A new player enters the Iran crisis—Moscow just put a nuclear card on the table. Russia has renewed its offer to take custody of Iran’s enriched...
After years of war, both sides are finally talking seriously. But peace still comes with a price. Ukraine and Russia are showing tentative signs of moving...
Ukraine says Russia is helping Iran target U.S. bases—and Washington is looking the other way. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued one of his sharpest warnings...
EU accused of interference. U.S. backs Orbán. Russia weighs in. Hungary’s election is now global. MOSCOW — Russia has accused elements within the European Union of...
Putin and Erdogan Call for Immediate Middle East Ceasefire as War Ripples Globally. The call came as the war’s consequences spread far beyond its original battlefield....
Russia thought the Iran war would save its economy—Ukraine just rewrote the script. Russia appeared poised for a rare economic lifeline as the war in Iran...
If Russia is aiding Iran, why is Washington easing the pressure? That question is now echoing across Capitol Hill. Trump Administration Eases Oil Restrictions on Russia...
As Moscow Deepens Support for Tehran, the Iran Conflict Risks Becoming a Direct U.S.–Russia Confrontation. If Russia is helping Iran target U.S. forces, this isn’t just...
President Floats Waiving Oil Sanctions, Naval Escorts in Hormuz as Markets Whipsaw and Pressure Mounts. End the war “very soon”? Lift oil sanctions? Escort tankers through...
One phone call. Three wars. And oil at the center of it all. U.S. Weighs Easing Russian Oil Sanctions as Leaders Discuss Iran Conflict and Ukraine...
While the Gulf burns and oil surges, is the Kremlin quietly cashing in?Rising Oil Prices, Strained U.S. Resources and Ukraine’s Vulnerability Put Russia in a Stronger...
Russian President Says Moscow May Redirect Energy Supplies to “Reliable Partners” Instead of Waiting for EU Ban. If Brussels plans to quit Russian gas anyway, Putin...
Moscow vs. Washington — the rhetoric just escalated. Is this the start of a broader geopolitical rupture? Russia sharply condemned the United States and Israel on...
Washington says a deal is “reasonably close.” Europe’s top spies say Moscow isn’t serious. Who’s reading the Kremlin right? Senior European intelligence officials are casting doubt...
If Moscow moves on the Baltics, Estonia says the fight won’t stop at the border — it will go deep into Russia. NATO would launch strikes...
The last guardrail is gone. Russia says it will show restraint — but only if Washington does the same. Russia said Wednesday it would continue observing...
The last nuclear arms cap is gone — and Washington says it wants a bigger, tougher deal. U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected a proposal by...
The War After the War: How Russia’s Veterans Could Become Europe’s Problem. European governments are facing renewed warnings that a potential ceasefire in Ukraine could trigger...
Analysis: NATO’s Ability to Deter Russia Has Taken a Hit. For most of its history, NATO’s strength rested less on troop numbers than on credibility—the shared...
Ramzan Kadyrov Rejects Ukraine Peace Talks, Urges Russia to Fight War to the End. Ramzan Kadyrov’s rejection of negotiations on Ukraine is less a statement of...
This wasn’t a routine patrol. It was a message—Britain’s undersea lifelines are not open for testing. The Royal Navy forced a Russian cargo vessel to leave...
Peace now hinges on a single word: Donetsk. And no one wants to say it out loud. The battle over Donetsk has emerged as the central...
For the first time since 2022, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States are sitting at the same table — not to exchange threats, but to confront...
Putin’s Calculated Distance from Iran Exposes the Limits of Russia’s Alliances. Alliances built on convenience rarely survive real pressure. The current standoff between Washington and Tehran...
Putin Backs U.S.-Brokered Talks but Warns Territory Is the Real Obstacle to Peace. Russia’s cautious endorsement of new U.S.-brokered security talks reveals a familiar pattern in...
From Gaza to Greenland, Trump turns tariffs into leverage—and Europe into the test case. U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his trade-as-coercion strategy, threatening a 200%...
