US will ‘walk away’ unless Russia and Ukraine agree deal: Vance

[ad_1] US Vice President JD Vance (Image: AP) LONDON: Vice President JD Vance warned Wednesday that the United States would “walk away” unless Russia and Ukraine agree a peace deal, as envoys from Washington, Kyiv and European nations gathered for downgraded talks in Britain.“We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the […]

‘Will analyse and decide’: Vladimir Putin on Zelenskyy’s offer to halt strikes on civilian infrastructure

[ad_1] Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said he would “analyse” his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s proposal, under which the warring neighbours would halt airstrikes targeting the other’s civilian infrastructure.“We will analyse everything and take the corresponding decisions,” Putin told state TV reporters in Moscow, according to news agency […]

Marco Rubio: ‘Have other priorities to focus on’: Marco Rubio signals US may soon abandon Ukraine-Russia peace push due to stalled talks

[ad_1] File photo: US secretary of state Marco Rubio (Picture credit: AP) US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Friday warned that Washington could walk away from its push to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine within days, unless progress becomes visible soon. Speaking in Paris after high-level discussions with European and Ukrainian […]

Putin Praises Elon Musk: ‘Such people rarely appear’: Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to Soviet space icon Korolev

[ad_1] Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to Soviet space icon Korolev (Picture credit: AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again heaped praise on Elon Musk, calling him a visionary with ideas as bold as those of famed Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev. Speaking to students during a visit to Moscow’s Bauman University on […]

Nato: Europe scolds Russia for rejecting Trump’s truce push

[ad_1] Foreign ministers from the Nato member states met for a second day in Brussels on Friday amid increasing tensions between the US and the rest of the alliance, as well as a faltering push for peace in Ukraine.While Nato has tried to show a united front as a military alliance, the US under President […]

Russia to rule on removing Taliban from ‘terror’ list after 20 years

[ad_1] Russia’s Supreme Court to decide next month on removing the Taliban from its list of banned “terrorist” organisations, state news agencies reported Monday. The ruling, expected on April 17, follows a request from the prosecutor general’s office and is likely to lift the designation. Despite the Taliban’s classification as a terrorist group since 2003, […]

‘More than a coincidence’: UK terror police investigate Heathrow fire as experts suspect Russian sabotage

[ad_1] This image taken from video shows firefighters working to secure the area of a fire at the North Hyde electrical substation, which caught fire Thursday night and lead to a closure of Heathrow Airport in London. (Pic credit: AP) British counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation into a massive fire at an electrical substation […]