Ukraine’s allies are gathering in London on Friday with President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushing for more long-range missiles to be delivered to Kyiv. Drones, fired by the hundreds every day by both sides, have become the deadliest weapon of the conflict.(AFP) They are just one part of a rapidly developing…
Updated on: Oct 24, 2025 07:14 am IST This is the first time Trump has put Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia during his second term. United States President Donald Trump sought to dismiss Russia’s reaction on the US energy sanctions announced on Wednesday and said that the impact of those sanctions remains to be seen in…
China and India are pulling back from buying Russian oil after President Trump sanctioned two of Moscow’s biggest exporters Wednesday. Reuters reported Thursday that Chinese state-run petroleum firms PetroChina, Sinopec, CNOOC and Zhenhua Oil had suspended purchases of seaborne Russian oil after the Treasury Department announced sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, citing Moscow’s “lack of serious commitment…
Reacting to the sanctions announced by the United States against Russian oil firms on Wednesday, Russia’s deputy chairman of security council Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that the move amounted to an “act of war”. He also said that the United States has aligned itself with “loony” Europe. US President Donald Trump cancelled an upcoming…
THE MERCENARY, wrote Niccolò Machiavelli, was “useless and dangerous”. He was “unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies”. A private soldier would turn and flee when trouble arrived. “They have no other attraction or reason for keeping the field than a trifle of stipend, which is not sufficient to make them willing to die for…
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had shelved plans for a summit in Budapest with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine war because he did not want a “wasted” meeting. President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in…
US President Donald Trump spoke to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on the phone on Thursday. The Republican said that they talked about trade after the end of the Ukraine war. FILE – President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska,…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 30) highlighted his self-described peacemaking abilities but acknowledged that major global conflicts remained unresolved. While he projected confidence in America’s military strength — boasting the US was “25 years ahead of Russia and China on submarines” — uncertainty remained over whether his broader agenda would mean another shake-up…
“OUR COMMITMENT to defend…every inch of Allied territory at all times”, declared NATO at its summit last year, “is iron-clad.” That may be true on the ground. But in recent weeks it has seemed shakier in the air. First came a wave of Russian drones, into Poland, on September 9th. Then a trio of Russian…
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S. on September 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Taking his oft-repeated allegations against India to the floor of the UN General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) accused India and China of being…