Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session on 2 June. Her appointment comes as the regional group that includes Western Europe ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia’s economy is “on the brink of going into a recession,” the country’s economy minister said Thursday, according to Russian media reports.

The Hague — Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia plans to cut defense spending, acknowledging growing strains on the budget even as he insisted that reductions would depend on winning his war in Ukraine.

President Trump opened his remarks at the Group of 7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.