In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (R) arrives at the airport of Hangzhou on November 3, 2025. Dmitry Astakhov | Afp | Getty Images Russian officials appeared eager Monday to reaffiirm Moscow’s alliance with China following U.S. President Donald Trump’s high-profile meeting with Xi Jinping….
US President Donald Trump came out in rare praise of his Chinese and Russian counterparts on Sunday. In an interview with CBS news, Trump praised both Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin for being “smart, tough, serious” leaders. The US president drew no distinction between China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, calling them both equally…
WSJ Published on: Nov 03, 2025 06:21 am IST Pulling back a combat brigade from Romania is a bad message for Putin. It’s a safe bet that most Americans won’t notice if the U.S. pulls an Army brigade out of Romania, but you can bet Vladimir Putin will. Behind a reshuffling of U.S. forces abroad…
Russian strikes have damaged nuclear substations in Ukraine, leading the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to issue a “critical” warning. Power to three nuclear power plants has been affected after Russian strikes on Thursday. The IAEA said teams at South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant and Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant reported the plants had lost access…
Just as nuclear war, in all its sheer insanity, has returned to Hollywood and public attention, the leaders of the world’s two atomic superpowers seem to be doing their best to make the jitters worse. First, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who’s been breaking nuclear taboos for at least three years, boasted about a (new-ish) torpedo…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump’s call for the U.S. to resume nuclear testing after a more than 30-year pause…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered to negotiate a deal for their surrender. Ukrainian military officials vigorously denied the claim. Putin, speaking at a meeting with wounded soldiers at a Moscow military hospital, suggested that…
U.S. President Donald Trump shrugged off Russia’s test of its nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile, which the Kremlin said had flown for more than 8,000 miles, and said Russian President Vladimir Putin should be focused on ending his war in Ukraine instead. On Sunday, Putin hailed the country’s “unique” nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile after the military carried out…
Published on: Oct 27, 2025 11:56 am IST Trump’s remarks comes a day after Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and nuclear-powered cruise missile – Burevestnik. US President Donald Trump on Monday called on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war instead of testing new missiles. Speaking to journalists on board the Air…
LONDON (AP) — When President Donald Trump took the stage in Egypt to hail the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a row of world leaders stood behind him like extras in a political drama. It was a telling image. European governments have struggled to play a significant role in diplomacy over the Gaza…