The US president last month asked his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, to fully pardon Netanyahu in a long-standing corruption case Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied US President Donald Trump for stronger backing for his bid for a presidential pardon over a long-running corruption case, Axios has reported, citing officials….
Prime Minister Bart De Wever is opposed to funding Ukraine through a loan, which Kiev could repay only if Moscow agrees to pay war reparations Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has launched a new attack on the EU’s plan to use frozen Russian assets for a loan to Ukraine,…
The next phase of the Ukraine conflict may be the last before a settlement As expected, Tuesday’s five-hour meeting in the Kremlin produced no breakthrough. Moscow made it clear it will not compromise on its demand that Ukrainian forces withdraw from the remaining parts of Donbass under their control. Kiev,…
Petteri Orpo says there is a difference between aid and mutual defense obligations Finland will not offer Ukraine NATO-style security guarantees, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has declared. Kiev has been seeking formal security assurances from Western backers and insists they should come before any peace agreement with Moscow. Some media…
Western nations are the ones refusing dialogue, not Russia, presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said Russia is open to resuming dialogue with European nations, presidential aide Yury Ushakov told journalists on Wednesday. Western European leaders are the ones who have shunned contact, not Moscow, he added. “The Europeans are refusing…
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is aggressively encroaching on one of Beijing’s most sensitive red lines – Taiwan When Sanae Takaichi was elected president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in early October – and subsequently became the country’s first female prime minister later that month – the symbolism was…
Moscow and Washington continue to look for a compromise, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia has not rejected the US peace plan on the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding that Moscow and Washington are continuing to work toward finding a compromise. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday,…
A rare 1913 imperial ‘winter egg’ commissioned for Nicholas II has been sold for $30.2 million A Fabergé Imperial ‘Winter Egg’ commissioned for Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, sold for a record £22.9 ($30.2 million) at Christie’s in London on Tuesday, the auction house has announced. According to Christie’s, the…
The US secretary of war shared an image of Franklin the Turtle firing a bazooka at supposed drug traffickers US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has sparked a backlash after posting an image showing a popular children’s cartoon character attacking what appear to be drug traffickers. This comes as the…
The Ukrainian leader earlier said he expected “signals” from the US after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, canceled a planned meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Europe and have flown back home, according to media reports….