Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Western claims of an imminent attack by Moscow as “lies and nonsense”, stressing that such deliberate statements are meant to raise the level of hysteria on the continent.
The United States is preparing a further round of sanctions on Russia's energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace accord with Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
A bipartisan group of four American senators introduced the Decreasing Russia Oil Profits (DROP) Act of 2025, a bill that would impose targeted sanctions on anyone dealing in Russian oil.
A mass grave has been found inside a former government security building in the south of Idlib Governorate, according to the Syrian state media outlet SANA.
US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation expanding the scope of his administration’s ban on travel into the United States from various countries, targeting Syria and Palestine.
The UK’s Chief of the Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, has stressed that the chances of a direct confrontation with Russian forces on UK soil are not “zero” – a speculation dismissed by Moscow as “nonsense.”
More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises and the United Nations food aid agency has warned.
The United States has given Ukraine a “take it or leave it” ultimatum, warning that an offer of NATO-style security guarantees could be withdrawn if Kiev does not agree to Washington’s proposed peace terms, according to The Telegraph.
A court in South Korea has issued its verdict in the case involving four members of Iran’s national track and field delegation who were arrested during the Asian Athletics Championships.
Authorities in the Gaza Strip have warned that stormy weather could spur more war-damaged buildings to collapse and heavy rains are making it more difficult to recover bodies still under the rubble.
European and UK leaders have called for the deployment of a European-led military force to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, along with US-led “monitoring” teams and the “regeneration” of Kiev’s own army.
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled against Israel's arguments that the investigation into crimes in Gaza after 7 October 2023 was invalid.
Only a third of Ukrainians trust NATO, a new survey showed, signalling a sharp decline in the confidence of the country’s populace in the US-led military bloc.
The United States, Ukraine and major European countries have reached consensus on 90 percent of terms for an accord to end Ukraine’s war, two senior American officials said Monday, but they say questions of territorial control have yet to be resolved.
US President Donald Trump stated he had a “very good conversation” with European leaders and also spoke directly with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in recent days, as part of efforts to get all sides of the Ukraine conflict “on the same page.”
During negotiations in Berlin, the Kiev authorities allegedly agreed to hold elections within 100 days and to refrain from seeking NATO membership under certain conditions, Bild has reported.
Assassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 warns.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged Europe to strengthen its own defence capabilities in response to US President Donald Trump's shifting security strategy.
The era of ‘Pax Americana’ is over for Europe, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated, adding that the global economy and political order are undergoing a “tectonic shift” in centers of power worldwide.
A father and son have been identified as the primary suspects behind a deadly attack on members of the Jewish community at Australia’s Bondi Beach, police announced.
The delegations of the United States and Ukraine achieved "a lot of progress" during negotiations in the German capital of Berlin, American Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff has stated.
Three people were killed when Israeli air attacks hit a motorcycle and two vehicles in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in the latest violation of last year’s ceasefire accord, authorities and local media have announced.
Ukraine has relinquished its ambition of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated ahead of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin.
