It is one thing to revel in the fact that you have become the world’s policeman. It is another thing altogether to enforce that policing role upon the world.
The new US-Ukraine minerals agreement, months in the making, marks a defining moment in the war’s third year ~ not just for Kyiv, but for Washington and its global standing.
Russia has declared a state of emergency in the port city of Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region on Saturday, claiming an attack by Ukraine that damaged apartment buildings in a residential complex.
After a second consecutive night of deadly Russian air attacks – against the capital Kyiv on April 23 and the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad on April 24 – a ceasefire in Ukraine seems as unrealistic as ever.
As the war in Ukraine grinds through yet another year, a renewed push for diplomacy has emerged from the West, driven in large part by a desire for stability and a strategic pivot.
The visit of US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to China underscores the strategic importance of the US-China relationship. Despite the Biden administration’s focus on other global challenges, such as the war in Ukraine and the crises in West Asia, it is clear that managing ties with China remains a priority.
Ukraine's state-run energy company Ukrenergo has said that it has implemented nationwide power cuts following Russia's largest-ever airstrike on the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday discussed the situation in war-torn Ukraine and volatile Bangladesh with US President Joe Biden.
When PM Modi visited Moscow in early July, the dates coincided with the NATO summit in Washington. There were calls from the US requesting India to defer the visit, which were ignored. The US ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, commented that India should not take relations with the US for granted.
Ryan Evans, a British safety adviser who was working for the Reuters news agency, was killed and two other journalists were injured in a Russian strike at a hotel in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday night
