President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States (US) is forging "strongly" ahead on its growing Asia-Pacific priorities, despite the crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Hosting Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the Oval Office, Biden said the world's "rules-based order" faces "unprecedented challenges," but that Washington has not been distracted by the Ukraine war."Even as we address the crisis in Europe, my adm

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken many long-held Western assumptions about the foundations of peace in Europe.

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:NATO Never 'More United': Biden United States (US) President Joe Biden says Russia's President Vladimir Putin has failed to divide the West with his war on Ukraine."NATO has never, never been more united than it is today. Putin is getting exactly the opposite of what he intended to have as a consequence of going into Ukraine," said Biden, who has landed near Poland's border with Ukraine.

We know what Russian President Vladimir Putin wants in Ukraine: to wipe the country off the map. We also know what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants: to keep Ukraine alive as a democratic state. The question is what the West wants. What is its strategic goal? So far, the West’s objectives have been framed in the negative: to avoid being drawn into a war with Russia, while still doing whatever possible to help the Ukrainians.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the West’s unprecedented response, represent a watershed in international relations, marking the formal end of the post-Cold War era and setting the stage for seismic geopolitical and geo-economic shifts.

The world has responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with sanctions, travel bans, and deliveries of humanitarian and military aid, all of which have been stepped up as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war crimes claim more lives every day. Now, with the Ukrainian people’s courage and solidarity having stirred the collective conscience of Europe and much of the world, pressure is growing to complement these measures with criminal indictments of Putin and his closest associates.&a

The Ukraine war has major economic consequences for energy, food, inflation and poverty, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The EBRD's chief economist, Beata Javorcik, spoke to AFP about the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, from where more than three million refugees have fled so far.Global lenders are giving billions for Ukraine, including a two-billion-euro (US$2.2 billion) "resilience package" from the London-bas

The war in Ukraine is pushing the world ever closer to an existential crisis. The lessons of the 20th century and its ghastly world wars have been lost on today’s leaders. The peace dividend of the Cold War has been squandered. Two superpowers – the United States (US) and the Russian Federation – are on the brink of an unimaginable military confrontation.

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:Ukraine Calls On China To Condemn 'Russian Barbarism'Ukraine calls on China to join the West in condemning "Russian barbarism", after the United States (US) warned Beijing of consequences if it backed Moscow's attack on the country."China can be the global security system's important element if it makes a right decision to support the civilised countries' coalition and condemn Russian barbarism,&quo

United States (US) President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have begun their first direct talks since November, amid growing US concern over Beijing’s relationship with Russia and its stance on the increasingly brutal war in Ukraine.Biden and Xi began speaking at 13:00 GMT on Friday, the White House said, amid warnings from Washington that China may be considering providing military support to Russia.