Macron's declared intention to call Putin are ‘miserable attempt at diplomacy’ — Lavrov

If he truly wants to have a serious conversation, French President Emmanuel Macron simply needs to call Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the RT television channel.

Ukraine is ready to swap drones for Polish jets

Kyiv is ready to swap its drones for air defense missiles and Polish MiG-29 fighter jets, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday at a news conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

US must be prudent when supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump

China's leader Xi Jinping called Taiwan "the most important issue" in China-US relations during a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Israel indicts 12 suspects, including IDF soldiers, for smuggling goods into Gaza

Prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against 12 Israeli suspects including reservist soldiers for offences including "assisting the enemy in wartime", over the alleged smuggling of prohibited goods into war-shattered Gaza.

Ukraine, Russia, US negotiators gather in UAE for war talks

Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were set to gather in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, seeking to advance fraught talks on how to end the four-year war.

US fighter jet shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier

A US fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea early Tuesday after it “aggressively” approached an American aircraft carrier, the US military said.

Rutte Says Foreign Troops Will Be Deployed to Ukraine Right After Conclusion of Peace

Foreign troops will appear in Ukraine immediately after the conclusion of a peace agreement, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday.

Clintons to testify before US House Epstein investigation

Former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary ⁠of state Hillary Clinton will testify in a congressional investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a staffer has said.