Europe’s Strategic Dilemma: Defending Ukraine from Putin While Confronting Trump Over Greenland. When allies start sounding like adversaries, the foundations of global security begin to crack....
Putin Fires Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile to Signal Escalation to Ukraine, Europe and the U.S. President Vladimir Putin’s decision to fire the Oreshnik hypersonic missile — a...
Russia has issued a sharp warning to Washington after U.S. forces seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic, calling the move a dangerous escalation...
LEFT BEHIND: How Maduro’s Capture Exposed the Limits of Putin’s Power—and What It Reveals About a Shifting World Order. When U.S. forces dragged Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro...
PLAN B TO MOSCOW: Is Iran’s Supreme Leader Preparing to Run as the Streets Boil? As protests spread across Iran and security forces struggle to contain...
U.S. Intelligence Says Ukraine Did Not Target Putin in Alleged Drone Strike. U.S. intelligence has concluded that Ukraine did not attempt to assassinate Russian President Vladimir...
Russia Deploys Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik Missiles to Belarus, Expanding Strike Reach Across Europe. Russia has publicly unveiled the deployment of its nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile systems in...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet US President Donald Trump on Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida, in a high-stakes bid to push stalled...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered one of his starkest warnings yet to European allies, cautioning that Russia could be preparing to target NATO territory within...
A broken train line in Poland. Fires in Estonia. Balloons from Belarus. None of it is random — and all of it is costing Europe more...
The Widening Rift Between Trump and Europe Is a Strategic Gift to Putin. The latest rupture in trans-Atlantic relations is unfolding at a moment of acute...
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has issued new threats against Ukraine in the aftermath of a drone strike near his residence in Grozny—warnings that echo an alleged...
As Vladimir Putin stepped off his aircraft in New Delhi and into an embrace from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the moment crystallized India’s increasingly complex diplomatic...
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing this week with a dual mission: press China’s Xi Jinping to help secure a ceasefire in Ukraine and confront...
Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin continues to insist that Russia is on the path to victory. The...
U.S.–Russia Backchannel Diplomacy Raises Fears of Pressure on Kyiv. As Washington prepares for a new round of direct talks with Moscow, European leaders are bracing for...
ANALYSIS — Trump’s $2 Trillion Ukraine Plan Isn’t About Peace. It’s About Profit. The most explosive element of President Trump’s emerging plan to end the Russia-Ukraine...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest remarks in Kyrgyzstan signal an unusually blunt negotiating posture: Moscow will halt its nearly four-year war only if Ukrainian forces withdraw...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy both indicated Friday that they were willing to discuss President Donald Trump’s new 28-point peace proposal, but...
Senior North Korean and Russian military officials have held fresh talks in Pyongyang, underscoring the two countries’ accelerating defense cooperation as Moscow’s war in Ukraine enters...
Ethiopia and Russia are rapidly expanding their partnership across political, economic, and technological fronts, marking one of the most ambitious phases of bilateral engagement between the...
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Russia’s oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil after Putin refused to end the war in Ukraine — a dramatic turn...
Ukraine reels from its deadliest bombardment in weeks — hours after Washington shelves plans for a Trump-Putin peace meeting in Budapest. Russia unleashes a deadly wave...
Kyiv pierces Russian air defences with British-made precision weapons as Moscow vows retaliation and Trump–Putin ceasefire talks collapse. Ukraine has carried out one of its boldest...
The war in Ukraine has entered a dangerous diplomatic spiral. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing the heaviest Russian air assault since last winter, is now fighting on...
Russia Shoots Down Its Own Fighter Jet as Putin Pushes for Trump Summit Amid Ukraine Escalation. In a scene that underscores the chaos inside Vladimir Putin’s...
MOSCOW — The Kremlin’s gilded doors opened to an unfamiliar visitor on Wednesday: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the man who toppled Bashar al-Assad’s two-decade rule and...
