During a news conference in Kyiv, he discussed recent Kremlin comments that indicated Moscow was ready to engage in peace talks. "We do not see Russia serious about negotiations and serious about ...

KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pored over a once-classified map of vast deposits of rare earths and other ...

Ukraine is home to roughly 5% of the world's mineral resources, with rich deposits of titanium, uranium, iron, manganese and lithium -- as well as oil and gas.

Things in the Arctic have never been hotter ... provocation by our adversaries.” The following month, Russia and China sent patrol boats through icy waters of the high north.

But when push came to shove, neither Moscow nor Tehran came to the aid of Mr. al-Assad’s authoritarian government. Russia and Iran have had a complicated relationship in the past. Over the last ...

"We will be speaking, and I think will perhaps do something that ... European Union has imposed on Russia over the war, due in around six months. "Among other things, the Commission has promised ...

"We will be speaking, and I think will perhaps do something that'll be significant ... the sanctions the European Union has imposed on Russia over the war, due in around six months. "Among other ...

Exclusive: Zelenskiy says 'Let's do a ... 2025 Russia's defence ministry said its troops repelled a Ukrainian counteroffensive in Russia's western Kursk region on Thursday. Moscow says its troops ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...

Though it's located about 20 miles outside St. Petersburg proper, the Catherine Palace and Park certainly merits a visit by anyone in the area, especially enthusiasts of elaborate and fanciful ...