The arrests of two Americans add to a grim and growing number of U.S. citizens behind bars in Russia, where many are widely seen as hostages held as bargaining chips amid President Vladimir Putin’s ...

Ukraine’s SBU security service said it “thwarted” an assassination attempt against President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by a network of five Ukrainian agents linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) ...

A Moscow court on May 7 sent noted Russian journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova to pretrial detention at least until July 6 on a charge of "justifying terrorism." ...

An ex-minister is on trial for his wife's murder in Kazakhstan. The case has put domestic violence in the spotlight in the country, where UN figures suggest at least 400 women die every year from ...

A Russian woman who described U.S. soldier Gordon Black as her "husband" posted numerous videos of the couple together in South Korea, giving a glimpse of their relationship before he became the ...

Balkans experts say Xi’s visit is a reminder that Belgrade is increasingly at pains to keep its trade and diplomatic options open, even as it continues to pursue EU membership.

Russian prosecutors on May 7 declared the Washington-based Freedom House human rights watchdog an "undesirable organization." ...

Surging brown waters were cascading through rural houses and shops in Afghanistan's Ghor Province in the latest flooding to hit the country. Taliban authorities say more than 1,000 families were ...

Two Belarusian activists went on trial in Minsk on May 7 in separate cases amid a continuing crackdown on dissent.

Norway and Moldova on May 7 signed an agreement to strengthen their cooperation in the energy sector and step up the Southeastern European country's energy security.

A court in the Siberian city of Omsk has sentenced psychologist Olga Belova to six years in prison in absentia on a charge of distributing "deliberately false" information about Russia's armed forces ...

There were fresh protests in the Black Seat port of Batumi on May 6 against a proposed "foreign agents" bill that critics say ...