A deepening spat between Russia and Azerbaijan shows Vladimir Putin's waning influence in the South Caucasus, analysts have ...

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Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that ...

Vladimir Putin’s “colossal error” in Ukraine is setting the stage for a potential collapse of the Russian Federation, ...

With Azerbaijan defying Russia, the Caucasus region has the opportunity to clinch a historic peace deal and move closer to ...

Azerbaijani-Russian relations face their worst crisis in decades, fueled by geopolitical rivalry, energy competition, media warfare, and Russia’s aggression, culminating in a deadly airliner incident ...

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey ...

While they are impossible to measure, emotions such as liking or hatred, admiration or contempt—the quotidian stuff of human relations—play a crucial part in making and unmaking alliances. Personal ...

Newly declassified records from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA, and the Justice Department inspector general shed new light on how top Obama administration officials adva ...

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia's ongoing war in ...

Ukraine's National Bank held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 15.5% while revising down economic projections, citing ...