Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's capture by the United States has deprived Vladimir Putin of an ally and could increase U.S. "oil clout", but Moscow is eying potential gains from President Donald Trump's division of the world into spheres of influence.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The United States and Russia both said on Thursday that they had made progress toward normalising the work of their diplomatic missions, with the United States saying it was still concerned about a Russian policy prohibiting the ...

From the minute Russia put its nuclear forces on high alert after invading Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has sought to limit NATO’s military assistance to Ukraine by turning decisions on Western support into questions about the potential for nuclear ...

"For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have a direct threat to the use of nuclear weapons…. We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis," U.S. President Joe Biden said in 2022. The stark warning ...

Russia has warned the United States against direct involvement on Israel's side in the conflict with Iran. "It would be a step that would radically destabilize the whole situation," said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov at the St Petersburg ...

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have officially withdrawn from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, AKA the Ottawa Convention, citing fears from Russian aggression

Any U.S. attempt to align with Russia to counterbalance China lacks the geopolitical, economic, and strategic foundation necessary for success. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the official welcoming ...