Ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza was central to President Trump’s 2024 reelection pitch, in which he persistently pilloried former president Joe Biden for his handling of the conflicts.

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

Polish prosecutors have charged two Russian citizens with spying for Russian intelligence and one of them for plotting to send a parcel of explosives, prosecutors said on Monday.

The UK government has imposed sanctions on Russia’s largest oil producer, Rosneft, as part of its latest economic measures targeting Moscow amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper announced that Rosneft and Lukoil – two of the world’s most significant energy companies – would face restrictions from Britain.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday assured Russian President Vladimir Putin  that he would honour all existing agreements between Damascus and Moscow, a commitment seen as securing Russia’s

Hungary would suffer if it were cut off from Russian energy, Budapest's foreign minister said during a visit to Moscow on Wednesday, reiterating that the country would not accept outside pressure when it came to decisions on its energy supplies.