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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, October 17.

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, October 17.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet in Budapest.

The Kremlin confirmed on Thursday that strongman Vladimir Putin engaged his Syrian counterpart, jihadist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Russia’s interest in maintaining its two military bases in the country.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa traveled to Moscow on Wednesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is desperate to preserve Russia’s investments in Syria after the fall of the Russian-supported dictator Bashar Assad.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that “whether it’s the Tomahawks or allowing the Ukrainians to target economic and military targets” deep in Russia “are the kind of things

On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Finnerty,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that the peace deal in the Middle East ended up happening because what happened in Lebanon, Syria, and Iran forced Hamas to the table because “What President Trump

Trump considering giving Putin courtesy call about Tomahawk missiles, giving Russia a chance to de-escalate before any sales are agreed.

WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump announced the reunification of eight Ukrainian children with their families after they had been taken and held in Russia, stating that the progress has come as a result of months of direct communication with President Vladimir Putin starting with a letter she wrote him in August.

Early responses to President Donald Trump’s peace deal in Gaza have been strongly positive, even from adversarial nations like Russia, which grudgingly admitted the ceasefire would be a positive diplomatic achievement — if it holds up.

“Powerful momentum” from the Trump-Putin talks has gone, Russia said as it warned of the “consequences” of giving Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.

According to data from analytics firm Kpler, Russia remained India’s top supplier of oil in September, despite heavy pressure from the United States for India to scale back its imports and choke off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s funding for his war in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Moscow, if Trump is willing to make the trip.

War with Russia is already on Britain’s doorstep as evidenced by cyber-attacks, sabotage, arson, and other hostile activity orchestrated by President Vladimir Putin, a former head of MI5 declared.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used much of his time before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City on Tuesday to warn about the global threats unleashed by Russia’s invasion of his country, especially the proliferation of drone warfare, and he criticized the weakness of international institutions for allowing Russia’s war to continue.

Russia is a bear and “there’s nothing paper about it”, a spokesman said, and claimed Zelensky must have influenced Trump’s comments.

In a Tuesday afternoon post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said Russia’s inability to make progress against Ukraine after three years of grinding warfare has convinced him Ukraine could win a total victory with help from Europe and the United States, pushing the Russians completely off Ukrainian soil.

The 2025 U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) will likely be dominated by the drama over European states unilaterally declaring Palestinian independence, but it will also be an important week for the BRICS economic collective, which has positioned itself as an alternative to the post-World War II international order led by the United States and Europe.

Vietnamese performer Duc Phuc won the Moscow-hosted “Intervision Song Contest” this weekend, a revival of a Cold War-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest that strongman Vladimir Putin hailed as a display of “respect for traditional values” and “diversity.”

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) urged Congress to back President Donald Trump’s Middle East strategy and repeal the Caesar Act during an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Saturday one day after publishing an op-ed on Breitbart about recent developments in Syria and the broader Middle East.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine would be considered “legitimate targets for destruction,” unless Russia first agrees to a cease-fire and peace deal. Ukraine’s Western allies are reportedly considering a plan under which the United States would supervise a postwar “buffer zone,” but all boots on the ground would be supplied by non-NATO countries.

President Donald Trump joined European leaders on a call Thursday and encouraged them to halt purchases of Russian oil that are in turn helping to fund the war in Ukraine and to economically pressure China for helping to subsidize Russia’s campaign.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was still interested in peace negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and invited to hold such a meeting in Moscow. Zelensky is unlikely to accept the invitation, both out of concern for his own safety, and anger at Putin’s steadily escalating attacks on Ukrainian cities.

While strolling down the red carpet at China’s massive World War 2 victory parade on Wednesday, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and Russian warlord Vladimir Putin were caught on a hot microphone discussing the use of organ transplants to dramatically extend their lifespans.

The headlines have lately been filled with stories of rising tension between the U.S. and India, sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his insistence on India cutting back its purchases of Russian oil, but Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was upbeat on Tuesday about the prospects of signing a trade deal by November.

Communist China staged an expensive demonstration of its military power at a parade on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Beijing also used the event to push its false version of WW2 history and showcase its tyrant allies, prominently including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

Russia fired more than 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, authorities said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s president and European leaders persevered with talks aimed at strengthening Ukrainian defenses and adding momentum to so far unsuccessful U.S.-led peace efforts.

Tuesday on CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) said that the leaders of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran gathering in Beijing for a military parade was symbolic of President Donald Trump making the United States “vacant on the world stage.”

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday criticized the China-hosted Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit for failing to criticize the Russian invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin was an honored guest at the event.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China on Monday. Xi and Putin used the event to tout their vision of a new post-American, post-European world order, and seemed intent on fitting India into that vision.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker responded to a question on how long President Donald Trump will give Vladimir Putin to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by saying that

Economic analysts predicted this week that the money India saved by importing huge amounts of discounted Russian oil will be more than wiped out by President Donald Trump’s punitive tariff increase, which took effect on Wednesday.

North Korean and Chinese officials confirmed on Thursday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un will make his first visit to China in six years next week, where he will attend China’s World War II victory parade and meet with his opposite numbers in the axis of tyranny, Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China.

The head of the presidential office of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak, and a delegation including top security officials traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this week and held meetings on Wednesday with Saudi leaders regarding “security guarantees” for the country.

Dmitry Peskov, a top spokesman for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, declined to comment on Wednesday regarding the potential for President Donald Trump to be in China at the same time as Putin – and perhaps meet for the second time this month.

Russia says it blames NATO for its own decision to invade Ukraine, and consequently feels very “negatively” about Western peacekeepers.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — As the Venice Film Festival kicks off this week, activists hope to redirect the spotlight from the Hollywood stars arriving on the Lido to Gaza, with an anti-war demonstration planned for one of the festival’s biggest nights.

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the “significant outcomes” of his Alaska summit with President Donald Trump during a telephone call on Monday.

On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said, unlike his predecessors, President Donald Trump was “actively moving” to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.

Russia says it wants to be part of security talks, warning decisions by “clumsy” European nations without Moscow is a “road to nowhere”.
