Factboxes

By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognised the independence of separatist enclaves in...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Under the international Montreux Convention, NATO member Turkey has control over passage of vessels between the Mediterranean...

(Reuters) - Russia has massed troops near Ukraine and the West has threatened economic sanctions if it launches an invasion....

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have warned Russia not to invade Ukraine and urged both countries to return to a set...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has cultivated close ties with pro-Russian separatists controlling swathes of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine...

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, the world's longest reigning monarch, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Buckingham Palace tries to...

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting an outpouring of well wishes...

(Reuters) - Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have urged Myanmar's military to follow a five-point "consensus"...

By Gabriela Baczynska (Reuters) - The European Union's top court will rule this week on challenges by Poland and Hungary...

By Steve Scherer and Nichola Saminather (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked rarely-used special measures to...

SEOUL (Reuters) - The uncertain outlook for the upcoming presidential election in South Korea reflects the ups and downs of...

By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Uttar Pradesh, the first of five Indian states going to the polls this...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership credentials have been badly tarnished by controversies and missteps in recent...

By Neil Jerome Morales (Reuters) - Campaigning kicked off in the Philippines on Tuesday ahead of an election on May...

By Neil Jerome Morales (Reuters) - Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator whose rule defined the Philippines'...

(Reuters) - (This February 4 story deletes incorrect description of Boko Haram as an affiliate of Al Qaeda in paragraph...

(Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Friday and announced a strategic partnership...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his premiership after a revolt by his lawmakers angry...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting to shore up his authority after five aides quit his...

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin meets China's leader Xi Jinping this week when he attends the Beijing Winter Olympics and...