Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell "chickened out" of talking to Russia.

Ukraine's top diplomat tells Western backers critical of Kiev for its forces' slow counteroffensive to "shut up".

G7 foreign ministers have promised to take tougher measures against Russia's stance in Ukraine and China's policy in the East and South China Seas.

Russian FM criticizes the US military's biological activity in the CIS, citing it as a security threat.

The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan has reached 1,061, according to the latest figures released by the country's disaster management authority, even as Islamabad continues to seek international aid.