Michael Winfrey

Long before he invaded Ukraine, Vladimir Putin warned that NATO wanted to encircle Russia — a narrative he frequently leans on to blame Western powers for his attack.

Moscow will decide whether to extend a Black Sea deal under which Ukraine exported some 33 million tons of grain in the past year, with the US warning the Kremlin will incur an “enormous diplomatic cost” if it fails to prolong the pact past its Monday expiration date.

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired to obstruct the 2020 presidential election and interfere with the voting rights of millions of Americans — a case his legal team said it was prepared to “vigorously” defend.

If Russia continues to dominate Ukrainian coastal waters, hamper transit and fire missiles at its ports, Ukraine will start doing the same, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Talks are ongoing to restart the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain via a safe corridor on the Black Sea, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Tuesday after speaking with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

George Soros has been branded as a bogeyman by the right wing for backing liberal causes around the globe. That’s nowhere more true than in eastern Europe, where he has spent billions of dollars to promote democratic values following the fall of the Iron Curtain.

A Russian drone attack damaged a Ukrainian grain storage area and a cargo complex near the Danube river, officials in Odesa said, the latest in a string of strikes by Moscow aimed at stopping Kyiv from exporting food.

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Ukrainian authorities are investigating the crash of two military jets that killed three pilots, including a decorated airman known for his lobbying of Kyiv’s allies to provide them with F-16 fighters.

Romania’s economy has surged since joining the EU in 2007