Russia and North Korea. The director of Russiaās Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, visited Pyongyang for talks with the North Korean minister of state...
Raising concerns. Russia denied entry into the country to 40 Kyrgyz citizens, Kyrgyzstanās Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. The Central Asian country warned...
Sanctions busters. Russia has started direct oil shipments to North Korea, a violation of U.N. sanctions against Kim Jong Unās regime, according to analysis...
Russian strikes. Last night, Russia carried out the largest attack on Ukraineās energy infrastructure in several months, Ukraine's energy minister said. Energy facilities and...
Sanctions squeeze. Several large Chinese banks have stopped accepting yuan payments from Russia over the past two months due to fears of secondary U.S....
Plugging the defense gap. Serbia recently acquired essential components for its 2K12 Kub air defense system from Hungary. The deal includes procurement of target...
Ceding territory. Armenia must cede four border villages to Azerbaijan in order to avoid another war, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a...
Ousted. Nigerās ruling military junta ordered U.S. troops to leave the country with immediate effect. The United States has roughly 1,000 troops stationed at...
Japanese changes. Japan will relax its strict defense equipment transfer rules to allow the export of next-generation fighter jets set to be jointly developed...
Backchanneling. The U.S. reportedly held indirect talks with Iran in January on a range of issues including the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in...
No agreement. The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has refused to participate in a trip to Moscow following a meeting of Palestinian...