Donald Trump’s refusal to wish Vladimir Putin a happy birthday marks the symbolic end of their years-long “bromance.” Once allies in rhetoric, Trump and Putin now...
Three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Moscow steps to the UN podium with little left to disguise. Sergey Lavrov, the Kremlin’s veteran foreign minister, is expected...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed seals nuclear and defense deals with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, signaling a dramatic tilt toward Russia that could reshape Horn of...
Beijing and Moscow now see themselves not only as military and economic rivals to the West, but as political competitors. The project President Xi Jinping calls...
Russia is once again testing NATO’s resolve — launching drones into Polish airspace, brushing the borders of Romania, and signaling that its interests now run squarely...
NATO scrambled F-35s on Friday to intercept three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets that violated Estonia’s airspace over the Gulf of Finland in what officials called the...
Zapad-2025 shocks NATO: Indian troops march alongside Russia and Belarus in exercises that included nuclear launch rehearsals. Russia’s most provocative war games in years just gained...
When Russian drones pierced Polish airspace last week, setting NATO radars buzzing and forcing Dutch F-35s into action, it was more than a provocation. It was...
By early dawn, Russian drones buzzed over Polish soil, striking deeper than Moscow has ever dared since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. For Warsaw, the...
US President Donald Trump signaled Sunday that Washington is ready to launch a new wave of sanctions against Russia—just as European leaders struggle to find unity...
Europe Warns, Putin Bombs: Kyiv Faces Longest, Deadliest Air Raid Yet. Moscow unleashes 810 drones and missiles, killing civilians and striking Ukraine’s seat of power for...
Delusion in Paris: Europe Talks Peace, Trump Talks Profits And Reminds Europe Who’s Boss. The Paris summit of the so-called Coalition of the Willing was meant...
Trump and Putin converge on blaming Europe as war diplomacy stalls. Europe’s nightmare just became explicit. Speaking at Vladivostok’s economic forum, Vladimir Putin drew a red...
Beijing’s parade shows off more than weapons — it reveals an “axis of upheaval” that could redraw Europe’s security map while Washington looks inward. Putin, Xi,...
At Beijing’s parade, Xi Jinping rolled out lasers, stealth drones, and nuclear missiles as Putin and Kim looked on—proof of China’s ambitions to rival U.S. power....
At Beijing’s victory day parade, China, Russia, and North Korea staged a choreographed show of unity that could mark a shift in the global balance of...
Tianjin, China. The world’s largest SCO summit unfolds. Modi, Putin, Xi—side by side. Trump’s tariffs push India and Russia closer to Beijing’s orbit. The message to...
Putin Launches Missile Hell on Kyiv — Hits EU Buildings, Kills Children. Vladimir Putin just lit the fuse to a new phase of the war —...
The Summit as a Strategic Photo-Op. Chinese President Xi Jinping has used a military parade in Beijing to signal a new international order. The presence of...
The Scale of the Assault. In a chilling escalation of its full-scale invasion, Russia has launched what Ukrainian officials are calling its second-biggest aerial attack of...
Newly declassified files show former U.S. President Bill Clinton asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for help fighting terrorism. Their first summit took place on June 4,...
Vladimir Putin is pressing for a deal that would force Ukraine to surrender its eastern Donbas region, abandon its NATO ambitions, and block any Western troops...
Trump moved to broker direct talks between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, calling the Russian leader from the White House after a day of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed the U.S. and European allies could extend “Article 5-like” security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a future peace deal, according...
Ukraine and its European backers spent the weekend recalibrating after President Donald Trump appeared to edge closer to Vladimir Putin’s position following their Alaska summit—touting “progress”...
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin staged a high-drama return to summitry in Anchorage, complete with fighter-jet flyovers, red carpet, and a tightly managed press moment. What...
In the run-up to his first meeting with Vladimir Putin in six years, President Donald Trump has been privately asking advisers and European leaders what’s different...