In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on one issue: NATO’s big summit in Ankara.

NATO leaders are meeting in the Turkish capital, Ankara, for the alliance’s annual summit on July 7-8 in the shadow of the ...

An escalating energy crisis is underway in Crimea as blackouts sweep the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula and local Kremlin-installed authorities set up "emergency assistance centers." ...

Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s largest oil refinery in Omsk for the first time, according to Ukrainian officials. Locals ...

US President Donald Trump has departed for Ankara, where NATO leaders are gathering for what could become one of the alliance ...

On the eve of the NATO summit in Ankara, the alliance’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte said European members and Canada are on ...

Iranian authorities imposed extensive security measures across Tehran on July 6, including the closure of the capital's ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Kremlin said President Donald Trump spoke separately with the Ukrainian and ...

US President Donald Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of this week's NATO summit in ...

As NATO leaders prepare for a pivotal July 7-8 summit in Ankara amid Russia's war against Ukraine and renewed tensions in the ...

Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early on July 6, with reports of residents being trapped inside a damaged building near the city center and others ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was absent as funeral prayers for his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...