Russia

Saudi guest of honour, a US delegation back after a decade — and a president conceding 'risks of stagnation' while Ukrainian strikes shadow his hometown forum

At a 35th-anniversary summit in Kazan, ASEAN and Russia adopt four cooperation documents; the Philippines' Marcos co-chairs even as he leans on Washington

Drone strikes on refineries trigger the worst fuel shortage on the Black Sea peninsula since 2014; the Kremlin and independent press describe it in opposite terms

Russia's spring-summer push around Pokrovsk grinds; Putin admits the drone war is hurting the economy and vows to bolster air defences

Moscow leans wholly on the Trump–Anchorage framework, demands Ukraine stop its advance, and tells Kyiv to sign before any meeting

First-ever hits on shadow-fleet enablers, LNG-tanker resales and a frozen oil price cap

From Algeria in July to South Sudan's long-delayed vote in December — who votes, when, and where power actually turns over

Royal Marines seize the 'Smyrtos' in the Channel days before a sanctions package hitting ships, insurers and procurement networks

The FAO food index held near a three-year high in May; underneath, weather, fuel and fertilizer costs pushed all major grains higher