Kazakhstan’s lower parliament pushed ahead with anti-LGBTQ legislation Wednesday that appears to mirror Russian law, as the country’s president met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The rates of interception of both Russian drones and missiles fired into Ukraine through October slipped as Moscow continued its long-range bombardment of Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure,

(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published late on Wednesday that he hoped Washington would take no actions liable to escalate the Ukraine conflict. Lavrov said U.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said at the start of a meeting on Ukraine and defense cooperation that Kyiv needs to overcome what will be a “very difficult, very tough winter.”

Some of America's closest European allies say they're already in a gray zone between peace and war with Russia.

Russia is ready to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Russian state news agency TASS cited a foreign ministry official as saying on Wednesday.

Russian officials say they are waiting for an explanation from President Donald Trump about nuclear testing. He hasn't given one.

Last month, the US sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil producers, prompting some buyers in Asia to say they’d scale back purchases. But it’s difficult to know what buying curtailments are really happening as tankers wait until the last moment to reveal where they’re headed.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov offers face-to-face meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio amid ongoing Ukraine war tensions and diplomatic efforts.

Australia’s highest court has rejected Russia's challenge to a law that evicted it on security grounds from a site where a new embassy was under construction.

Jeffrey Epstein appeared to try to set up a meeting with Russia to discuss Donald Trump, according to new emails released by Congress, which received thousands of documents from Epstein's estate