Russia’s economy keeps driving its war, but it could break in 2026

Car bomb in Moscow kills senior Russian general, third such attack in a year

Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56, had headed the Russian army’s Directorate for Operational Training and participated in Moscow’s war in Ukraine, investigators said....

E.U. agrees to loan Ukraine $105B after bid to use Russian assets fails

E.U. leaders struck the deal on a loan backed by the bloc’s budget after the collapse of a plan to tap Russia’s frozen assets to finance Ukraine’s state and army....

Putin says Europe out of step with an increasingly Moscow-friendly U.S.

Ordinary Russians got the chance to question their leader at his year-end call-in show, with queries focused on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy....

A Russian missile, filled with U.S. tech, rips a Ukrainian boy’s life apart

An 8-year-old boy survived one of Russia’s worst attacks on Ukrainian children. After, investigators — and his family — struggled to find answers....

As Europe eyes Russia’s frozen assets, Belgium fears Moscow’s revenge

Most of Russia’s billions in frozen assets are in Belgium, which fears bearing the brunt of Russian lawsuits — and worse....

Killing the ‘brain trust’: How Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear scientists

A Washington Post-PBS Frontline investigation reveals new details about Israel’s Operation Narnia, targeting Iran’s nuclear scientists during the 12-day war....

U.S. offers Ukraine security guarantee in bid to strike peace deal

Ukrainian leaders said Monday they appreciated White House efforts to reach a deal even as significant gaps appeared to remain between the sides....

Rising tensions with Israel have Lebanon fearing return to all-out war

Israel accuses Hezbollah of refusing to disarm. Lebanese officials hope their efforts to rein in the militant group will head off Israeli military escalation....

As peace talks grind on, Russia zeroes in on Ukraine’s power

Every winter Russia targets Ukraine’s energy sector, but this year the attacks are fiercer, and the power outages are worse than ever....

When asked by reporters whether he had failed to heed Jewish Australians’ warnings of the...

With an army of yes-men, how Putin’s world turned into an echo chamber

The Russian president has little incentive to compromise in the ongoing peace talks because everyone around him keeps reassuring him that Russia is winning....

Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern

FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraine’s top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace....

Distrust of Trump, fear of China propel new political force in Taiwan

The Kuomintang party’s new leader, Cheng Li-wun, is pushing much closer ties with China, reflecting growing fears Washington would not help in a war over Taiwan....

Russia blocks Roblox game site, and the kids aren’t alright with that

After the latest restriction on the internet, officials describe receiving “many” letters from children wanting access to the game-creation platform restored....

How Trump’s Venezuela threats echo CIA-backed regime change in Latin America

The escalation targeting President Nicolás Maduro revives a Cold War playbook that had severe and lasting consequences for Latin American democracies and economies....

After Trump criticism, Zelensky says he’s ready to hold elections

The Ukrainian leader has argued elections in wartime are impossible. But with U.S. and European help, he said Tuesday, a vote could be held within three months....

The horrors of El Fashir echo Sudan’s genocidal past

The civil war in Sudan has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The region is still grappling with past traumas....

A timeline of Trump’s quotes, shifts and U-turns on Russia and Ukraine

In his second term, the president has oscillated between condemning Russia and threatening sanctions to berating Ukraine and pressuring it to give up its land....

Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile U.S.

Relations between the U.S. and Europe hit a low point as President Donald Trump’s security strategy slams Europe but largely ignores threats from Russia and China....

How Jared Kushner became Trump’s indispensable second peace envoy

Despite promising to stay on the sidelines this administration, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has become enmeshed in critical diplomatic negotiations....

Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president pardoned by Trump

The country’s attorney general said Juan Orlando Hernández was wanted for money laundering and fraud. He had been serving a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking....

Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not give up territory under pressure from Moscow or to satisfy Washington in its push to resolve peace talks....

Trump warns of European ‘civilizational erasure’ in realigned national security strategy

The National Security Strategy, which each administration must publish, also said the U.S. should focus on the Western Hemisphere and consider the Middle East a place for investment....

Former deep-cover Russian spy leads Moscow campaign to co-opt Indian tech

Russia is hoping to use India’s booming tech sector to challenge the West and China for IT supremacy....

In Russia talks, NATO allies fear Trump is doing his ‘own thing’

In negotiations over Ukraine, European officials say President Trump’s team has positioned the U.S. as an independent arbiter rather than the leading voice of NATO....

Putin maintains hard line in talks as Trump says Moscow is open to a deal

President Donald Trump said that the Moscow talks on resolving the war in Ukraine were “reasonably good” and that his negotiators say Putin wants an agreement....

U.K. report formally blames Russian agents, Putin in 2018 poisoning death

A review panel formally confirmed long-standing suspicions that Russia was responsible for the chemical weapon that killed a woman in Salisbury, England....

Trump’s crackdown on Russian oil hangs heavy as Putin arrives in India

Putin’s state visit to India presents Prime Minister Modi with a delicate diplomatic challenge, analysts say, needing to reassure Moscow without angering Trump....

England warns people to stop visiting ER for ingrown toenails and hiccups

Emergency rooms are “under siege” from patients with minor ailments, England’s National Health Service said, ahead of a busy flu season and a doctors’ strike....

Confident of military success, Putin refuses compromise in Moscow talks

European officials, who were not included in the talks, said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Russia appears to be inflexible in the negotiations....