Ukrainian soldiers on the front line doubt that peace talks can end the war with Russia.

European nations have rallied behind Ukraine, emphasizing that peace cannot be achieved without Kyiv's involvement.

The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow’s uncompromising demands in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump to coerce Kyiv into accepting an unfavorable deal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected the idea of giving up land to end the war with Russia.

A Belarusian journalist was convicted of treason and revealing state secrets and was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a closed trial.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday in Alaska to discuss bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

Bilateral meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterparts were a regular occurrence early in his tenure.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is meeting with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes to meet U.S. President Donald Trump as the White House seeks to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says he would meet with Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader won’t meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The United States is auctioning off the $325 million luxury superyacht Amadea, its first sale of a seized Russian superyacht since the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Authorities in Belarus have launched new raids and detentions against government critics who participated in opposition rallies abroad earlier this year.

For decades, the threat of nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union hung over humanity.

President Donald Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips.

President Donald Trump could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russia has declared it's no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on deploying nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles, a warning that potentially sets the stage for a new arms race as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise again over Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump is urging China and India to stop buying oil from Russia.

Going online in Russia can be frustrating, complicated and even dangerous.

The coming week could be pivotal in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

A trial has begun under tight security for 19 defendants accused of involvement in last year’s shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years.

China has taken a firm stance against U.S. demands that it stop buying oil from Russia and Iran or face a possible 100% tariff.

President Donald Trump has ordered the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines.

Russia’s space chief has visited the United States to discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the International Space Station and lunar research with NASA’s acting chief, the first such face-to-face meeting in more than seven years.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missile.

Kyiv is observing a day of mourning after a Russian drone and missile attack killed 31 people, including five children, and injured over 150.

Syria’s top diplomat has met with Russian officials on the first visit to Moscow by a member of the new government in Damascus since former Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted.

Authorities in Ukraine said a Russian drone and missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, killed at least 13 people, including a 6-year-old boy.

A federal judge says Russian soprano Anna Netrebko can move forward with her case claiming national origin discrimination by the Metropolitan Opera.

Authorities say Russian missiles have hit a Ukrainian army training ground and killed three soldiers as Ukraine struggles to make up a severe manpower shortage in the three-year war.

President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

The EU-U.S. tariff agreement sealed over the weekend has been described as a “dark day” for Europe and even a capitulation to American demands.

Officials say Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles have struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility as Russia’s relentless strikes on civilian areas killed at least 27 people across the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he intends to shorten the 50-day deadline he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a deal that ends the three-year war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has met in Scotland with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

President Donald Trump has announced plans to press Israel for more food aid to Gaza.

Donald Trump once decried the idea of taking vacations as president.

Russia has scaled down its Navy Day celebrations due to security concerns from ongoing Ukrainian drone attacks.

The United States cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks this week plunges one of President Donald Trump’s pushes to solve global conflicts into new uncertainty.

The Russian parliament’s upper house has quickly approved a bill that punishes online searches for information officially deemed “extremist."

A Russian rocket has sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries.

A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court has reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest in April.

France’s highest court has upheld some of Bashar Assad’s immunity as a former head of state.

Donald Trump is in Scotland to inaugurate a new golf course in Aberdeenshire.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room and targeted President Donald Trump’s political enemies.

Russian lawmakers have approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” the latest move by government authorities in their relentless crackdown on dissent.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed his offer to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war.

The long-range Russian drones come in swarms each night, buzzing over Ukraine by the hundreds, terrorizing the population and attacking targets from the industrial east to areas near its western border with Poland.

Russia says it's open to peace with Ukraine but insists achieving its goals remains a priority.

When House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted to President Donald Trump the gavel used to enact the Republicans' tax breaks and spending bill, it was a memorable moment at the White House.

The European Union and Britain are ramping up pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine.

President Donald Trump plans to visit Scotland next week.

Russia has launched overnight attacks on four Ukrainian cities, injuring at least 15 people and targeting energy infrastructure.

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive.

President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine.

President Donald Trump and Sen. David McCormick of Pennsylvania have jointly announced tens of billions of dollars of energy and technology investments in the state of Pennsylvania.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed gratitude for U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to send more weapons to Ukraine, particularly Patriot air defense missile systems.

The European Union is seeking updates and more action from Israel on implementing a new deal to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

President Donald Trump has endorsed a plan for European allies to buy U.S. military equipment for Ukraine.

A retired Army officer who worked as a civilian Air Force employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to share classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine.

Mystery novelist Martin Cruz Smith, known for such Arkady Renko thrillers as “Gorky Park,” has died at age 82.

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

President Donald Trump has announced new measures targeting Russia over its ongoing war in Ukraine, threatening steep tariffs if a peace deal isn't reached within 50 days.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine.

A Pennsylvania man who posted a YouTube video of his father’s severed head has been convicted of murder.

The co-sponsors of new bipartisan U.S. sanctions package targeting Russia have briefed European allies and Ukraine on the legislation.

The Justice Department appeared to acknowledge in an unusual statement this week the existence of investigations into former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan.

The death of a Russian Cabinet minister in a field near his posh home in a Moscow suburb has fueled wild speculation about how he died and what it means.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia on Thursday.

Ukrainian officials say that Russia pounded the capital with yet another major missile and drone attack.

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered damning judgments against Russia.

Sweeping tariffs set to be imposed by President Donald Trump next month may overshadow his top diplomat's first official trip to Asia.

President Donald Trump’s decision to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine came after he privately expressed frustration with Pentagon officials for announcing a pause last week in the delivery of some critical weapons to Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow from the Kremlin but no new clues as to why Roman Starovoit might have taken his own life amid media speculation he potentially was facing corruption charges.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up.

Authorities say Russia’s transport minister was found dead from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv.

Trial is underway in Pennsylvania of a man accused of killing his father and posting a video of his severed head online.

The BRICS bloc has criticized rising tariffs and attacks on Iran in its latest summit declaration.

President Donald Trump campaigned on keeping the United States out of foreign wars, but it didn’t take long to convince him to come to the direct aid of Israel.

Russia launched 550 drones and missiles across Ukraine overnight in the largest aerial assault since the war began.

President Donald Trump is getting praise from his most ardent supporters for withholding some weapons from Ukraine after they recently questioned his commitment to keeping the U.S. out of foreign conflicts.

President Donald Trump is complaining that the United States provided too many weapons to Ukraine under the previous administration.

A newly released report from the CIA challenges the work intelligence agencies did to investigate Russia's support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election.

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties.

Ukraine is moving forward with plans for joint weapons production with allies, while the U.S. halts some arms shipments it had promised to help Kyiv fight off Russia’s invasion.

Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry told local media that seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Baku have been detained after a Monday raid on its office.

A Russian court has convicted a former deputy defense minister on corruption charges and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.

The International Criminal Court says it has been hit by a “sophisticated” cyberattack.

Officials say police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik amid rising tensions between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in a Russian city.

A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine’s occupied Luhansk region says that Moscow’s forces have overrun all of it.

Russia has launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight.

Hungary's LGBTQ+ community plans to hold a Pride march in Budapest on Saturday despite a government ban.

Russia and Ukraine are continuing to exchange long-range drone attacks, a defining feature of the ongoing war.

The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week.

A leaked intelligence memo contradicting President Donald Trump's assessment of U.S. strikes on Iran is the latest conflict with a part of the federal government he views with deep suspicion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally approved plans to establish a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump is suggesting that a commitment by NATO members to spend more on defense could help prevent future Russian aggression against its neighbors.