Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling over a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Trump has changed his mind about sending weapons to Ukraine.

Russian lawmakers have approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” the latest move by government authorities in their relentless crackdown on dissent.

A city with a pre-war population of 60,000, Pokrovsk is located west of Avdiivka which fell to Russian forces in February 2024 and is a critical hub in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.

Russia has officially recognized the Taliban as Afghanistan’s legitimate government, marking the first time a major global power has established form

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement late Monday that the negotiations would take place generated little hope they would deliver any progress on ending the three-year war.

The Kremlin warned of escalating nuclear tensions and said Russia was taking action to protect its security in response. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said there is "clearly no basis" for holding a summit of the "Nuclear Five" members of the UN Security Council—the U.S., Russia, China, the U.K., and France.