Nahal Toosi, Zack Colman, Paul McLeary    President Donald Trump’s erratic moves aren’t helping.

Graham Lanktree    Britain’s top diplomat will host foreign ministers from the five Central Asian countries in London on Thursday.

Sebastian Starcevic    The Russian president, who is wanted by the ICC, says the Nobel committee has lost credibility.

Koen Verhelst, Gabriel Gavin, Eliza Gkritsi, Camille Gijs, Antonia Zimmermann    Firms from the UAE, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan feature on a list of entities to be blacklisted by Brussels.

Sebastian Starcevic    After calls to ban Israel from the Games, Israeli athletes have been met with protests, death threats and abuse.

Gabriel Gavin    Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accuses the Moscow-led CSTO of failing to honor its obligations.

Denis Leven    After deadly Moscow terror attack, authorities have targeted vulnerable scapegoats.

Eva Hartog    he Moscow attack by radical Islamists could have been a wake-up call. But it doesn’t seem like it will be.

Ashley Jackson    EU and US officials have warned about potential attacks in recent months.

Meike van Ginneken, Water Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Netherlands is a steering committee member of the NDC Partnership    By 2030, global water demand will exceed availability by 40 percent.

Gabriel Gavin    More Western interest helps ’strengthen the agency of Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan in dealing with all other partners in the world,’...

Gabriel Gavin    After a year of setbacks in Ukraine, Russia’s military arsenal looked distinctly depleted.

Nicolas Camut    No hits were made, with no casualties,’ head of Kyiv military administration says.

Jacopo Barigazzi, Barbara Moens, Leonie Kijewski    Third countries that help Russians get banned goods could be hit with sanctions, under plans being drafted by the European Commission.

Gabriel Gavin    A summit of former Soviet states was supposed to project Moscow’s power. Instead, it showed the Kremlin’s regional influence is crumbling.

Gian Volpicelli    Attack in separatist-controlled territory comes after reports that two shooters killed 11 at a Russian military training center Saturday.

Zoya Sheftalovich    Air bombardment shows new commander’s appetite for civilian casualties.

Gabriel Gavin    The Kremlin wants to return to the age when Russia dominated its neighbors across Eurasia. Instead, it’s driving them away.

Gian Volpicelli    Border clashes between the two countries have left 81 dead.

Phelim Kine    Saudi’s Chinese flirtation reflects a leverage bid with Biden administration.

Phelim Kine    A soured US-Saudi relationship has given Beijing a diplomatic windfall. Can the president claw it back?

Victor Jack    Comments ease off earlier Russian rhetoric about ’far-reaching consequences.’

Stefania D'Ignoti    Aid workers say the lesser-known route has become more attractive and that officials must better prepare.

David M. Herszenhorn    Josep Borrell announces restrictions on transit from six countries to thwart ’trafficking.’

Andrew Desiderio, Lara Seligman    In a classified hearing with senators, top generals detailed negotiations for over the horizon staging locations to strike al Qaeda.

Liv Klingert    It’s not one or two, it’s several tens of people,’ Putin said on Telegram.

Jacopo Barigazzi    The plan ’does not mean recognition,’ but the EU does need to liaise with the Taliban on critical issues.

Liv Klingert    Germany is figuring out how to evacuate at-risk groups once NATO leaves, the foreign minister said.

Stuart Lau    Beijing’s big fear is that the Taliban in Afghanistan will provide cross-border support to Uyghur separatists.

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Joshua Keating    Notions of territorial control will likely get a little more fluid in the future.