Trump drops ceasefire demand
US president Donald Trump on Saturday shifted his campaign to halt the Ukraine war to securing a full peace agreement after a summit with Russia鈥檚 president Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire...
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Blast at Russian gunpowder factory kills 11
At least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured in a factory blast in a Russian region outside Moscow, Russian authorities said Saturday...
Ukrainian leader Zelensky to meet with US president Trump in Washington on Monday
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Washington on Monday to discuss 鈥榚nding the killing and the war鈥� with United States president Donald Trump, he announced Saturday...
Trump-Putin meeting ends without breakthrough on Ukraine
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin made no breakthrough on Ukraine at their high-stakes summit on Friday, pointing to areas of agreement and rekindling a friendship but offering no news on a ceasefire...
Labour migration to Russia rises despite war
Labour migration from Bangladesh to Russia 鈥� a destination traditionally untapped by Bangladeshi workers and authorities 鈥� has sharply gone up in recent years, despite the continued Russia鈥揢kraine war...
Ukraine for unconditional ceasefire, Russia against Western weapon supply
The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war...
Oil prices rise ahead of US-Russia summit
Wall Street stocks finished little changed Thursday as markets absorbed a disappointing inflation report, while oil prices shot higher on the eve of a US-Russia summit on Ukraine...
World stocks higher before US-Russia summit
Stock markets mostly rose Friday with all eyes on a landmark US-Russia summit aimed at ending the war in Ukraine...
Taliban mark 4th year in power in Afghanistan, now officially recognised
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday, buoyed by Russia鈥檚 first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow...
Bundesliga crown up for grabs
Pretenders to the crown Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and cup holders Stuttgart are priming themselves for a run at Bayern Munich鈥檚 Bundesliga title after a frustrating summer transfer window for the Bavarian giants...
Trump-Putin summit today
US president Donald Trump said Thursday his Alaska summit with Russia鈥檚 Vladimir Putin could fail but was merely a prelude to a second, three-way meeting where the substantive dealmaking over the Ukraine war would happen...
Russia, Ukraine exchange 84 prisoners each
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each on Thursday, both sides said, the latest in a series of swaps that has seen hundreds of POWs released so far this year...
Putin, Kim vow stronger ties ahead of US-Russia summit
Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korea鈥檚 leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to strengthen cooperation,聽days ahead of Putin鈥檚 summit in Alaska with Donald Trump, Pyongyang鈥檚 state media reported Wednesday...
Zelensky says concessions will not make Russia end war
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday warned against capitulating to the demands of president Vladimir Putin ahead of talks Friday between the Russian leader and US president Donald Trump...
Moscow strikes kill five in Ukraine
A new round of Moscow鈥檚 shelling and drone attacks killed five people in Ukraine Sunday, authorities said, while Kyiv hit an oil refinery in Russia鈥檚 Saratov region...
Kyiv won鈥檛 cede land: Zelensky
Ukraine won鈥檛 surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.
US president Trump to meet Russian president Putin in Alaska on next Friday
United States president Donald Trump said on Friday that he would meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in one week in Alaska, and suggested that an eventual deal between Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine could involve swapping territory...
Modi says had 鈥榞ood鈥� conversation with Putin
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said he had 鈥榓 very good鈥� conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday, during which they discussed Ukraine and ways to strengthen bilateral ties.
Putin holds constructive talks with US envoy
Russian president Vladimir Putin held 鈥榗onstructive鈥� talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, two days ahead of a US deadline for Russia to halt its Ukraine offensive or face fresh sanctions...
Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise
Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors unleashed, as sabre-rattling between the United States and Russia keeps the nuclear 鈥楧oomsday Clock鈥� close to midnight...
Trump adds additional 25% tariff on India over purchase of Russian oil
US President Donald Trump ordered an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods on Wednesday over New Delhi鈥檚 continued purchase of Russian oil, a key revenue source for Moscow鈥檚 war in Ukraine.
Russian strikes kill six across Ukraine
Russian strikes across eastern Ukraine killed six people, including a mechanic at a railway station, and wounded at least a dozen people, authorities said Tuesday...
Trump threatens India with higher tariffs
US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he was considering 鈥榮ubstantially鈥� hiking tariffs on Indian imports in the next 24 hours over the country鈥檚 purchases of Russian oil...
Sweden, Denmark, Norway to buy US arms for Ukraine
Sweden, Norway and Denmark will donate equipment and munitions worth $500 million to Ukraine, under a new scheme to speed deliveries from American stockpiles, Stockholm said on Tuesday.
Russia urges caution in nuclear 鈥榬hetoric鈥�
Russia urged caution on Monday after US president Donald Trump said he would deploy two nuclear submarines following an online row with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev...
Ukrainian drones spark fire at Sochi oil depot
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Sochi, the Russian resort that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, around 400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, authorities said Sunday...
China, Russia start joint drills in Sea of Japan
China and Russia began joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan on Sunday as they seek to reinforce their partnership and counterbalance what they see as a US-led global order...
Ukrainian drone strikes kill 3 in Russia
Ukrainian drone strikes killed three people and wounded two others overnight in western Russia, regional governors said on Saturday...
India trashes Trump鈥檚 comment of Russian oil supply
Rebuffing the US president Donald Trump鈥檚 comment on stopping Russian oil supply, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said they were unaware of any pause on the imports of oil from Russia, reports NDTV...
Russian drone strikes on Ukraine hit all-time record in July
Russian drone strikes on Ukraine have hit an all-time high, an AFP analysis showed Friday, as Kyiv held a day of mourning after one of the deadliest attacks on the capital left 31 dead.
