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Relations have been strained ​over defence spending and the ‌war with Iran.

Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of terrorism over its escalating attacks on shipping in the Sea of Azov, a route ‌that handles about a quarter of its grain exports.

EU countries have yet ​to reach agreement on a broad ‌21st package of sanctions against Russia, but may decide on Monday to add 250 ​individuals and entities to their ​Russia sanctions list, EU foreign policy ⁠chief Kaja Kallas said.

Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, in a shift from ​planned U.S. deployments to Germany's own long-range strike capability.

Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who is serving a long prison sentence in Russia, ​has been admitted to hospital, Kommersant newspaper ‌reported on Thursday.

Canada is aiming to announce around 10 founding nations for a global defence bank at next week's NATO summit in Turkey, ​the lead Canadian negotiator told Reuters on Thursday.

Polish special services are preparing for possible Russian sabotage operations aimed at inflaming tensions between Poles and Ukrainians, Tomasz Siemoniak, ​minister in charge of special services, told RMF FM Radio ‌on Wednesday.

Iraqi security forces arrested politicians, lawmakers and senior government officials early on Sunday in what security and legal sources described as the start ​of a broader anti-corruption campaign ordered by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Thursday by backing the federal government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims.

The U.N. nuclear ​watchdog will carry out inspections in Iran soon following an interim peace accord between the United States and ‌Iran, its chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday, although Tehran later indicated that access to key sites remained contingent on a final agreement and sanctions lifting...

A conflict between politicians in Poland and Ukraine is a strategic mistake that ​will harm both sides, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said ‌on Sunday, seeking to defuse a rekindled dispute over events that occurred during World War Two.

President Karol ‌Nawrocki earlier stripped Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Poland's top honor over a historical dispute over World War Two.

White House officials have for months delayed the release of a U.S. government report that outlines what it describes as significant vulnerabilities in the ​nation's voting machines ahead of the November midterms.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte hosted U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles, once the ​opulent residence of Louis XIV, the Sun King, as part of efforts ‌to improve transatlantic relations.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was willing to send his interim deal to end the war with ​Iran for review by the U.S. Congress, as lawmakers, including many of his fellow Republicans, said they were largely in the dark ‌about the pact.

The European Union targeted ​Russian shadow fleet figures accused of aiding Moscow's Ukraine war effort ‌as well as individuals linked to opposition figure Alexei Navalny's murder as it expanded its sanctions list on Monday.

The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was ​close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.

Fuel stations on the Russian-held Crimean peninsula ​were out of petrol on Thursday, Reuters witnesses said, as a Ukrainian campaign against supply lines ‌to the peninsula escalates.

Russia said on Wednesday that the question of whether Armenia remains part of a military alliance of former Soviet states and a separate economic grouping must be settled quickly, ​against a background of growing tensions between Moscow and Yerevan.

U.S. President ​Donald Trump ‌said on Wednesday ​that he ​might not renew ⁠the ​USMCA free ​trade deal with Canada and ​Mexico.

U.S. President Donald Trump said early on Tuesday that ​the pilots of a U.S. Army ‌Apache helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz "are fine."...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said Russian magnate Roman Abramovich had met him in Kyiv and offered to take a message to the Kremlin on peace prospects, but ​the Ukrainian leader reiterated that his government would not abandon its Donbas region.

European Union lawmakers and governments agreed on Monday on new rules allowing countries to send ‌migrants ordered to leave the bloc to centres in third countries, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from rights groups that warn it could enable abuses.

Russia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Armenia for consultations in protest at its rapprochement ​with the European Union as a June 7 ‌election nears.

Russia has intensified covert efforts to undermine the leader of Armenia’s bid for re-election next month, fearing his victory could lock in the former Soviet republic’s realignment with the West, according to Western intelligence and ​government officials.

Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in central Belgrade on Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered to demand early elections ​and an end to the more than decade-long rule of Serbia's populist President ‌Aleksandar Vucic.

U.S. President Donald Trump ​surprised NATO allies by pledging to send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned alliance ‌ministers that Washington's frustration with some of them would still need to be discussed.

The Russia-controlled part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region was experiencing emergency ​power blackouts on Friday, Russia-installed governor Yevgeny Balitsky ‌was quoted as saying by the Kommersant newspaper.

The Philippine Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Senator Ronald dela Rosa for a temporary restraining order ​to prevent his arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court.

The Trump administration is planning ​to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military capabilities that the U.S. would have available ‌to assist the alliance's European nations in a major crisis, three sources familiar with the matter said.

President Donald Trump said on Monday ‌there was a “very good chance” the United States could reach an agreement with Iran ​to prevent Tehran from obtaining ​a nuclear weapon, hours after saying ⁠he had postponed a planned military ​attack to allow negotiations to continue.

The State Department's top aid official said on ‌Thursday that $1.8 billion in new humanitarian aid to be provided by the U.S. through the United Nations would be used in line with the Trump administration's foreign policy interests.

Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Russia's oil refineries and ports.

Centre-right leader Peter Magyar was sworn ‌in as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday, propelled into office on promises of change after years of economic stagnation and strained ties with key allies under his predecessor Viktor Orban.

Ukrainian President ​Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia's proclamation of a limited ceasefire for its World ‌War Two commemorations exposed the "strange and inappropriate" logic of its leaders.

The court's order will not apply to all importers, only those that sued.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a ​two-day ceasefire in the conflict with Ukraine on May 8-9 to mark Russia’s World War Two victory, but Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy countered with his own proposed pause in fighting starting earlier, on the night of May 5‑6.

Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on targets across Russia on ‌Sunday, hitting the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk and setting it on fire, and striking a number of vessels, as it steps up attacks on energy infrastructure and other targets.

U.S. President ​Donald ​Trump told reporters ⁠on ​Saturday that ​there is the possibility ​the ​United States could ‌restart ⁠strikes on Iran.