Ukraine thought its forces could blockade the city of Melitopol within 15 days, according to Valery Gerasimov Ukrainian military planners expected swift progress in their summer counteroffensive, which was to culminate in the so-called “land bridge to Crimea” being cut, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian general staff, said on Thursday. He added…

A power-sharing deal could be agreed in exchange for a normalization of ties with Saudi Arabia, West Jerusalem officials have told the paper Israel could offer to share control over Gaza, after the war currently devastating the Palestinian enclave ends, with the US and a coalition of Arab nations, the New York Times has reported,…

Wolfgang Schaeuble, an influential member of the CDU party who also served as finance minister during the euro debt crisis, has died Wolfgang Schaeuble, the former president of the German parliament, has passed away at the age of 81 after a political career spanning more than 50 years. The veteran Christian-Democratic politician, who held several…