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The UN refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion less than a week ago, an exodus without precedent in this century for its speed.

Today the Russian government warned the Voice of America of its intention to block the VOA Russian language service’s news website, www.golosameriki.com, unless it removes coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian government’s media regulator, Roskomnadzor, claims the news site...

Seven Romanian soldiers died on March 2 when their helicopter crashed in eastern Romania while searching for a missing fighter jet, the Defense Ministry said.

The director-general of the UN's atomic energy agency will travel to Iran on March 5 to meet with Iranian officials as Tehran and world powers continue to negotiate a possible return to a crippled nuclear agreement.

Major Ukrainian cities including the capital, Kyiv, have reported stepped-up bombardment as Russia's unprovoked invasion entered its second week and UN members condemned Moscow's actions as "deplorable" and demanded that Russia withdraw.

Ekho Moskvy, an independent Russian media outlet critical of the Kremlin, has decided to close amid moves by the government to restrict its outreach.

Two major debt ratings agencies have slashed Russia's sovereign assessment to junk status after the West slapped a series of crippling sanctions on Moscow for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. State Department has accused Moscow of mounting "a full assault on media freedom and the truth" as officials there seek to "mislead and suppress" information about Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

The UN's nuclear watchdog says Iran has sharply increased it stockpile of enriched uranium amid talks to revive a 2015 agreement to curb Tehran's atomic program.

Voice of America (VOA) on Wednesday said it is refusing to comply with the requests of Russian officials ...