N2:EXPLN

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Ukraine has become the main flashpoint in Moscow's relations with the West, with Russian troops...

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers are due to debate introducing a bill making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory....

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched two missile attacks at the United Arab Emirates in the last week,...

By Elaine Lies and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said this...

By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - The West African nation of Burkina Faso hit international headlines on Sunday when machinegun...

By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Britain has accused the Kremlin of wanting to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine,...

By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -Tensions between Moscow and Western powers have raised the prospect of new economic sanctions being imposed...

(Reuters) - Here is a snapshot of what to look out for next in the Ukraine crisis after the latest...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A group of Russian lawmakers have urged parliament to appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognise two...

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian parliament will convene on Jan. 24 to begin voting for a new head of state...

By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to monitor an active volcano that erupted off the South Pacific...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is facing its most serious financial...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew on Thursday had his military links and royal patronages removed,...

(Corrects to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not Ryabkov) in 'Diplomacy continues' section) (Reuters) -A burst of East-West diplomacy this week...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by Britain's Prince Andrew to...

By Greg Torode and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government is expanding its use of a...

By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea began the New Year with increasingly capable missile tests,...

(Reuters) - Dozens of people have died and thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan over the past week during the...

(Reuters) - Kazakhstan's slow-burning government reform of a niche market for car fuels brutally backfired this week, triggering the biggest...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prince Andrew of Britain's lawyers on Tuesday will ask a U.S. judge to...