Oil Prices, Stocks Plunge After Saudi Arabia Stuns World With Massive Discounts Oil prices dropped as much as 30% following the unexpected Saudi decision to cut prices and boost production. The move reflects the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus and its economic effects.
Freedom House Report Finds Freedom On The Wane Worldwide The annual survey of the state of global freedom includes the world's two biggest democracies — India and the U.S. — among nations where freedom is declining.
Russia's Government Resigns As Putin Moves To Change The Constitution Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin loyalist, and other principal government ministers resigned in a move designed to ease a package of changes recently proposed by Russia's president.
Opinion: Ukraine Used Diplomacy; Russia Used Disinformation. The Difference Is Key As we head into the 2020 elections, we must do a better job of distinguishing between diplomacy and destructive disinformation, writes former diplomat Brett Bruen.
Vladimir Putin Backs Trump, Calling Impeachment Charges 'Completely Made Up' The Russian president said so Thursday during his annual marathon news conference in Moscow. During the year-end event, Putin also suggested that Russia's presidential term limits "could be removed."
With Paris Peace Talks, Putin And Zelenskiy Meet For First Time More than 13,000 people have been killed in the Russian insurgency since it began five years ago. The Ukrainian president entered the talks in a tricky position, wanting peace but lacking leverage.
Anti-Doping Agency Bans Russia From International Sports Events For 4 Years WADA says Russia won't be able to take part in high-profile events such as the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo or the 2022 World Cup because it has continued to provide fake information.
The Stakes For Ukraine Are High In Monday's Summit Between Putin And Zelenskiy Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will have his first meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris, in an effort to end a five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine that has cost 13,000 lives.
Putin Approves Law Labeling Journalists 'Foreign Agents' In Russia The rule extends a 2017 law pertaining to outlets like Voice of America. That law was drafted after the Justice Department compelled Russia-backed RT America to register as a foreign agent in the U.S.
Russia Begins Sending Natural Gas To China As Putin And Xi Open New Pipeline When it's fully completed, the Russia-China pipeline will span more than 5,000 miles, connecting Siberian gas fields to cities in northeastern China that currently rely on coal.
