The comments by Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov undercut hopes that any progress has been made toward ending the Ukraine war. | Igor Kovalenko/EPA

Russia wants … Russia to have veto over Western security guarantees for Ukraine

 09:41 21/08/2025

The Kremlin’s recalcitrant comments indicate the Trump administration’s whirlwind diplomacy has yielded little in the way of results.

What security guarantees for Ukraine would actually mean

What security guarantees for Ukraine would actually mean

 06:31 20/08/2025

There are inherent contradictions in the idea of the guarantees meant to prevent Russia from attacking Ukraine again.

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump during their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. ©  Kremlin Press Office

Putin wants Ukraine conflict to end – Trump

 09:10 19/08/2025

There is “reasonable chance” of stopping the fighting between Moscow and Kiev, the US president has said

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at the Oval Office of the White House, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, in Washington, D.C. Monday. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Trump says U.S. is arranging meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy

 22:17 18/08/2025

Leaders of European countries, NATO descended on D.C. to prevent talks shifting in Putin's favour

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Zelensky Looks to Keep Trump’s Support

 12:59 18/08/2025

The Ukrainian leader is trying to retain U.S. backing for his country’s defense without agreeing to Moscow’s territorial proposals for ending the war.

The State Capitol is seen in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.  Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Democrats return home, ending redistricting standoff against GOP

 11:46 18/08/2025

Democrats' exit from Texas two weeks ago stalled a Republican plan to re-draw congressional maps in the GOP's favor. But their return means it's now expected to move forward.

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The Only Plausible Path to End the War in Ukraine

 10:59 18/08/2025

Has the Trump administration misread Moscow?

Bondi, one former official said, is turning the Justice Department into “a pure and unfiltered tool of politics and revenge.”Illustration by Diego Mallo; Source photograph by Chip Somodevilla / Getty

Pam Bondi’s Power Play

 09:32 18/08/2025

Donald Trump now has the Attorney General he always wanted—an ally willing to harness the law to enable his agenda.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and Vladimir Zelensky participate in a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. ©  AP Photo

Sneaky Putin tactic right under Trump’s nose

 09:22 18/08/2025

Behind the smiles in Alaska, the Trump-Putin summit left more questions than answers — and it played right into the Russian leader’s hands.

 

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky talks to the media in Brussels. © Getty Images / Thierry Monasse

Zelensky rejects Trump’s peace terms

 09:09 18/08/2025

The Ukrainian leader hopes that with the support of Western nations, Kiev can “force Russia into a real peace”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Picture: Omer Messinger/Getty Images

‘End the war’: Leaders rally around Ukraine

 08:39 17/08/2025

European leaders will join Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington in a bid to put an end to Moscow’s invasion

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House. Trump is presiding over one of the most dramatic transformations of Washington, D.C., in a generation. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)

How Donald Trump is reshaping Washington, D.C., in his image

 08:36 17/08/2025

President moves to overhaul White House, take over policing and stickhandle arts and culture in U.S. capital

WATCH Trump greet Putin as he arrives in Alaska

WATCH Trump greet Putin as he arrives in Alaska

 15:19 15/08/2025

The red carpet has been rolled out for the Russian president at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage

Hunter Biden and First Lady Melania Trump, who are at odds after the former alleged the latter had been introduced to her husband, President Donald Trump, by the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein (AFP/Getty)

Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1bn lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein claim

 10:08 14/08/2025

First lady’s lawyer issues letter to former president’s son demanding he retract comments he made in a recent interview regarding the disgraced financier and issue an apology

President Donald Trump takes a question from the press during a visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington, August 13, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Trump to seek 'long-term' extension of federal control of DC police

 14:26 13/08/2025

Trump pledged to make Washington "crime-free."

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