Foreign policy
Biden tops list of Americans banned from traveling to Russia, but Trump is not on it
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, July 16, 2018. Grigory Dukor | Reuters President Joe Biden made Russia’s “blacklist” but former President Donald Trump didn’t. Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday released an updated list of nearly 1,000 Americans permanently barred from […]
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Biden, South Korea’s Yoon vow to deter North Korea but offer Covid aid
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to a semiconductor factory at the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, May 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart agreed on Saturday to hold bigger military drills […]
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Russia may be running out of crucial targeting drones; brutal siege of Mariupol steel plant ends. Follow our live updates
Boris Johnson spoke with Turkey’s Erdogan about NATO concerns U.K. Boris Johnson spoke with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, focusing on their two countries’ cooperation and the war in Ukraine. Johnson raised the issue of Turkey’s opposition to Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership applications, and “encouraged” Erdogan to work with both countries […]
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Russia will shut off gas to Finland from Saturday, Finnish energy provider says
A drilling rig at a gas processing facility, operated by Gazprom. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Russia may have just made its first retaliatory move against Finland after lawmakers in Helsinki officially applied to join the military alliance NATO. Gasum, Finland’s state-owned gas wholesaler, said in a statement Friday morning that natural gas imports from Russia […]
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Zelenskyy says Donbas region completely destroyed; Russia likely to swiftly redeploy Mariupol forces
12 killed in Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, Luhansk governor says The governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region said 12 people have been killed in Severodonetsk as a result of Russian attacks, with more than 60 homes destroyed. Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk regional military administration, said via Telegram that at least five high-rise buildings […]
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Russia says it has sent 900 Ukrainian soldiers to prison camp; U.S. reopens embassy in Kyiv
Ukraine’s presidential advisor says the war is unlikely to end by fall Local boys sit on a swing in the yard of an apartment building destroyed by the Russian army airstrike in Ukraine May 13, 2022. The war in Ukraine is expected to continue through the summer and possibly beyond, presidential advisor Oleksii Arestovych said, […]
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Two maps show NATO’s growth — and Russia’s isolation — since 1990
A Swedish soldier takes part in exercises on May 17, 2022. Her country, along with Finland, now wants to join NATO. Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images Russia has become increasingly isolated from the rest of Europe over the last 30 years, and maps of the continent illustrate just how drastic the change has […]
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‘The whole world is against us’: Russian military analyst gives damning assessment of Ukraine war on state TV
Destroyed military equipment of the Russian army in the city of Bucha. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images In a country where independent media and commentary has all but disappeared from public view, it’s rare to hear dissenting voices on the many state-controlled TV networks in Russia — particularly now with the country at […]
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Finland and Sweden formally apply to join the NATO military alliance. Follow our live updates
Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO on Wednesday marking another step toward the Western military alliance’s expansion, although the full accession process could take a year and Turkey’s objections need to be overcome. The status of the besieged Azovstal steelworks complex in Mariupol, a heavily-destroyed port city in southern Ukraine, remains unknown with […]
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‘The stakes here are now massive’: Turkey is threatening to block NATO membership for Sweden and Finland
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks ahead of the peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine at Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul, Turkiye on March 29, 2022. Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has doubled down on his opposition to Sweden and Finland joining the NATO alliance, […]
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