Finance ministers discuss Washington’s proposal aimed at pushing Moscow to agree Ukraine peace deal

Poland’s prime minister warns of “open conflict” with Russia

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization must continue to oppose “hegemonism and power politics,” the Chinese leader has said

Russia may have choked in Ukraine. China may have overreached with Iran. But a new report warns the Axis of authoritarians is only getting stronger.

The US president previously said he would impose new sanctions against Moscow if no deal was reached before early September

Beijing has slammed Washington’s “long-arm jurisdiction,” calling the proposed 500% tariffs “illegal”

The US president has refused to unequivocally back the alliance’s collective defense obligations

French president says Europe must prepare for a future without guaranteed US support, warning Russian threat could extend beyond Ukraine

European leaders lined up to support Zelenskyy in an effective rebuke to Trump. “Today it became clear that the free world needs a new leader,” the EU's foreign minister said.

The Hungarian PM has said that instead of being admitted into NATO, Kiev will remain a partition between the bloc and Russia

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has welcomed the US administration’s desire to reach peace in Ukraine

The U.S. defense secretary said any deal to end the fighting must come with international oversight of the boundary between Russian and Ukrainian forces — and no NATO membership for Kyiv.

Putin wants a sit-down with Trump as equals in which they divide the world into spheres of influence.

Russia has reacted angrily to a new American missile base in Poland and issued a not-so-subtle threat.

The deployment of Kim Jong-un’s troops has added fuel to the growing fire in recent weeks. Now there are claims Vladimir Putin has put them to use.

The French daily originally reported that France and the UK had given permission for their missiles to be used for strikes deep inside Russia

Russians see Donald Trump’s win as a victory for conservative, isolationist forces in the world against a liberal, Western-dominated global order.