Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the US and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had only one chance but Moscow pressed ahead with major battlefield gains in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would make an “important” decision in two weeks on Ukraine peace efforts, specifying that Moscow could face massive sanctions or he might do nothing....
New images released by North Korean state media showed leader Kim Jong Un kneeling before portraits of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, as well as hugging an emotional survivor of the conflict....
Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly two-year-old war but on terms acceptable to Israel....
New Zealand’s spy service warned that China is the most active power engaging in foreign interference in the country, sparking a sharp rebuke from Beijing....
Russia is using “sexual torture” against civilians as part of a “deliberate and systematic policy” of intimidation in areas of Ukraine seized in Moscow’s invasion, United Nations experts said on Thursday....
Russia on Tuesday returned the bodies of what it said were 1 000 Ukrainian soldiers, five of whom died while in captivity, a Ukrainian government agency said....
US President Donald Trump said he had ruled out putting US troops on the ground in Ukraine, but said the US might provide air support as part of a deal to end Russia’s war in the country....
A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, the UN said, branding the figures and lack of accountability a “shameful indictment” of international apathy - and warned this year’s toll was equally disturbing....
US President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine’s security in any deal to end Russia’s war there, though the extent of any assistance was not immediately clear....
Demonstrators across Israel called on Sunday for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, a push sharply criticised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies....
European leaders, including UK PM Keir Starmer, will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on Monday, seeking an end to Moscow’s invasion, after US President Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following an Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimi...
US President Donald Trump raised hopes of a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia on Monday as he welcomed President Volodymyr Zelensky to high-stakes talks at the White House....
US President Donald Trump said reclaiming Crimea or entering NATO were off the table for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington for talks aimed at ending the war with Russia....
Talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin produced enough movement to justify a meeting with Ukrainian and European leaders, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS on Sunday....
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to Alaska on Friday for a high-risk summit that promises a stern test of the US president’s promise to end the bloody war in Ukraine....
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was planning a second meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin soon after Friday’s Alaska summit -- this time with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky included....
Air Canada began cancelling flights on Thursday after receiving a strike notice from the flight attendants’ union, warning all operations could be shut down by Saturday....
South Korea’s former first lady, Kim Keon Hee, appeared in court, where a judge will decide whether to approve a special prosecutor’s request for a warrant to arrest her on accusations of graft....
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to strengthen cooperation, days ahead of Putin’s summit in Alaska with Donald Trump, Pyongyang’s state media reported....
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu had “lost the plot” as the country weighs up whether to recognise a Palestinian state....
Israel’s new offensive in Gaza City could take weeks to start, leaving the door open for a ceasefire, officials say, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would get under way “fairly quickly” and end the war with Hamas’ defeat....
Ukraine said on Tuesday it was engaged in “difficult” battles with Russian forces after Moscow had made rapid advances in a narrow but important section of the front line in the country’s east....
Iranian police arrested as many as 21 000 “suspects” during the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media....
Ukraine has retaken two villages in its eastern region of Sumy, Kyiv’s military said, adding to recent small territorial gains along the border with Russia ahead of peace talks at a summit of the US and Russian leaders set for Friday....
EU foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the looming summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, as Europe fears any deal made without Ukraine could force unacceptable compromises....
Japanese authorities urged millions to evacuate their homes after heavy rains unleashed floods and landslides in the country’s southwest, leaving several residents missing....
European leaders pushed for Ukraine to be a part of negotiations between the United States and Russia, ahead of talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump....
Russian President Vladimir Putin met India’s national security advisor on Thursday, a day after Washington hiked tariffs on New Delhi over its purchases of Moscow’s oil....
A US appeals court overturned on Friday a lower court’s ruling finding probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of court over their handling of the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants under a centuries-old wartime law....
