Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told ABC News that he is "very much confident and pretty sure" that Moscow and Kyiv are "on the verge" of a deal to end the war, as U.S.-brokered peace talks make slow but steady progress.

KYIV, Ukraine -- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

Two women from different nations, Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska, champion the fight against Russia's billion-dollar plot targeting Ukrainian children.

The Nebraska Republican criticized the president for "trashing Europe" while favoring Russia in comments to NBC News.

The time has come for Trump to call Putin’s bluff. Just as important, it is time for the president to recognize that Ukraine holds more cards, relative to Russia, than he might have realized. The Ukrainian frontlines can outlast Putin’s crumbling economy.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Over the course of 2025, a new reality has sunk in for Europe. The United States, long its strongest ally, has chipped away at the European Union’s unity, economies, security and even its democracies, setting the backdrop for an EU summit this week at the end of an exceptionally trying year.

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government,

Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.