In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Heads of State Council at the Yntymak Ordo (Palace of Unity) presidential residence in Bishkek on November 27, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on development of ‘new regions’, annexed from Ukraine, at the Kremlin, June 30, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images All eyes are now on Russia’s response to a fledgling peace plan to end the war in Ukraine after Kyiv appeared willing to move forward with a … Read more
OBR publishes forecasts unexpectedly before budget Millennium Wheel And Skyline At Sunset. London, England. Design Pics Editorial | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has given markets a surprise by publishing its forecasts for the public finances and the economy before Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled her Autumn Budget, … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak during a joint press conference after their official meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on November 19, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Ukrainian officials have spent the weekend scrambling to make up lost ground when it … Read more
A diplomatic security officer secures the entrance of the InterContinental hotel as U.S. and Ukrainian officials prepare for closed-door talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the exact time and location undisclosed, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 23, 2025. Pierre Albouy | Reuters Ukrainian, U.S. and European officials met in Geneva on Sunday to … Read more
Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, talks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 11, 2025. Vyacheslav Prokofyev | Via Reuters U.S. officials and lawmakers are increasingly concerned about a … Read more
Leaders pose for a family photo on the opening day of the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 22, 2025. Misper Apawu | Via Reuters European and other Western leaders said on Saturday a U.S. peace plan was a basis for talks to end Russia’s war in … Read more
This aerial picture shows the oil tanker Boracay anchored off the Atlantic Coast off Saint-Nazaire, western France on October 1st, 2025. French authorities said Wednesday they were investigating the oil tanker Boracay anchored off the Atlantic Coast and suspected of being part of Russia’s clandestine “shadow fleet”. Damien Meyer | Afp | Getty Images Oil … Read more
Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s mineral dominance, countries around the … Read more