Europe
Russia, US hold talks, Putin says contacts inspire hope
By Jonathan Spicer and Mark Trevelyan Reuters Russian and U.S. teams held six hours of talks in Turkey on Thursday to try ...Major flight disruptions hit Munich and Hamburg airports as union strike begins
Germany’s Munich and Hamburg airports were hit by strikes by public sector union Verdi on Thursday and Friday, with airlines cancelling about ...Ukraine agrees on US minerals deal, seeking Trump support
By Ania TSOUKANOVA AFP Ukraine has agreed on the terms of a minerals deal with the United States and could sign it ...Ukraine rupture grows as US sides with Russia at UN
By Gregory WALTON AFP The United States sided with Russia twice Monday at the United Nations, as they sought to avoid any ...Ukraine hosts EU leaders as US backing frays three years since invasion
By Tom Balmforth, Olena Harmash and Max Hunder Reuters Ukraine enters the fourth year of all-out war with Russia on Monday, unsure it can ...Germany’s Merz calls for ‘independence’ from US as conservatives win vote
By Kirsti Knolle and Madeline Chambers Reuters Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve “independence” from the United States after his centre-right ...Russia launches large-scale drone attack across Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the ...Russia says has taken back major chunk of Kursk region from Ukrainian forces
Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of ...Donald Trump calls Zelensky ‘a dictator’ after Ukraine’s leader accuses him of living in ‘disinformation ...
By STEPHANY MATAT and AAMER MADHANI AP Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” and said he better ...US and Russia forge ahead on peace talks, without Ukraine
By Humeyra Pamuk and Pesha Magid Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Tuesday it had agreed to hold more talks ...














