A local resident stands in a damaged flat of a multistory residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv on May 25, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russia launched a record number of dr
AFP Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of launching a drone attack on the infrastructure of a major gas pipeline that carries Russian supplies to Europe via Turkey. The allegation — which Kyiv has not c
TOPSHOT – (L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National
AFP Top US negotiators including Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow late Thursday for talks on a US-drafted plan to end the Ukraine war, just as Kyiv announced it had agreed
AFP China’s President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi from Sunday for a summit before a huge military parade as he seeks to showcase a no
Washington, United States—U.S. President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine on Monday, a White House official said, sharply escalating pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with
AFP US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to reassure a nervous Europe on Saturday, saying that Washington wanted to recharge the transatlantic alliance so that a strong Europe could help the US on
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. European leaders join Ukr
Ukraine said Sunday it had agreed to talks with Russia after four days of conflict, as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defense chiefs to put nuclear “deterrence forces” on alert. The conf
AFP Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting the countries’ fractured relations and possibly paving the way to ending the Ukraine war. Kyiv said it was
AFP Russia admitted two years into its invasion of Ukraine on Friday that it was “in a state of war,” as it launched a massive wave of missile and drone attacks on its neighbour’s territory. Russia fi
AFP Ukraine scrambled Saturday to respond to a US plan to end the war that includes many of Russia’s hardline demands, with Kyiv saying it had discussed the next steps with several key European allies
Ukrainian MPs scrapped a provision letting soldiers fighting for more than 36 months return home © Roman PILIPEY / AFP AFP Ukrainian lawmakers approved on Thursday an army mobilisation bill that spark
AFP Russia fired more missiles at Ukraine in October than in any month since at least the start of 2023 as it pounded the country’s energy grid in night-time attacks, an AFP analysis of Ukrainian data
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has presented Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and former Prime Minister Sanna Marin with prestigious honorary decorations from the Ukrainian government. ![A photogra