While maps might have indicated that New Spain included much of what is now Texas, the Spanish, in fact, rarely controlled ...

Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main ...

Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.

Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has enabled their recent capture of town after town in ...

Ukraine continues to cripple Russia's energy sector by hitting numerous oil refineries, depots, chemical plants, and more ...

Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian ...

Russia says it's withstanding the impact of sanctions. Sweden's finance minister says satellite images show a different story ...

The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near ...

Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian forces ...

Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s economy has surpassed expectations. Its figures are, if not rosy, not ruinous either. Last year, the war economy likely grew ...

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