President Biden on Monday argued he is leaving President-elect Trump in a strong position on the world stage, making the case for continuity in U.S. efforts to counter threats posed by Chinas global ambitions and Russias aggression. In remarks at the State Department, Biden made the case for his foreign policy legacy, as Trump is...

Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko said Russia can't help but be "concerned" over President-elect Donald Trump's "unclear approaches".

The oil price rally that kicked off last week after the Biden administration announced the harshest sanctions yet on Russian oil has carried over into the new week. WTI crude for February delivery was up 3.0% to change hands at $78.77 per barrel while Brent crude for March delivery was trading at $81.18 per barrel at 12.00 pm ET, good for a 1.8% increase. Last week, Reuters reported that a purport...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Monday that Ukraine was not yet in a strong position to begin peace talks with Russia ahead of President-elect Trump taking office next week with a pledge to end the war. Rutte told the European Parliament's foreign affairs and defense committees the hope was to ensure Ukraine has adequate...

Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian will sign a new treaty on Friday that will strengthen Russia-Iran relations.

The gamble behind $17bn of fresh deals with the Kremlin on oil and arms

About half of Russia's military budget is off the books, according to Craig Kennedy, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker.

In its latest estimate of the conflict, the British Military Intelligence focused on the Ukrainian efforts to maintain the foothold inside Russia, stating that on January 5, 2025, in Russi...

Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has once again kicked up a storm with his pursuit of Greenland, this time refusing to rule out the use of force to gain control of the Arctic island from ally Denmark for national-security reasons. But Washington was interested in acquiring Greenland to mitigate threats emanating from the Arctic long before Trump came along, even offering Denmark $100 million i...

One of the directions that the Russian military is focused on is the settlement of Toretsk in the Donbas.Although the Russian forces control a good portion of the settlement, they have been able to completely capture it for months.

Russia has slammed the new hefty U.S. sanctions on its oil industry and exports and vowed to move forward with major domestic oil and gas projects, claiming that it remains a key and reliable player in the global fuel market. The outgoing U.S. Administration on Friday slapped the most severe sanctions on Russias oil yet, designating two major Russian oil companies, Gazprom Neft and Surgut...

Prices surged after the administration imposed what officials called "most significant sanctions yet on Russia's energy sector."

A new form of warfare may have been used by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk as an owl downed a Russian drone in the region.

Indias refiners have stopped doing business with the Russian tankers and companies sanctioned by the U.S. on Friday, a source at the Indian government told Reuters on Monday. The outgoing U.S. Administration last week imposed the most severe sanctions on Russias oil yet, designating two major Russian oil companies, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, as well as 183 vessels, dozens of oil trader...

North Korea is reported to have supplied Russia with a range of equipment and troops for use in the ongoing conflict.

The Panama-flagged oil tanker Jazz is reported to have broken down several times in the last two weeks.

Russian troops are going around a vital logistics hub and are taking aim at a highway that leads from there to the central Ukraine city