2025

The US president says he seeks to leave a legacy as a “peacemaker,” rather than a “conqueror” US President Donald Trump has said he wants to be remembered by history as a “peacemaker,” and reiterated his commitment to ending military conflicts, particularly the Ukraine crisis. He made the remarks to a large crowd at the…

Repayment to the US through minerals is crucial for Ukraine’s future, Pete Hegseth has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky should follow Russia’s example, which has made “great progress” in negotiations with the US, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. Washington is pressuring Kiev to finalize a minerals deal as a means of repaying previous assistance….

The incident has all the markings of a terrorist attack, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said The explosion that took place at the Russian consulate in the French city of Marseille on Monday could have been a terrorist attack, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. The Russian consul general in Marseille, Stanislav Oranskiy,…

Firefighters and police are reportedly at the scene in Marseille, according to the BFM news outlet An explosion has reportedly taken place near the Russian consulate in the French city of Marseille, the local BFM news outlet has reported. The details of the incident are unconfirmed, although the outlet has stated that around 30 firefighters…

Why the US is turning its back on Western Europe and looking to Russia A year ago, if someone had told me that the United States would pressure Ukraine into paying reparations, demand that Russia no longer be called an ‘aggressor’, float the idea of annexing Canada, and chide Western Europe for its lack of…

Christian Democratic Union chief Friedrich Merz will likely replace Olaf Scholz as chancellor The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won the snap elections in the German Bundestag, defeating Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) has shown the second-best result and is projected to have more MPs in the federal parliament…

Trump’s priority is to end conflicts, his national security adviser has said The US is carrying out a complete overhaul of its approach to the Ukraine conflict and relations with Russia, White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has said. Trump, who took office last month, has reversed the Biden administration’s attempts to “isolate” Russia…

The UK foreign secretary has pledged to back Kiev in the “critical moment” and said London was ready to deploy peacekeepers The UK is preparing to introduce its “largest ever” sanctions package against Russia ahead of the third anniversary of the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced. “This is also the time to…