Vladimir Putin has been accused of trying to distract attention from his “heinous” atrocities after Russia claimed the UK and France are plotting to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon or “dirty bomb”. On the fourth anniversary of the Russian president’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer hit out at Putin for blocking the…
Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Edward Carr, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and design our front cover. Cover Story shares preliminary sketches and documents the—often spirited— debates that lead each week to a design seen by millions of people. In Europe, on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s…
Washington wants Beijing to join a new nuclear weapons treaty after expiration of the New START accord between the US and Russia. Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 7 Feb 20267 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share An international monitor said it has seen no evidence to support…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: After U.S. officials detected a sharp rise in Russian and Chinese military incursions near Alaska — including a growing number of joint operations — Sen. Dan Sullivan is warning that the Arctic has become an active security front. And he’s pushing Congress to accelerate icebreaker construction,…
The two-day trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and mediator United States concluded on Saturday, with no immediate clarity on which direction the negotiations took. Firefighters work at the site of a drone and missile strike amid Russia’s attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo: Sourced via Reuters) Further rounds of trilateral talks to end the lasting…
Talks to end the war in Ukraine have made “a lot of progress” and are “down to one issue” between Kyiv and Moscow, US special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Thursday ahead of a trip to Russia. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (HT File Photo) “I think we’ve got it down…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia is preparing to target Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant’s power lines in a move that could unfold within days, according to a source familiar with the matter. Ukrainian officials had said Moscow’s plan was focused on high-voltage transmission infrastructure rather than direct strikes on nuclear reactors,…
US President Donald Trump on Friday played down suggestions that Washington could launch a dramatic operation against Russian President Vladimir Putin similar to the raid that led to the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, saying such a move was “not necessary” even as he voiced deep disappointment over the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump…
EUROPE SEEMS to be caught in a pincer. On one side, Donald Trump is ramping up America’s effort to gain sovereignty over Greenland, a Danish territory. “Nobody is going to fight the US militarily over the future of Greenland,” boasted Stephen Miller, the White House’s deputy chief of staff, on January 5th. On the other…
The United States’ biggest strategic adversaries quickly condemned President Trump’s decision to order U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the raid to capture now-former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. China, Russia and Iran all called it a violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty and international law. Cuba, just south of the U.S. and a close ally of Caracas, also…