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 President Emmanuel Macron warned Trump risked being "played" by Vladimir Putin. "President Trump and his national security team continue to engage with Russian and Ukrainian officials towards a bilateral meeting to stop the killing and end the war," a White House official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "As many world leaders have stated, this war would have never happened if President Trump was in office. It is not in the national interest to further negotiate these issues publicly." Macron earlier Friday expressed hope that a two-way meeting would take place but warned if the...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump was unhappy but not surprised by Russia's deadly strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the...
BRASILIA, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro will learn soon whether he is headed to prison as his trial on...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A US judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from massively expanding a procedure that allows authorities to swiftly...
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...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump has moved to cut nearly $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said...
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...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump has moved to block $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said Friday...
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...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Texas lawmakers have advanced a bill allowing people to sue those who mail abortion-inducing pills into the conservative-led US...
NEW YORK, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A governor of the US Federal Reserve, Christopher Waller, said Thursday that the central bank should lower its...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Trump administration has withdrawn former vice president Kamala Harris's Secret Service security protection, a White House official said...