Russia & Central Asia

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call…
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Several world leaders at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro seized the opportunity to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who returned to…
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A Russian national has been extradited to the United States from South Korea to face charges he distributed ransomware that targeted…
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The world’s chemical weapons watchdog on Monday said it had found traces of tear gas in samples taken last month on the front line with…
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Russian gas is expected to power households in Shanghai by the end of the year after Chinese workers finished building the final section of…
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil, Downing Street has confirmed.He will…
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Ukrainian forces reportedly carried out their first strike on a border region in Russia using Western-supplied ATACMS missiles, following…
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A rare inside account of the tyranny of the Taliban and its impact on Afghan women hits screens this week.Produced by actress Jennifer…
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Ukraine marked 1,000 days on Tuesday since Russia’s full-scale invasion, with weary troops battling on numerous fronts, Kyiv besieged by…
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Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, were severed, raising…
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