Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major breaking news events in South Florida.

Moscow (AFP) – US envoy Steve Witkoff wrapped up his latest talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday, after President Donald Trump urged his Russian counterpart to move quicker to end what ...

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Russia claimed it captured Zhuravka in Ukraine. Russia is trying to repel Ukrainian forces from Kursk. Attacks in the Sumy region increased 30% over the past week. Russia's defence ministry said on ...

(CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had identified 155 Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces, a day after Ukraine said two ...

RATCHETING UP — The trade war between the United States and China just keeps escalating. So does the war of words. Today, China said it would raise tariffs on American goods to 125%, set to take ...