BLOOMBERG Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a brief encounter with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in India, their first in-person meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. The top US diplomat pressed Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to move towards a peace deal with Ukraine and advocated for US citizens detained …

BLOOMBERG Vladimir Putin called an attack in a village near the border with Ukraine “a terrorist act,” hours after scrapping plans to travel to southern Russia on Thursday over the episode. “They crossed into the border zone and opened fire on civilians” who were in a vehicle, Putin said in comments at the start of a televised video conference with …

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) and Q Holding PJSC signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen their partnership in humanitarian fields. The agreement outlines mechanisms for coordination and cooperation between the two parties and Q Holding’s role in supporting the ERC’s humanitarian and development efforts in the UAE and abroad. It also aims to promote corporate social responsibility …