Michele Kelemen

The Russian journalist knew writing about the KGB and its successor the FSB was risky. Russia declared her a foreign agent, like her grandfather who was killed in the Stalin era.

The United Nations Security Council meets on Ukraine, as Russia mobilizes more forces and Ukraine accuses Russia of fresh atrocities in Izium.

The war in Ukraine is dominating this year's general assembly. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to address the world body about newly discovered graves in formerly Russian occupied territory.

As leaders gather for the first all-in-person General Assembly since the pandemic, the war in Ukraine is a major focus. Secretary-General António Guterres has warned this is a time of "great peril."

Washington has released Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai in exchange for the freedom of U.S. citizen Mark Frerichs, who'd been held captive in Afghanistan for the past 2 1/2 years.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be a major topic at this week's annual meeting of leaders at the United Nations.

Ukraine's battlefield victories are a reason for celebration. But could it could also usher in another dangerous phase — with Russia's President Vladimir Putin lashing out in other ways.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Thursday to announce more security aid to Ukraine.
He was also there to signal support as Ukraine tries to push back Russian forces.

The U.N. Security Council will discuss Russia's so-called filtration camps, where hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have supposedly been detained, interrogated and possibly moved far into Russia.

The United Nations is calling for a demilitarized zone around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

New developments emerged this week in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over reviving the nuclear weapons agreement abandoned by the Trump administration.

Nuclear facilities, like the one Russia controls in Ukraine, should be off limits to warring parties. Russia's seizure of the nuclear plant sets a dangerous precedent.

There has been very little diplomacy during the course of the war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are seeking battlefield advantage before negotiating.

Feeling vindicated by recent evidence of an Iranian plot to kill former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, opponents to reviving the nuclear deal with Iran are pressing their case.

A recent United Nations report accuses Rwanda of supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. United States Secretary of State Blinken is visiting both countries to try to cool tensions.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says African states shouldn't have to pick a side in great power rivalries, though the U.S. is competing with Russia and China for influence.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a major speech on U.S. policy in Africa, following his visit to Cambodia, and a trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan that drew China's ire.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Cambodia for a regional meeting of foreign ministers amid the fallout from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

The United Nations kicked off a conference on the status of a 50-year treaty on nuclear nonproliferation — as crises fester in the Middle East, the Korean peninsula and Ukraine.

Secretary of State Blinken says he plans to speak with his Russian counterpart soon. A top priority is the release of Americans held by Russia: Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.