France is discussing with its allies holding an informal summit of European leaders to discuss Ukraine, a French presidency official said on Saturday, and four European diplomats said the meeting was likely to go ahead on Monday. US and Russian foreign affairs chiefs hold bilateral phone call.
Read MoreAt least 30 people have been killed and 90 injured in a crush at a huge religious festival in northern India. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is not ready to sign a peace treaty with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Read MoreU.S. tech stocks plunged on Monday, amid a wider market sell-off. The European Union renewed on Monday its wide-ranging sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, after Hungary stopped holding up the move in return for a declaration on energy security
Read MoreThousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country’s largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock offensive to a nearby province. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner
Read MoreA US-made munition was used in a strike on central Beirut that killed 22 people and wounded 117. Russia has confirmed that Donald Trump sent the Kremlin sample Covid-19 tests in the early days of the pandemic
Read MoreU.S. intelligence believe that Russia is likely to retaliate with greater force against the United States and its coalition partners, possibly with lethal attacks, if they agree to give the Ukrainians permission to employ long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia
Read MoreIsrael's military has carried out air strikes in Beirut, saying it killed a Hezbollah air unit commander. Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Volodymyr Zelensky and claimed the Ukrainian president “refuses to make a deal” amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Read MoreThe widely-respected foreign minister of Ukraine has been shuffled out of his position. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named Europhile and centre-right politician Michel Barnier as the country's new prime minister
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden has apologised to his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for delays in military aid to Ukraine and has pledged $225m (£191m) in support. The Israeli military pushed ahead with its offensive in central Gaza on Friday, saying it had killed dozens of militants
Read MorePresident Biden used his State of the Union address on Thursday to launch a series of fiery attacks against former President Donald Trump French President Emmanuel Macron repeats suggestion of troops on Ukraine soil. Sacked Ukraine army chief becomes Kyiv’s envoy to London.
Read MoreThe war in Sudan is “triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” with more than 25 million people “trapped in a spiral” of food insecurity. Deadly explosions have rocked Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Read MoreHungary’s Parliament voted on Monday to approve Sweden as a new member of NATO. Alexei Navalny was about to be freed in a prisoner swap when he died, according to his ally Maria Pevchikh
Read MoreUkraine's president has named Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskiy as the country's top military commander. Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential vote
Read MoreA divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hints at mobilisation of up to 500,000
Read MoreA missile strikes Russia’s naval HQ in occupied Crimea. Tensions between Delhi and Ottawa continue to escalate. Leader of Congo says time for UN peacekeepers to leave
Read MoreRussian missiles and artillery pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday, sparking fires, killing at least three people and trapping others under the rubble of destroyed buildings, authorities said, as Poland said it would stop providing weapons to its ally amid a trade dispute.
Read MoreA crucial NATO summit gets under way in Lithuania as Kyiv claims it’s been relieved of the arduous road map to accession to the bloc. President Zelensky, sensing that Ukraine won’t be offered membership anytime soon, adopts a more combative approach
Read MoreToday marks the 500-day mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration green lights the provision of controversial cluster munitions to Kyiv.
Read MoreChinese President Xi and Ukrainian President Zelensky had their long awaited phone call - the first since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. Not much was accomplished
Read MoreOn this Orthodox Easter Sunday, Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange that resulted in the return of 130 Ukrainian prisoners.
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