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Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club
ASTANA - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged members of a regional security club on Thursday to resist external meddling, while President...
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Russia's Putin and China's Xi to meet at security summit in Kazakhstan
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet on Wednesday at a summit of a Eurasian security and...
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for Russia-China dominated SCO summit
Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for regional security and defence talks, the Kremlin said, as well...
Jul 3, 20241 min read


Azerbaijan to hold snap parliamentary election on Sept. 1
BAKU - President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan scheduled snap parliamentary elections for Sept. 1 in a decree published on Friday in a...
Jun 28, 20241 min read


Analysis-Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit
BONN - With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill...
Jun 13, 20244 min read


Protests erupt as Armenia nears peace deal with Azerbaijan
TBILISI -Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday that a peace treaty with Azerbaijan was close to completion, but that...
Jun 13, 20242 min read


Lebanon, Syria begin 3 days of mourning over deaths of Iran president, FM
BEIRUT - Lebanon and Syria on Monday announced three days of national mourning for the Iranian president and foreign minister, who were...
May 21, 20241 min read


Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi crashes, search under way
DUBAI - A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain...
May 21, 20243 min read


Factbox-Eurovision 2024: what to expect, as crowds gather amid anti-Israel protests
MALMO, Sweden -The world's biggest live music event, the Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place in Sweden this week with 37...
May 10, 20244 min read


Factbox-All you need to know about Eurovision 2024
MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The world's biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will take place in Sweden in the second week...
Apr 30, 20243 min read


Ceasefire monitoring centre in Nagorno-Karabakh shuts as Russian peacekeepers withdraw
AGDAM, Azerbaijan - The Russian and Turkish flags were lowered on Friday to mark the closure of a centre set up to monitor a ceasefire...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


Putin to hold talks with Azerbaijan's Aliyev as Russian troops quit Karabakh
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on April 22, the Kremlin said on Friday....
Apr 19, 20241 min read
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