UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the "hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system" in the wake of a simmering crisis in Ukraine.

Russia says the US decision to withdraw its OSCE staff from eastern Ukraine is the result of ‘military psychosis.’

American and Russian officials are expected hold talks on January 10 to discuss European security and simmering tensions over the Ukraine conflict, according to officials.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the intergovernmental organization have agreed on a deal to restore a full ceasefire between Ukrainian government troops and ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine.

Armenia's acting premier calls for the deployment of international observers to a portion of Armenia's border with Azerbaijan, where he said the atmosphere was tense.

Russia says Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to hold talks in Moscow to end their fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The British government appears to be calling for intervention in Belarus by flat out calling the recent election result 'fraudulent'.