European Union envoys are fine-tuning a plan to use frozen Russian assets as collateral for a massive loan to support Ukraine over the next two years.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days.
European Union leaders are gathering this week at the end of political year dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The head of Britainโs MI6 spy agency says Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russiaโs war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall โjust below the threshold of war.โ.
U.S. officials say Washington has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russiaโs nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed willingness to drop Ukraine's NATO bid in exchange for Western security guarantees.
A Danish intelligence agency report has warned that the United States is using its economic power to assert its will and threaten military force against both allies and adversaries.
A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraineโs Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war.
The European Union has indefinitely frozen Russiaโs assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, canโt prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.
International Criminal Court judges and prosecutors are trying to live and work under the same financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration's counterdrug efforts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says negotiators are tackling territorial issues in U.S.-led peace talks with Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he and European leaders have discussed proposals to end the war in Ukraine, adding that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy โhas to be realisticโ about his countryโs position on a peace plan.
European Union leaders have committed to funding Ukraine's economic and military needs for the next two years.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his refusal to cede territory, resisting U.S. pressure for compromise with Russia.
The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala has cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" with a 12-minute standing ovation.
President Donald Trumpโs advisers and Ukrainian officials say theyโll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit, focusing on diversifying economic ties.
The U.S. Treasury has imposed a $7 million fine on a New York property management firm for allegedly violating Russia-related sanctions.
Russian authorities say they have imposed restrictions on Apple's video calling service FaceTime, alleging it was being used for organizing what it called โterrorist activities.โ.
Britain has sanctioned Russiaโs GRU military intelligence agency and summoned Moscowโs ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin.
Ukraine and its European allies have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the secondary strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, citing the โfog of warโ as reason for his not seeing any survivors in the water when the strike was ordered and launched.
Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were constructive, but much work remains.
Ukrainian officials met with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives Sunday, and Washington officials are expected in Moscow for more peace talks this week.
U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Georgian authorities have detained a prominent opposition figure Alexander Elisashvili on suspicion of attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building.
U.S. officials are meeting in Florida this weekend with their Ukrainian counterparts about the Russia-Ukraine war.
Protesters in Tbilisi have marked a year of continuous demonstrations against Georgia's decision to halt EU membership talks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine as a starting point for talks.
President Donald Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war mirrors his tactics in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nationโs capital have been shot just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence.
U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has become a key negotiator in the Trump administrationโs push to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
President Donald Trumpโs chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a Ukraine peace plan.
Kirill Dmitriev has emerged as a key player in drafting a new proposal to end Moscowโs war in Ukraine.
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trumpโs approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a โwish listโ of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan.
President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesnโt โhave the cardsโ to continue on the battlefield.
United Nations climate talks in Brazil have reached a subdued agreement to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to the wrath of extreme weather.
An American proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position โ caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she is resigning from Congress in January.
World leaders are arriving for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told his country that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereignty and preserving the American support it needs, as leaders discuss a U.S. peace proposal seen as favoring Russia.
President Donald Trumpโs special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has informed the White House heโll leave his post in January.
The Trump administration says it's seeing signs that its sanctions on Russian oil producers are working.
The White House has hit out at South Africaโs leader for "running his mouth" over the United Statesโ boycott of this weekendโs Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg.
President Donald Trumpโs plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyivโs military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.
Leaders and delegates from the worldโs richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration.
Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, are in Ukraine to help with peace talks.
Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war.
Melania Trump and Usha Vance have marked the Thanksgiving season by visiting with Marine Corps members in North Carolina and saluting the sacrifices of military families.
Britain has warned Russia it is ready to handle any incursion into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected near U.K. waters.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang is making a two-day visit to the southern African nation of Zambia that will focus on the $1.4 billion refurbishment of a Cold War-era railway line to further improve Chinaโs access to critical minerals.
A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's western city of Ternopil has killed at least 25 people, including three children.
Russian lawmakers have endorsed new tax hikes as Moscow tries to boost its economy during its almost four-year war with Ukraine.
President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring.
European Union officials are warning Ukraine that it must keep cracking down on graft in the wake of a major corruption scandal that could hurt the countryโs ability to attract financial help.
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies publicly showed their consensus on Ukraine and Sudan.
Ukrainian strikes have disrupted power and heating in two major Russian cities near the Ukrainian border, according to local Russian officials.
Ukrainian authorities say that a Russian drone has hit an apartment building in eastern Ukraine and four people have been killed and 12 others wounded.
Gunvor, a major international commodities trader, has rejected U_S_ government claims that it acts as "the Kremlin's puppet."
Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab and Muslim majority countries in a move aimed at boosting the initiative that was a hallmark of President Donald Trumpโs first administration.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn is visiting President Donald Trump in the White House on Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests in response to President Donald Trumpโs statements last month that appeared to suggest the U.S. will restart its own atomic tests.
Ukrainian forces have hit a crucial fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, according to Ukraine's military intelligence.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has deployed about 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, aiming to capture the city of Pokrovsk.
Exxon Mobilโs third-quarter earnings beat Wall Streetโs expectations, bolstered by strong Guyana and Permian Basin production.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn plans to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt Hungary from new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil when he visits Washington next week.
President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming that Ukrainian forces are surrounded by the Russian army in two key eastern cities and is offering to negotiate a deal for their surrender.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, declaring that the new weapon canโt be intercepted.
Russian lawmakers have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year.
By holding nuclear drills and boasting about the successful test of a pioneering nuclear-powered cruise missile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a message to President Donald Trump: Moscow wouldnโt be cowed into concessions on Ukraine.
A Kremlin official says Russiaโs test of a nuclear-powered missile that it claims canโt be stopped by air defenses reflects Moscowโs determination to look out for its security interests.
Officials say Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday have killed at least four people and wounded 20.
Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat to national security.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russiaโs two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausฤda says Russian military planes violated Lithuaniaโs airspace on Thursday evening.
Oil prices spiked Thursday after the U.S. announced massive new sanctions on Russiaโs oil industry in an attempt to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and end Moscowโs brutal war on Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians have filled the streets of Budapest in competing demonstrations.
The European Union has heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trumpโs new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry.
