The Republicans’ defeat in the U.S. midterm elections was watched closely in Russia, where some observers are predicting it could herald more support for Ukraine when the Democrats take over Congress in January.

President Donald Trump's plan to import Russian diesel is facing setbacks.

Leaders in Europe and elsewhere have expressed relief that U.S. midterm election results could signal a shift away from President Donald Trump's "America first" policies.

The Kremlin says that a first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new import agreement.

Russia's top domestic security agency says it has detained a German national who is alleged to have served in the Ukrainian army.

Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about five Russian ballistic missiles that hit civilian infrastructure in the capital of Kyiv.

A deal between Moscow and Washington over exports of Russian diesel and fresh U.S. criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mark important political victories for the Kremlin.

A top official with the World Health Organization says the U.N. health agency doesn’t know how a lab employee in Siberia died amid concerns about plague.

The World Health Organization says that a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the country.

Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week.

Estonian authorities say they have concluded that an arson attack in mid-August on a defense company that provides military vehicles to Ukraine was an act of sabotage commissioned by Russian security services.

The German and Russian foreign ministers have met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to urge China to influence Russia to ends its invasion of Ukraine.

Final results of Russia's first wartime parliamentary election show that the Kremlin has further cemented its political control of the country.

Officials say that Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have killed at least eight civilians.

A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it — as President Donald Trump has threatened.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian territory if allies secure a Russian commitment not to hit Ukraine’s infrastructure.

A Russian drone has struck Ukraine’s security service headquarters in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv has risen to 38, with four people still missing.

The Kremlin says CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts, a rare and secretive visit at a time when relations with Washington remain strained over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has gathered his Cabinet after removing allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government.

Lithuania's president says intelligence suggests Russia is planning attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic states or Poland.

Ukrainian drones hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems.

The Kremlin has welcomed as an “important step” the International Olympic Committee’s decision to remove many of its restrictions on Russia, a big step closer to letting it field a full team when Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Games.

The U.S. military has launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets after three merchant ships were struck in the waters off Oman.

Lines are growing at Russian gas stations -- and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian missiles and drones have killed at least 11 civilians and injured 40 others.

In a new blow to the Kremlin’s narrative that Moscow is winning the 4-year-old war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces have targeted fuel supplies to the Crimean Peninsula.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting, saying he sees “no point” in it.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks, which have reached deep inside his country and cast a cloud over his showcase economic forum in his hometown of St. Petersburg.

Hundreds of Ukrainians have marched through Kyiv to demand that the government veto a bill they say could prematurely declare missing soldiers dead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed confidence in a victory in Ukraine during a military parade in Moscow marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Russia's Defense Ministry reports that air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's seeking more details about a short-term ceasefire that Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Russian Defense Ministry says the traditional Victory Day parade will take place without military equipment.

Public dissent appears to be deepening in Russia.

Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones despite a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire.

Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least eight people across the country.

Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine have killed two people and injured at least three others, officials said.

Cuba is preparing to receive a sanctioned Russian oil tanker as the island struggles under a U.S. oil blockade.

Russia and Ukraine have traded deadly strikes as Ukraine pushes the U.S. to restart stalled peace talks.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian officials are helping five countries in the Middle East and Gulf region counter attacks on their territory by Iranian drones.

With U.S.-brokered Ukraine peace talks on hold due to the war in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to try to expand his military gains via new offensives against his southern neighbor that will put even more pressure on Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Russia and Iran “brothers in hatred.”.

The U.S. is temporarily easing part of its sanctions measures on Russian oil, a reflection of global worries about sharply higher oil prices due to the Iran war.

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation — but no action to support its ally.

Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil export earnings help pay for its own war against Ukraine.

World leaders are reacting in very different ways after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation across the region.

The Cuban foreign minister is visiting Moscow as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a U.

A Ukrainian delegation is heading to Geneva for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, days before next week’s fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked his international allies for their support but suggested there was still questions remaining over the future security guarantees for his country.

Envoys from Russia and Ukraine are to meet for a new round of U.S.-brokered talks in Geneva next week as both sides keep fighting and trading long-range strikes.

Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities again overnight as Ukraine accuses Russia of dragging its feet on new U.S.-brokered peace talks.

Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp as it tightens control of online communication and pushes people toward a state-backed alternative.

Russia's top diplomat says that Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington does the same.

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact.

Russian authorities say a deputy chief of its military intelligence agency has been shot and wounded.

The Kremlin says it regrets the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States, while President Donald Trump declared he was against keeping its limits and wants a better deal.

Russian missiles and drones have pounded Ukraine’s energy grid in recent weeks.

Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv meet in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered talks to end the nearly four-year war.

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire this week, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.

A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week.

Emergency power cuts have hit several Ukrainian cities and neighboring Moldova.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump's request to pause attacks on Ukraine's power grid for a week.

President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that.

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in Moscow for his second time in less than four months for talks, and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to help the country rebuild its war-battered economy.

Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official.

Russian officials and media are reacting to President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland with a mix of glee and caution.

In a story published Jan. 19, 2026, The Associated Press reported that 77% of Gaza’s population is facing crisis-level food insecurity.

A Kremlin official says that Moscow agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal.

Leaders from Europe and Canada have held talks on U.S.-led peace efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan.

President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal, but he acknowledges that negotiations could still break down and leave the war dragging on for years.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says several key issues remain unresolved in negotiations with the United States over a framework to end Russia’s war.

The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges.

NATO-nation intelligence services believe Russia is developing a weapon to target Starlink satellites.

Russian President Vladimir Putin fielded many questions at his annual news conference.

A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days.

A top European Union official has warned the United States against interfering in European affairs.

British, French and German leaders met in London with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of European support for Kyiv at what they called a “critical moment” in the U.S.-led effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump is claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “ hasn’t read” a U.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday over a peace plan to end the war with Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials met with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives Sunday, and Washington officials are expected in Moscow for more peace talks this week.

President Donald Trump says his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been "fine-tuned."

When Russians look back at 2025, they might remember it as the year when the government took even tighter control of the internet.

An American proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position — caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.

President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.

Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, are in Ukraine to help with peace talks.

A Kremlin official says Russia’s test of a nuclear-powered missile that it claims can’t be stopped by air defenses reflects Moscow’s determination to look out for its security interests.

European Union leaders have ordered the bloc’s executive branch to come up with options for meeting Ukraine’s pressing economic and military needs over the next two years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches.

Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown.

A Ukrainian government delegation has met with major American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit.

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power grid as part of an ongoing campaign to damage energy infrastructure before winter.

The Kremlin has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about Russia’s offer to extend the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, saying it raises hope for keeping the pact alive after it expires in February.

French authorities have announced the captain of an oil tanker linked to Russia's shadow fleet will face trial in February.