President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever. Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly…
Russia will demand Ukraine drastically cut back military ties with the NATO alliance and become a neutral state with a limited army in any talks with incoming US President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. Increasingly confident he has the advantage on the battlefield in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on China to exert influence on North Korea in response to the deployment of North Korean soldiers alongside Russian troops in the Ukraine war. “The Korean nation should not lose its people in the battles in Europe. And this can be influenced, particularly by Korea’s neighbours, especially China,” Zelensky…
The sudden collapse of the Assad regime has raised questions about Russia’s future in Syria. Russia has long enjoyed a military footprint at two key bases in the country. New satellite images show what Moscow’s warships and aircraft are doing now. Newly captured satellite imagery shows what the Russian military in Syria is doing following…
The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria represents a personal defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a potentially serious strategic setback for his military that undermines Moscow’s global ambitions. While Putin gives asylum to Assad in Moscow, Russia is facing the loss of its naval base in Syria — its only hub on the…
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Gela Gogishvili and Haoyang Xu led a happy life as a gay couple in Russia, even as President Vladimir Putin’s government took an increasingly anti-LGBTQ+ stance. Their social media posts and videos drew thousands of followers, and they were greeted by them sometimes on the streets in Kazan, in Russia’s Tatarstan…
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticised China’s support for Russia’s war against Ukraine ahead of a visit to Beijing. “Instead of shouldering responsibility for peace and security in the world as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China is going against our core European interests by providing economic and military aid to…
As the war in Ukraine reached the 1,000-day mark last week, Ukrainian troops hit targets inside Russia with long-range missiles supplied by the US and Britain. In response, Russia launched a ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in a blitz that analysts say has intensified as Moscow and Kyiv have tried to seize…
Donald Trump asserts that he will negotiate an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine ‘on Day One’ of his presidency in January next year. The incoming Leader of the Free World is known for his tough talk and uncompromising approach. It’s likely he will demand urgent peace talks as soon as he returns…
The global aviation industry could benefit from Donald Trump’s re-election if he can end the Russia-Ukraine war and break the airspace deadlock, but Hong Kong’s air cargo business is set to suffer with his increased tariffs against China, industry leaders and analysts have said. Subhas Menon, director general of the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA),…