterparts from ...

Russia's Supreme Court is expected Thursday to remove the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers.

MOSCOW — Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted ... Ibraheem Bahiss, a senior analyst with Crisis Group’s Asia Program, said the Taliban’s listing as a terrorist group was a legal ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged those at the meeting to put "pressure" on Russia to agree to a ceasefire, as "Russia uses every day and every night to kill". Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ...