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Officials in Iran and the United States have issued differing assessments of progress on a new deal to exchange sanctions relief for curbs on Iran's nuclear program, with Tehran suggesting a nuclear deal is "imminent" but Washington expressly challenging that view.

Russian forces took control of the Ukrainian town where workers at the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant live and briefly detained the mayor, sparking protests in which three people died, the mayor of the town has said.

Lora, who lives in the Russian city of Kazan, was a big backer of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine until her son signed up to fight there. Now she questions what Russia is fighting for and worries whether he will come back alive or wounded.

A fire continues to rage at an oil-storage facility in Lviv following multiple Russian rocket strikes the previous day that marked the most significant attack on the western Ukrainian city since Russia's full-scale invasion began over a month ago.

The leader of territory controlled by Kremlin-backed separatists in Ukraine's Luhansk region has said he plans on holding a "referendum" on accession to Russia, a move that will escalate tensions between the Kremlin and the West.

Alex Smith of the Breakthrough Institute explains how Russia's invasion of Ukraine could lead to soaring prices, food shortages, and other problems around the world.

Tens of thousands of Russians have left the country since Moscow invaded Ukraine a month ago. Many of those doing so have reported unpleasant -- and illegal -- interrogations as they passed through Russian passport control.

A Russian couple who have condemned their country's invasion of Ukraine have taken in refugees at their hotel in Serbia, an EU aspirant but traditional Russian ally that has wavered in condemning the Kremlin for its unprovoked attack.

In a presentation to the European Parliament on March 23, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on the international community to step up its aid to Ukraine, including the provision of massive military help and the imposition of “hellish sanctions” against Russia.

Many Central Asian migrants say they're struggling to find work in Russia as businesses are downsizing or closing under tough Western sanctions. And they fear it will only get worse as many newly unemployed Russians “may soon start looking for jobs they didn't want before."