Decades of aggressive eastward expansion by US-led NATO towards the borders of the Russian Federation have led to a dramatic security polarization in Europe not seen since the height of the Cold War.

The chairman of the African Union (AU), Senegalese President Macky Sall, has warned of mounting pressure to choose sides in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, saying the continent "does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War."

Thousands of people on Monday take to the streets in the German city of Leipzig to protest rising cost of living amid soaring inflation in the European country.

To many political pundits, analysts, spiritual men, and religious scholars, Mikhail Gorbachev’s name brings to mind a historic letter the founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini wrote to him in Jan. 1989

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 1000 GMT, March 13, 2022.

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has said that the threat of a nuclear conflict always exists, even though no one wants war.

Washington and its NATO allies have targeted Russian financial institution, high net worth individuals, with sanctions and asset freezes, while Germany has put the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on hold.

Moscow is growing weary of the West threatening its borders and the false accusations against Russia, from invading Ukraine to planning a false flag to do so, as diplomacy falters the prospect of an armed conflict is becoming very real.

In a joint op-ed, China and Russia has decried the US for holding a summit on democracy based on its own interpretation of the concept.

China is warning against the renewal of Cold-War divisions and confrontations in Asia-Pacific, amid continued regional tensions over the issue of Taiwan.