TOULON, France, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - France and Germany on Friday vowed to step up pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine, threatening further sanctions if President Vladimir Putin failed to turn up for talks with Ukraine's leader. French President Emmanuel Macron said that Putin would have "played" US President Donald Trump if the Russian leader failed to fulfil a pledge to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz added that Putin seemed "unwilling" to hold such a meeting and that Russia's three-year invasion looked like it would last "many more months". The White House later said that Trump was still working with both sides to end the war. Trump moved to restore dialogue with Moscow...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia launched "massive" strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts...
MOSCOW, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to India in December, the Kremlin said Friday, as ties...
MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to India in December, the Kremlin said Friday, as ties...
MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Moscow on Friday slammed Emmanuel Macron for what it called "vulgar insults", after the French president called Russian leader...
ISTANBUL, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia is demanding Ukraine cede all of its eastern Donbas region, but would be willing to freeze the conflict...
BERLIN, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday urged France to break the impasse over the multinational Future Combat Air...
ROUEN, France, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an...
COPENHAGEN, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Saturday there should be no restrictions on access to next month's UN General...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump is still working on a Russia-Ukraine peace summit, the White House said Friday, after French...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A rare Russian attack on a Ukrainian warship killed two servicemen and others are unaccounted for, a spokesperson...
MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia on Friday warned that the reimposition of sanctions against Iran risked "irreparable consequences", after Britain, France and Germany...
JERUSALEM, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was engaged in talks aimed at the demilitarisation of southern Syria,...