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After thousands of "weaponized" migrants massed on the border with Belarus and neighboring EU countries in 2021, Poland is moving ahead with a controversial barrier.

President Vladimir Putin says the West has "ignored" Moscow's security concerns over the expansion of NATO as the U.S. again urged Russia to withdraw its forces from areas near Ukraine's borders amid continued fears that the troop buildup is the prelude of an invasion of its western neighbor. 

Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has replaced predecessor Nursultan Nazarbaev as the leader of the ruling Nur-Otan party, the latest in a series of moves to consolidate his power and marginalize his predecessor following deadly anti-government protests in early January.

With the threat of a major escalation still looming, the United States and NATO responded to Russia's demands for sweeping restrictions on the alliance -- but how will Russia respond to the response? And an apparent abduction casts a stark spotlight on Vladimir Putin's man in Chechnya -- again.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned a new prison sentence handed to prominent Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi and called on Tehran to "immediately and unconditionally" release her.

Ukraine was on the brink of default when Russia seized Crimea and backed anti-Kyiv forces in the Donbas in 2014. While it still suffers from structural problems and persistent corruption, the economy is in better shape as the threat of a new Russian offensive hangs over Ukraine.

The Soviet-era Georgian chess master Nona Gaprindashvili has welcomed a Californian court's decision in a defamation lawsuit related to Netflix's hit miniseries The Queen's Gambit. 

Ukraine’s president again pushed back on U.S. assertions that a new Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent, as he sought to tamp down fears within the country and ease mounting economic strains. 

Clearly, I’m getting Spring fever

Wise Jennings resident songstress talks about her approach to music, pre-gig rituals and what goes into her grocery cart whether she needs it or not.