Ukraine

Tallinn, Estonia  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is running out of time to win his war against Ukraine, amid a stalemate on the battlefield and growing troubles at home, a European intelligence chief has told CNN. In the next four or five months, Putin “may not be able to negotiate from…

A visitor walks past Hyundai heavy machinery stand at the Bauma, 29th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment trade fair in Munich. Photo by MAURITZ ANTIN / EPA May 22 (Asia Today) -- HD Construction Equipment said Friday it signed…

By Eurasianet - May 22, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT Kazakhstan’s AIFC court recognized and enforced a $1.4 billion ICC arbitration award ordering Gazprom to compensate Naftogaz over unpaid gas transit fees. The ruling marks the first court decision worldwide to uphold the arbitration award that Gazprom has so far refused…

US officials have proposed that Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine lift sanctions on Belarusian potash to allow the transit of the agricultural product – a major source of hard currency revenue for Minsk --- through their territories. An undated, unsigned, one-page document sent to the three countries bordering Belarus, which was…

Prime Minister Péter Magyar said in an interview published on Thursday by Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that, once the war in Ukraine ends, the entire European Union will likely return to cheaper Russian gas. “Geography has not changed” Asked about Russian gas and oil supplies to Hungary, Magyar said that, even…

As Major Oleksandr described the situation in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region, he apologized that his eyes sometimes strayed from his laptop camera to a monitor beside him, where he could see feeds of Ukrainian drones flying near Kostyantynivka. The city represents one of the most dangerous sections along the sprawling…

An interview with Tucker Carlson revived interest in the failure of peace negotiations early in the Russia–Ukraine war. The post Zelensky’s Former Press Secretary: The West Blocked Possible Peace appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

In recent local elections in the United Kingdom and Australia, right-wing populism has appeared to be on the march. Support has surged for the Reform UK and One Nation parties. Media speculation about a future Prime Minister Nigel Farage, or even a Prime Minister Pauline Hanson, is no longer off…

SINGAPORE: Chinese President Xi Jinping will be revelling in the perception that all roads lead to Beijing. He welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday (May 20), just days after hosting United States President Donald Trump for a hotly anticipated summit. These back-to-back visits clearly show China’s geopolitical…

First, Russia took Ukraine's land. Now, Ukrainian officials and legal experts say, Moscow is stripping and selling what lies above and beneath it...Read More