When Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump agreed to get in peace talks focused on ending Russia's major intrusion of Ukraine, Russian authorities and state propaganda trumpeted what it called a success for Moscow.But among normal Russians, responses have actually been much more blended, with expect an end to the bloodshed but doubts over whether

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, one day after a meeting there between top Russian and U.S. officials, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian leader told AFP.

Last week, Zelensky announced a trip along with stops in the United Arab Emirates and Turkey without giving dates, adding that he had no plans to meet

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that he saw no reason for European leaders to take part in negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine and accused Brussels of wanting to prolong the conflict.

Lavrov's comments came ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia to meet with top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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As the location for the annual Security Conference, Munich took on a degree of irony before political and military leaders assembled in the city’s grand center. 

In 1938, the leaders of Britain and France agreed to a deal in Munich that signed Czechoslovakia over to Nazi Germany in the futile hope of appeasing Adolf Hitler and averting a wider

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A U.S. citizen arrested by Russian customs officers for alleged drug smuggling has been released and is set to return home soon, his mother said Sunday.

Kalob Byers, 28, was detained on Feb. 7 at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport after arriving from Istanbul with cannabis-infused marmalade. Byers claimed the sweets were prescribed by a doctor in the United S

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Ukrainian drones struck a key pumping station on a major international pipeline in southern Russia, disrupting oil supplies from Kazakhstan, the pipeline operator said Monday.

In the latest attack overnight, seven explosive-laden drones struck a pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which carries Kazakh oil across southern

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