The EU and the UK government are summoning top Russian diplomats after EU and British Council offices were hit in the latest deadly attack on Kyiv. Russian air strikes have killed at least 15 people and wounded 48 in a succession of attacks on Kyiv overnight in the most deadly night raid on the Ukrainian…
Updated on: Aug 25, 2025 01:25 am IST Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, writing on the Telegram messaging app, announced that the exchange had taken place, but gave no figures. Russia and Ukraine exchanged 146 prisoners of war from each side on Sunday after mediation by the United Arab Emirates, the Russian defence ministry and the…
(Corrects typographical error in headline) By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar held steady against its major peers on Tuesday as global markets awaited the outcome of a White House summit with European nations that could determine the next phase of the war in Ukraine. The dollar index rose 0.31% to 98.122 with…
(Refiles to correct spelling of Macron’s first name in paragraph 12) By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist Many world markets took a breather on Monday as investors awaited the outcome of U.S. President Donald Trump’s extraordinary meetings with Ukraine’s Volodymyr…
By Johann M Cherian and Sanchayaita Roy (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures wavered on Monday, pausing after a recent rally as investor focus shifted to earnings from big box retailers and an annual central bank conference at Jackson Hole, all of which are lined up later this week. Geopolitics was also in the spotlight as…
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders will meet Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to map out a peace deal amid fears the U.S. president could try to pressure Kyiv into accepting a settlement favourable to Moscow. The European leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Finland and NATO hope to…
Updated on: Aug 09, 2025 09:54 pm IST US President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron said in a social media post on X that the future of Ukraine cannot be decided without the Ukrainians….
By Andrea Shalal and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the plan. Trump then plans to meet with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy together, the…
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies said on Saturday they had uncovered a major graft scheme that procured military drones and signal jamming systems at inflated prices, two days after the agencies’ independence was restored following major protests. The independence of Ukraine’s anti-graft investigators and prosecutors, NABU and SAPO, was reinstated by parliament…
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed missile supplies and funding for interceptor drones to counteract Russian attacks in a call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday. “I would especially like to highlight our agreement on pilot training for Mirage jets – France is ready to train additional pilots using additional aircraft,” Zelenskiy…