U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday European countries will have to take the “lion’s share” of the burden of Ukraine’s security guarantees. “I don’t think we should carry the burden here. I think that we should be helpful if it’s necessary to stop the war and to stop the killing. But I think … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump‘s high-stakes diplomacy to resolve the war in Ukraine is unlikely to jolt oil and gas markets, no matter the outcome. Russia has faced multiple rounds of western sanctions and restrictions since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which have dealt severe blows to the country’s giant oil and gas industry, … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Ukraine may ultimately have to recognise the loss of some of its territories as part of a potential peace settlement with Russia. “As part of a truce, a ceasefire or a peace deal, the country may recognize the loss of territories,” Macron said in a video address released … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun face-to-face talks in Alaska for a high-stakes summit that could determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine and the fate of European security. Trump’s allies have cast the U.S. president as a heavyweight negotiator who can find a way to bring the slaughter … Read more
The greenlight given by President Donald Trump on U.S. backup for a European-led force to police any future peace agreement in Ukraine vastly improves the likelihood it might succeed. European leaders said Trump offered his backing during a call they held ahead of his summit with his Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. The effectiveness … Read more
File picture of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (August 8, 2025) said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in the U.S. State of Alaska. He announced the meeting in a post on social meeting and said … Read more
China’s commerce minister lodged “solemn representations” to his EU counterpart over two Chinese banks’ inclusion in the bloc’s sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, Beijing said Wednesday. EU bosses Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen will be in Beijing on Thursday for talks with top Chinese leaders over tense topics like trade and … Read more
World leaders from the biggest economies are meeting for a high-stakes Group of Seven (G7) summit amid conflicts across the globe. The event is taking place in Kananaskis, Alberta, and is being hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The summit is likely to be overshadowed by an escalating Israel-Iran conflict and US President Donald … Read more
Exactly 25 years ago on May 7, an obscure ex-KGB colonel Vladimir Putin — with little public exposure as deputy mayor of St Petersburg — took the oath of the highest office in the post-Communist Russia. A quarter century later, Putin, 72, still remains the most popular politician of Russia, as was evident by last … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, together with the First Lady, arrived in Prague on May 4, 2025 for a two-day visit. | Photo Credit: X/@ZelenskyyUa Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Prague on Sunday (May 4, 2025) for a two-day visit, Czech politicians said. Czech news agency CTK said a plane carrying Zelenskyy and his wife … Read more